NEW DATE: Coaching Manitoba is inviting all coaches to join them on Thursday March 9, 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Sport Manitoba from 7:00 - 9:00 pm with Bruce Woods. The session will be cover...
Sport as an Opportunity for Character Building in Young Athletes
Is sport an inherently “character building experience”? The emphasis here is on working with young athletes to intentionally support their development as socially-healthy citizens. Topics include: sexual assault, domestic and dating violence/abuse, drug use, homophobia among others.
Bruce Wood has been a counsellor, therapist, educator, public speaker, community organizer and author in practice for 30 years. He holds a Masters in Social Psychology, was trained at the Domestic Abuse Project in Minneapolis, the Justice Institute of B.C., the Interdisciplinary Institute on Hazing Intervention at Indianapolis and a Masters in Public Health from the University of Liverpool
Please RSVP on both of these events by Monday February 27 to Gena at gena.cook@sportmanitoba.ca or 204-925-5692.