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School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)
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How to Talk to Your Youth About Substance use Dec. 1 Pinetree Secondary Library 6:30-8pm

November 15, 2022

Jordyn Sinkie and Sabrina Hayward, Health Promotion Facilitators with SHARE’s Youth Substance Use Services team would like to invite you to their presentation “How to Talk to Your Youth About Substance Use” at the Pinetree Secondary School Library on December 1st from 6:30-8:00. This in-person presentation will be for parents and caregivers of Pinetree and Gleneagle Secondary students. 

 In partnership with Tri-Cities schools and community, the Youth Substance Use Services Health Promotion program provides free prevention and health promotion initiatives that assist in identifying and changing personal and environmental factors that influence youth and support them in adopting and enhancing healthy behaviors, attitudes and connections to family and community.   

This presentation will include information and a discussion on the below:  

  • Philosophy of our program and health promotion in schools  
  • Adolescent brain development  
  • Adolescence and substance use  
  • Adolescence and mental health  
  • Building relationship  
  • Continuum of use and parenting at various stages  
  • 7 tips for your approach  
  • Self-Care  
  • Time for Q&A  
  • Resources for further support and learning  

Please RSVP by November 29th via this link https://forms.office.com/r/rPTizEXfFb or the QR code below. Space is first come first serve due to the capacity in the library.  


Gleneagle Secondary School

1195 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam BC
V3B 7Y8
604-464-5793 604-937-8054 gleneagle@sd43.bc.ca
8:00 am - 4:00 pm
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We respectfully acknowledge that we live and learn on the unceded core traditional territory of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation, which lies within the shared territories of the Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), sq̓əc̓iy̓aɁɬtəməxʷ (Katzie), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), qiqéyt (Qayqayt) , and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) Nations.