Presenter: Cam Campbell

Please note: Limited spaces available and only available to members

Mapping avalanche terrain with the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) has proven to be an increasingly useful tool for operational risk management. Avalanche professionals with only limited experience using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) can easily create high-quality ATES maps with freely available software. This session will demonstrate the recommended software and required steps needed to create ATES maps, as well as discuss the ATES zoning model and it's limitations. At the end of the session, participants will have the tools and skills they need to integrate ATES mapping into their operation.
 
Prerequisites include: 

• A computer with QGIS, Google Earth Pro, and MicroDEM software installed (tips for installing this software will be provided to registered participants prior to the session)
• Experience using Google Earth
• Familiarity with ATES 

Pre-reading/work will be sent to attendees via email prior to this session. 

Cam is an avalanche specialist with Alpine Solutions Avalanche Services and a Professional Member of the CAA since 2004. He has been working in the avalanche industry for 25 years, first as a ski patroller and highway technician, then as a public forecaster, and most recently as a consultant. Cam developed a system for mapping avalanche terrain with the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) over 10 years ago and has since become a leading international expert in ATES mapping, an increasingly popular practice.

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Presenter: Natalie Daley

This presentation will equip you with the skills to start shame free conversations about suicide. It will share how to spot the signs of suicidal ideation, how to ask directly and honestly about suicide, answer FAQs, and inform about accessible resources that you and your loved ones can connect with. 

As a crisis responder, writer and resource specialist for Kids Help Phone, Natalie supports real people on the frontline and creates mental health educational resources day in and day out. She was previously the director of Art With Impact Canada, a national organization that uses art and media to engage communities in conversations about stigma and mental wellness. Natalie's passion to work within mental health stems from her own lived experiences and belief in the power of honest and open dialogue to create meaningful change.

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Presenter: Cathy Cowles

Please note: Limited seating available and only available to members

Diverse teams are more innovative, make better strategic decisions, and focus more on the facts. We know this. A recent survey of CAA and ACMG members demonstrates a desire for increased minority representation and more accountability around gender-based discrimination. Diverse teams and workplaces are the goal, and building a culture of inclusivity will help us get there.

Participants in this workshop will gain information and practical tools to enable them to take an active role in shifting Canada’s avalanche and guiding industries towards a more inclusive culture. We’ll check out our biases, break down stereotypes, practice recognizing and responding to (micro)aggressions, and explore ways to include emotional safety in our risk management protocols.

This is NOT a webinar—it is an interactive, online (Zoom) workshop, with large and small group discussions, scenarios, reflection, and opportunities to share experiences, successes and shortcomings. Participants should prepare to be actively engaged the whole time, and will need a camera-equipped computer or tablet. Let’s explore this timely and important topic together!

Participants are expected to complete a small amount of pre-work, which will be sent out a week before the workshop.

Cathy Cowles is a consultant, facilitator and trainer. Since 1991, she has worked in the non-profit sector in roles ranging from executive director to community volunteer. Her connection with the Colorado Outward Bound School runs particularly deep—for more than 15 years she has worked as an instructor and staff trainer for COBS in mountain, river, canyon, desert, and ocean environments. Cathy has been invested in social justice since embracing feminism in the 1980s, and she has responded to the world’s recent (and long overdue!) reckoning with racism by facilitating workshops that invite participants to explore justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). Cathy’s circles of community radiate out from her home base on the edge of Durango, Colorado. She prefers the reliable snowpack and grander scale of interior British Columbia’s mountains, where she typically spends a significant part of the winter. 

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Presenter: Cathy Cowles

Please note: Limited seating available and only available to members

Are you interested in growing both personally and professionally? Do you care enough about your co-workers to point out things that are going well AND things that aren’t going well? Effective feedback helps teams and individuals improve performance, and is a key ingredient in respectful, trusting work relationships. This workshop’s aim is to equip participants with tools and techniques to enact growth-oriented feedback in the workplace. We’ll discuss why feedback is important, what makes it effective (or not), and then practice delivering and receiving feedback.

This is NOT a webinar—it is an interactive, online (Zoom) workshop, with large and small group discussions, scenarios, and reflection. Participants should expect to be engaged the whole time, and will need a camera-equipped computer or tablet.

Cathy Cowles is a consultant, facilitator and trainer. Since 1991, she has worked in the non-profit sector in roles ranging from executive director to community volunteer. Her connection with the Colorado Outward Bound School runs particularly deep—for more than 15 years she has worked as an instructor and staff trainer for COBS in mountain, river, canyon, desert, and ocean environments. Cathy has been invested in social justice since embracing feminism in the 1980s, and she has responded to the world’s recent (and long overdue!) reckoning with racism by facilitating workshops that invite participants to explore justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI). Cathy’s circles of community radiate out from her home base on the edge of Durango, Colorado. She prefers the reliable snowpack and grander scale of interior British Columbia’s mountains, where she typically spends a significant part of the winter. 

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