FRP-BC AGM & Training Event – Threads of Care: Strengthening Front-Line Practices in FRPs

Event Details: 

Date: September 18, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM (with breaks)
Location: Virtual
Note: Participation in the full half-day event is required

Join us for our AGM & Training Event – Threads of Care: Strengthening Front-Line Practices in FRPs!

There will be lots of giveaways at the AGM! Watch our social channels and future newsletters for more details. 

Meet Our Speakers: 

Reena Kukreja, a children’s life coach, speaker, and workshop facilitator with a background in Early Childhood Education. Reena empowers participants to support children’s confidence, resilience, and emotional well-being. Her sessions focus on mindful, conscious communication, offering practical, relatable tools staff and caregivers can use to build emotional safety and lifelong success. 

Dana Osiowy, Executive Director of New Westminster Family Place, is a long-time early years advocate who is passionate about the role Family Resource Programs play in building strong, connected communities. This year, she developed a public policy proposal through the United Way Public Policy Institute to embed a Strengths-Based Approach (SBA) into all programs serving young children—starting with early learning and recreation spaces. 

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Training Focus Areas: 

1. Strengths-Based & Relational Practice – with New West Family Place 

Join us for a dynamic 75-minute session exploring how to engage with families through a strengths-based and relational lens. We’ll reflect on our practice, share ideas, and explore practical steps to create more welcoming, inclusive, and impactful programs. 

2. Conscious Communication in the Early Years 

· Learn practical tools to model and share conscious communication with caregivers and families. 

· Explore how the words we choose shape children’s sense of safety and self. 

· Make the science behind emotional safety and subconscious programming accessible and relatable.