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13 February 2003
Gitanmaax, BC
 BARBARA COLOROS, an internationally recognized speaker and author in the areas of parenting, teaching, school discipline, non-violent conflict resolution and reconciliatory justice, will be in Northern British Columbia on February 20th and 21st 2003 in Hazelton, British Columbia.
Facilitating a two day symposium, sponsored jointly by the Gitanmaax Band Council and the First Nations Education Sterring Committee, Barabara Coloroso will share her experience and expertise specifically in the area of bullying which growing prolifically in British Columbia. Speaking to 250 participants throughout Norther BC, Barbara will have a two day session and one professionals evening on the 20th of February in which the National Film Board of Canada documentary crew will in attendance from Toronto, ON. Lynn Glazier and a crew fro NFB will be taking excerpts of this evening for use in a documentary that will be viewed in the fall of 2003 and will be utilized as a teaching tool in addressing bullying in schools throughout Canada.
Barbara Coloroso is an educational consultant for school districts, the medical and business community, the criminal justice system and other educational associations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, New Zealand, Australia and Iceland.
Barbara has served as a classroom teacher, a laboratory author of two international best sellers: "Kids are worth it! Give your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline" and "Parenting through Crisis: Helping Kids in times of Loss, Grief and Change" as well as the two critically accalimed video programs, "Winning at Parenting ... without beating your kids" and "Winning at teaching ... without beating your kids". Barbara's newest book, "Th bully, the bullied and the bystander: From pre-school to High School - How Parents and Teachers can Help Break the Cycle of Violence", is available in Canada and will be released in the United States in February.
For more information on the symposium, please contact Jessica Mikolayczyk, Economic and Corporate Affairs Director - 250-842-5297 - Gitanmaax Band Council.
More information:
Jessica Mikolayczyk
Gitanmaax Band Council
1(250)842-5297
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