Program-at-a-Glance

Sexual Attitudes Reassessment Weekend

Saturday June 12 and Sunday June 13, 2010.

  • Limited Enrollment
  • Sexual Attitudes Reassessment Weekend


  • Sex Therapy Training Program

    Monday June 14 – Friday June 18, 2010 - 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

  • Limited Enrollment
  • Qualifying Submission Required
  • Sex Therapy Training Program
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    We are currently accepting Poster Proposal submissions for the 2010 conference program.
    Check back here in March 2010 for a full program listing of presentation topics, speakers and events.


    Pre-conference Workshops

      Monday June 21
    Full Day
    9:00 am - 4:30 pm
    STI Clinical Update
  • STI Case Update: Diagnostics, Evolution of Testing and Treatment Management
  • The Ontario Perspective on STI’s – Ministry Update
  • Adventures that Sometimes Cause Problems - Reconstruction of Risk Behaviours
  • Pitfalls in Lab Diagnosis of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: When testing positive means something other than what you     think it means.
  • Full Day
    9:00 am - 4:30 pm
    M1 - Managing Challenging Dialogues about Diversity

    M2 - Solution-Oriented Practice
    Half Day
    9:00 am - 12:00 noon
    M3 - Effective Sexuality Education for Youth– What Works?

    M4 - Women's Anatomy of Arousal - Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure
    Half Day
    1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
    M5 - Bringing Sexy Back/ Mash It Up: An Urban Guide to Healthy Relationships

    M6 - Integrating Sexuality and Disability: Tools for Professionals


     

    Main Conference

      Tuesday June 22
    8:00 - 8:45 am Breakfast - Networking Round Table
    9:00 - 10:15 am

    Plenary with Elizabeth Saewyc
    Raging Hormones or Responsible Citizens? The Real Trends in Canadian Teen Sex

    10:30 - noon

    Concurrent Sessions
    • T1 - Sexual Resourcefulness and the Impact of Family, Sex Ed., Media and Peers
    • T2 - Disability: Diversity + Sexuality
    • T3 - Moving from Print to Action
    • T4 - Contraceptive Update, Sponsored by SOGC
    • T5 - Sexual Connection that Satisfies: Communication Skills through Words, Play and Practice
    • T6 - Adventures in Sex City: A collaborative Strategy in Youth Engagement
    • T7 - The Relationship Game: a tool for increasing self-awareness among youth
    • T8 - Promoting Sexual Health Among Young Men from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods: Gaps and Possibilities
    • T9 - Distress & Duress: HIV testing in the Context of Sexual Assault

    noon-1:15 pm Lunch Break (Delegates responsible for own lunch), Poster & Exhibit Viewing
    1:15-2:45 pm

    Concurrent Sessions
    • T10 -
    • Research Briefs:
      • Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): a silent epidemic that affects women’s sexual health
      • Reading between the sheets: Understanding sexual communication in heterosexual relationships
      • Did You Come? Gender Differences Surrounding Orgasm Occurrence During Heterosexual Intercourse
    • T11 - Masculine-Identified Queer Women of Colour & Sexual Health Services
    • T12 - Using Urban Arts Therapy for Sexual Health Education for Racialized Youth
    • T13 - Interesting and Challenges STI Cases from Toronto: Lessons Learned
    • T14 - Igniting Desire Through Erotic Language
    • T15 - Get Tested: A Virtual Tour of Healthy Sexuality Clinics in Peel, Ontario AND Virtual Sexual Health
    • T16 - "Our Closet is Always OPEN"; the best in LGBTTQ Youth Programs
    • T17 - Promoting Sexual Health Through Hands-on Social Marketing and Media Advocacy
    • T18 - Issues Surrounding Disclosure of HIV Status

    3:15-4:30 pm Plenary with Leonore Tiefer
    Is sex more like dancing or digestion? Unpacking the dangers and complexities of the medicalization of sexuality

    4:30 - 6:00 pm Welcome Reception, Poster & Exhibit Viewing, Networking
    6:00 - 7:30 pm Movie Premiere & Discussion: Petals - Journey into Self-Discovery
    7:30 - 9:00 pm Student Network Sharing


      Wednesday June 23
    9:00-10:15 am

    Plenary Panel: Moderator Cory Silverberg
    Giving Voice to Sexual Communication


    10:30 am - 12:00 noon Concurrent Sessions
    • W1 - Research Briefs:
      • Heteroracial Preferences of Gay Asian and White Men and their Reported Rationales
      • Why have sex? Reasons for sex in couple relationships
      • Women's Sexual Desire
    • W2 - Promoting and Providing Pap tests for Trans Men and Queer Women
    • W3 - Seniors a GOGO - A Theatrical Journey
    • W4 - What about the guys? Young men’s invisibility in sexual health research and practice
    • W5 - Is there a Preferred Communication Language in Couple Relationships?
    • W6 - Homophobic Bullying: What You Should Know and What You Can Do to Create Safer Schools
    • W7 - LGBTTQ Inclusiveness in Schools: The How To
    • W8 - Communicating About Non-Traditional Sexual Practices
    • W9 - Breaking Barriers Around Sexual Health Education: Case Study of the Sudanese and Afghani Women's         Sexual Health Project

    noon-1:15 pm Lunch Break (Delegates responsible for own lunch), Poster & Exhibit Viewing
    1:15-2:45 pm

    Concurrent Sessions
    • W10 - Research Briefs:
      • Qualitative Findings for Health in Middlesex Men Matters (HiMMM project)
      • What Peel Youth Want in Sexual Health Clinic Services
      • Sexual Reproductive Health Needs of Muslin Youth
    • W11 - Successfully Communicating with Teen Girls About Sex – A Workshop for Health Professionals and           Mothers of Teen Girls
    • W12 - Rewriting the Script: Queer-Positive Health Care in Action
    • W13 - Supporting Sexual Health & Intimacy in Care Facilities: BC Guidelines
    • W14 - Art, Erotica and the Fluctuating Feminine
    • W15 - Addressing sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Media Literacy in Schools
    • W16 - "Survive to Thrive": Mapping our Complex Journey with Ongoing, Multiple Losses – lessons from those            left behind
    • W17 - Non-Monogamy: Communication in the Plural
    • W18 - Youth-Focused Resources - CATIE Ordering Centre: Comprehensive, Relevant, Unbiased & Accessible

    3:15-4:30 pm Closing Plenary with Tomee Sojourner
    Intersectional Diversity: Creating Spaces for Innovative Conversations in Sexual Health Promotion

    4:30 pm Closing Farewell