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Upcoming Events
  • Practice Note 8 -  Two Day Event
    Practice Note 8 -  Two Day Event
    Thu, Oct 24
    Calgary, in person / Virtual
    Oct 24, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – Oct 25, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
    Calgary, in person / Virtual
    October 24 & 25, 2024 - In person and Online - Understand the purpose of Practice Note 8 and its implications for mental health professionals and legal professionals ... understand the procedural issues, the process ... and more
  • AFCC Alberta Chapter Edmonton Supper Club
    AFCC Alberta Chapter Edmonton Supper Club
    Wed, Oct 30
    Location is TBD
    Oct 30, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
    Location is TBD
    Networking with Mental Health Professionals (Clinical Social Workers, Psychologists, and Counsellors) – What are lawyers and judges looking for?
  • Managing Situations We’d Rather Avoid: An introduction to responding to and working with lawyers, police, investigators
    Managing Situations We’d Rather Avoid: An introduction to responding to and working with lawyers, police, investigators
    Fri, Apr 11
    Edmonton, Alberta
    Apr 11, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Edmonton, Alberta
    In this presentation, a forensic psychologist leads an interactive discussion of how to respond when faced with situations that make us uncomfortable and presents helpful strategies for successfully thinking your way through these requests. Discussion of clinical risks and actions that may lead [..]
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Previous Events

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Parental Alienation: A Child-Psychology Approach: It Is a Denial-of-Attachment

November 28, 2023

Virtual

Program

Presented by Dr. Gary J. Kneier, R. Psych

 

Dr. Kneier’s focus is on the child - on what happens inside the adolescent child’s mind and heart when confronted with intense conflict between divorcing parents. For the majority of cases, the denial-of-attachment to one parent is not principally caused by deliberate alienating influences by the favored parent. Rather, the “alienation” is a serious denial-based psychological symptom occasioned by the stress of parental conflict. Dr. Kneier’s insights into the nature and causes of this reaction lead to constructive treatment approaches, and to better ways for the Courts to address this serious childhood disturbance. Dr. Kneier will share his important insights about children’s reactions to conflicted divorce, about a psychodynamic approach to problem behaviors, about the nature of family attachments, and children’s psychological development.

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AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference 2023: Transforming Family Justice in Alberta

March 16 & 17, 2023

In Person / Virtual

Program

Presented by Brandi Smith, Reg. Psych., AFCC Alberta Chapter Vice-President, AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference Committee Chair, and Past-President, Judith Lake, Mediator

 

Transforming Family Justice in Alberta. Members joined the Chapter to discuss key issues facing the Alberta family justice system now, and the visions for the future, the disconnect between research and reality, transforming family justice through trauma informed practice, and more. 

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Distinguished Member:
Dr. Larry Fong, R. Psych

August 10, 2022

Virtual Meeting

Distinguished Member Series

 

Presented by Dr. Terry Singh, Phd., R. Psych, to Dr. Larry Fong, R. Psych an honoured, distinguished member of the AFCC Alberta Chapter

 

The AFCC Alberta Chapter Distinguished Member Series recognizes outstanding, late-career AFCC Alberta Chapter members for their accomplishments; and facilitates the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and insights among the AFCC Alberta community.

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2021 AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference
Hearing Without Harm: how do we honour a child's voice?

March 19, 2021

Virtual Webinar

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Presented by Dr. Lorri Yasenik, Jonathan Tieman, Hanita Dagan,

Andrea Doyle and Jeffrey Keller (Legal Aid), Judith Lake, Dr. Jason Jones, Catherine Fox, KC, and 

 

the Honourable Justice Kachur, The Honourable Judge G. Benns and the Honourable Judge T. LaRochelle

ABQB Practice Note 7

Alberta Court of King's Bench 
Family Law Practice Note 7 
Overview and Update

January 15, 2021

Virtual Webinar

Brochure 

A practical overview of Court of King's Bench  Practice Note 7

 

Presented by: Dr. Stephen Carter, Registered Psychologist, The Honourable Justice Debbie A. Yungwirth, Court of King's Bench, and 

Rhyannon O'Heron, Lawyer (Edmonton)

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2020 AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference
Protecting Children from Conflict: Family Justice in Alberta

March 5 – 6, 2020

Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, AB

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Presented by: Dr. Matthew Sullivan, The Honourable Justice Rodney A. Jerke,   The Honourable Justice Debbie A. Yungwirth, Dr. Harriet MacMillan, and Dr. Lorraine Ferris 

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2018 AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference
"I dont want to go!" Children who resist post-separation contact with parent

March 15 – 16, 2018

Matrix Hotel, Edmonton, AB

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Presented by: Barbara Jo Fidler, Ph. D. and Nicolas Bala

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Parenting Coordination and Mediation/Arbitration Process Design

November 27th, 2017 and November 18, 2016 

Calgary, AB

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for Legal and Mental Health Professionals working in Family Law

Presented by: Doug Moe Q.C., Kevin Hannah Q.C., Brad Mustard

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Edmonton Supper Clubs

Third Tuesday of the month

Edmonton, Alberta

Various topics for AFCC members and non-members

Guest speakers, webinars, Q & A

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AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference 2023: Transforming Family Justice in Alberta

September 25, 2023

Virtual Parenting Plan Guideline and Parenting Plan Template

Presented by Honourable Justice Benns, Youth Court, Alberta Court of Justice, and Professor Nicholas Bala of the Faculty of Law, Queen's University

The AFCC Alberta Parenting Plan Guide/ Parenting Plan Template are publicly available resources prepared by a Task Force established by the AFCC Alberta Chapter, with assistance from Professor Nicholas Bala of the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University in Ontario. The theme of the Guide is that it is in the best interests of children for parents to minimize conflict, and, in most cases, for children to have a significant relationship with both parents.

  • Amendments to the federal Divorce Act in force March 1, 2021

  • AFCC Alberta Parenting Plan Guide (2023) and use of these and similar resources by lawyers, judges, mediators, other justice system professionals and SRL’s

  • Parenting Plans vs. Custody Orders

  • Parenting time schedule-factors (ages & stages of development)

  • Decision-making models

  • Basic considerations for Parenting Plans

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Distinguished Member:
Jane Hoffman, Family Law Lawyer

February 8, 2023

Virtual Meeting

Distinguished Member Series

 

Presented by Dr. Terry Singh, Phd., R. Psych, to Jane Hoffman, Family Law Lawyer, an honoured, distinguished member of the AFCC Alberta Chapter

 

The AFCC Alberta Chapter Distinguished Member Series recognizes outstanding, late-career AFCC Alberta Chapter members for their accomplishments; and facilitates the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and insights among the AFCC Alberta community.

Motivational Speaker

2022 AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference Access to Justice: Diversity & Inclusion in Family Law in Alberta in 2022

March 4, 2022

In Person and Virtual Meeting

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Presented by Judith Lake, Jonathan Tieman, Sonja Lusignan, AFCC Alberta Chapter Board

The Honourable Justice Sheilah Martin, Supreme Court of Canada; Patricia Blocksom, QC, Dr. Sui Ming Kwok, Dr. Richard Spelliscy, Mr. Mosi-Taylor Cole, Susannah Alleyne, Enrieque Dubon-Roberts;  the Honourable Chief Justice Mary T. Moreau, Court of King's Bench of Alberta and the Honourable Judge Mah, Provincial Court of Alberta

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The New Divorce Act is Redefining Your Practice

February 4, 2021

Virtual Webinar​

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Parliament passed the long-awaited changes to the Divorce Act in 2019 however, due to disruptions from the pandemic, the coming into force date was deferred until March 1, 2021. Join Shams Amiry and Dr. Terry Singh as they discuss changes to the Divorce Act, with a unique perspective of law and psychology.

Presented by Dr. Terry Singh and Shams Amiry

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Alberta Court of King's Bench Family Law Practice Note 8 Overview and Update

November 26, 2020

Virtual Webinar

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A practical overview of Court of King's Bench Practice Note 8

Presented by: Dr. Eileen Along, and Shams Amiry 

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2019 AFCC Alberta Chapter Conference
Putting the Children First in High Conflict Separation & Divorce 

March 14 – 15, 2019

Hilton Garden Inn, Calgary, AB

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Putting the Children First in High Conflict Separation & Divorce; Parenting Assessments, Parenting Plans & Parenting Coordination

The Good, the Bad and the In-Between

 

Presented by: Phil Epstein & Dr. Michael Saini

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Family Restructuring Therapy

Jan 29, 2017

Lister Hall, U of A, Edmonton AB

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A Model for Parent Conflict Intervention With Separated/Divorced (Including Never-Married) Families
A Training Workshop for Psychologists working with "High Conflict" Separated and Divorced Families

Presented by: Dr. Stephen Carter

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The New Millennial Family

March 16-17, 2017
Calgary, AB

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Navigating Best Practice in a Changing World

Presented by: DR. Marsha Kline Pruett, Ph.D., M.S.L. and DR. Kyle D. Pruett M.D

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Practice Note 7 and 8 Workshops

February 18, 2016  – Calgary

February 19, 2016  – Edmonton

Evaluative, Therapeutic and Mediation/Arbitration Interventions with Separated/Divorced Families:
Uses, Misuses and Risks

Presented By: Eileen Ailon and Dr Stephen Carter, and the Alberta Chapter of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Risk Management Committee

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 c/o Mr. Jonathan Tieman, Treasurer,

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Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A 1H5

587-805-3582

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