Events
Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Drs. Stillar and Emmerling spread awareness about Eating Disorders on Global News!
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Videos 2024
Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Parent, Caregiver, Spouse/Partner, and Family Involvement in Eating Disorder Treatment
Role of Dietitians at AWCED
Please join Erin Nelson and Piper Menini as they answer some frequently asked questions about the role of dietitians at the Alberta Wellness Center for Eating Disorders.
Causes of Anorexia ADHD and Eating Disorders
Tamara Stuart, Registered Psychologist, discusses the relationship between ADHD and Eating Disorders.
Skills Training: EFST-Y Model
Join Savannah Beckman -Howatt, Registered Provisional Psychologist, as she takes us through her water bottle metaphor
DBT Skills for those with Eating Disorders and their Loved Ones.
Chantelle Jensen, Registered Nurse, shares some skills to regulate emotions using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.
Myths of Diet Culture
Kassie Magyar, Registered Provisional Psychologist, provides some interesting thoughts to consider about diet culture in this video, Myths of Diet Culture.
Eating Disorder Awareness Week Videos 2024
Eating Disorders & Social Media
Join Darien in a discussion about body image and how social media might influence our perception of ourselves and our bodies. In this talk, Darien will also offer some tips on how we can mitigate the harmful effects that social media can have on our body image, and share some ideas about how we can manage bad body image days.
Redefining Fitness
Jenna talks about how to redefine what exercise means to you, how to safely incorporate movement back into your life, and how to engage in weight-neutral fitness practices.
Video release Feb 4th
ARFID 101
Join Natalie as she discusses the eating disorder diagnosis, ARFID. She will provide a general overview of the diagnosis, prevalence, clinical presentations, treatment and outcomes of ARFID with a main focus on adolescents and adults.
The Caregivers' Experience
Join Sue as she talks about research demonstrating the positive impact on eating disorder outcomes when parents are trained, the new recommendations for the Canadian Strategy on Eating Disorders related to caregivers, and how AWCED is shifting its practice to be more intentionally inclusive of caregivers. This panel discussion also includes a mother who talks about her lived experience and a clinician who talks about working with parents and why that has always been central to her treatment of eating disorders. It is a well-rounded discussion with questions from the participants following the presentations.