Introductory slides from "Sharing Leadership Experiences: Creating A Dialogue Among Women & Girls," a one day workshop for emerging and established women leaders presented by the Atlantic Summer Institute and the Girls Action Foundation. The workshop took place in Charlottetown, PEI, on April 29, 2013. http://www.asi-iea.ca/en/leadership-workshop/

2. Welcome from the Board of Directors
Incorporated in 2008
Pleased to partner and co-host
workshop with Girls Action
Foundation

3. Beginnings 2003:
 Health promotion summer
institutes had proven successful
in other regions
 Recent research had provided a comprehensive health
profile of Atlantic Canada
 Increasing evidence of need for intersectoral
partnerships to address common problems

4.  Since 2004 – a focal point for learning and
training in Atlantic Canada; intersectoral
networking and collaboration; a facilitator of
research; a promoter of healthy and sustainable
policies; and a catalyst for social justice and
equity.
 Focus - building regional capacity for healthy and
safe communities by addressing the linkages
between the determinants of health and the root
causes of crime and victimization.

5.  80% of participants are women
 ASI saw an opportunity to focus on leadership for
women and girls
 December 2010 received funding from SWC to
develop a model of community engagement for
building leadership capacity of women and girls
in Atlantic Canada

6. Building Leadership Capacity Among
Women and Girls in Atlantic Canada
Développer les capacités en leadership
des
femmes et des filles du Canada atlantique
Regional Workshop
Atelier régional

7. Looking to the future –
 The 2014 Atlantic Summer Institute
on Healthy and Safe Communities
 Renewing Democracy Through
Social Justice: Adding New Voices
 Charlottetown, August 19-22
 Inquiries:
asi@thequaich.pe.ca
www.asi-iea.ca