2026 conference At A Glance

Wednesday, October 21st

Pre-Conference Evening Schedule
6:30-8:30pm	Early Check-in Registration
7:00-9:00pm	Sip & Paint Night (Pre-registration required)

Thursday, October 22nd

Day 1 Schedule
7:15-8:15am	Wellness Activity - Walk Through Cosby’s Garden Centre and Concrete Creations
8:00-8:30am	Check-in Registration
8:30-9:00am	Welcome Ceremony
9:00-10:00am	Session 1	Opening Keynote
10:00-10:15am	Nutritional Break
10:15-11:45am	Session 2A	IWK - African Nova Scotian Services
	Session 2B	Connecting Through Leisure - A Leisure Education program for individuals living with ABI in the community
11:45am-1:00pm	Lunch & Awards Ceremony
1:00-3:45pm	Session 3A	Painting with Purpose: Using Creative Expression to Support Therapeutic Outcomes (Pre-registration required - max. 30)
1:00-2:30pm	Session 3B1	Sexuality and TR: How to Incorporate Sexual Well-Being into TR Practice
2:45-3:45pm	Session 3B2	Bridging Generations: Creating Nova Scotia's First Intergenerational Child Care Centre in Long-Term Care
3:45-4:00pm	Wrap-Up
7:00-7:30pm	Board Meet and Greet
7:30pm-12:00am	Unwind & Groove with DJ Ryan Bezeau!
NCTRC continuing education session content pre-approval is pending: all sessions may not have been approved by NCTRC

Friday, October 23rd

Day 2 Schedule
7:00-8:00am	Wellness Activity - Walk Through The Neighbourhoods of Dogwood Lane (New Long-Term Care Building)
8:00am	Settling In & Welcome
8:00-9:30am	Session 4	Poster Presentations
9:30-10:30am	Session 5A	The Light Within Spiritual Resilience
	Session 5B	Anchor Youth Space: Building Connection and Access
10:30-10:45am	Nutritional Break
10:45am-12:15pm	Session 6A	Let's Talk Connections and Conversations: Two New Practical Tools to Address Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults
	Session 6B	Reclaiming Leisure: Therapeutic Recreation as a Tool for Connection, Dignity, and Wellbeing in Poverty and Homelessness
12:15-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-2:00pm	Session 7A	Small Shifts, Big Impact: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Therapeutic Recreation
	Session 7B	Growing Through Grief: A Family-Based Camp Model
2:00-2:15pm	Nutritional Break
2:15-3:45pm	Session 8A	Behaviour Care Planning: A Collaborative Team Approach
	Session 8B	Flourishing Together: Building Community With Therapeutic Recreation
3:45-4:00pm	Wrap-Up
NCTRC continuing education session content pre-approval is pending: all sessions may not have been approved by NCTRC

Disclaimer: NCTRC is not responsible for determining the dissemination of continuing education hours/credit. NCTRC’s involvement with the education process is ONLY to pre-approve the content of sessions.

Sessions subject to change. All changes will be indicated.

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