BC Council for Families

Changing Fathers, Evolving Practices Workshop

Changing Fathers, Evolving Practices includes a workbook and four mini-workshops.  You'll cover:

    1.    Awareness of the role of fathers.
    2.    Making room for fathers in our agencies and services.
    3.    Development of individual and collective practices.
    4.    Promoting paternal involvement.

The workshop is well established and receives excellent feedback from participants. Participants report that the opportunity to engage in some community strategizing and planning around the issue of fathering is warmly welcomed. Follow up with participants also indicates that new initiatives for fathers are occurring as a result of the training.  
      
Some feedback about Changing Fathers, Evolving Practices:

“The best thing about this training was expanding my thinking around great things dads do and how I can take ideas back to my work and life.”
 
“The best thing about this training was brainstorming within our community about how to get a program going.”
 
“The most practical thing learned were simple things that don’t cost a lot of money and that programming for dads is different.”

Changing Fathers, Evolving Practices was developed by Gilles Forget and Francine Ouellet of Institut national de santé publique du Québec and was designed with educational and theoretical content as well as validation and field testing.

For more information about hosting Changing Fathers, Evolving Practices please contact the BC Council for Families at bccf@bccf.ca.