Who We Are
SIXFEET is a federally registered not-for-profit organization toward personal development for professional responders.
Learn MoreWhat is Mission Forward?
Mission Forward is an atypical conference for first responders and adjacent communities to discover actionable resiliency tools.
Learn MoreShow Sponsors
This event is made possible by our generous show sponsors:
CMHA Brant and Grand River Counselling
Speakers
Bryan Stevens
Founder, Frontline Forward
Lorena Krasnai MA Leadership, CAPP, CHRL
Advisor | Educator | Coach, KLo Human Sustainability
Officer Jeremy Burns
Police Constable, Toronto Police
Laura Dowler MSW RSW
Owner, Grand River Counselling
Sasy Cacace and Julia Long
PhD, University of Waterloo in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Gary Bridge
Assistant Deputy Fire Chief, London Fire
Bill Dungey SSW
Firefighter, County of Brant Fire Department
Program
This conference run on September 16, 2023.
Food and beverages provided at lunch and breaks. Schedule subject to change.
Food and beverages provided at lunch and breaks. Schedule subject to change.
Day 1
16 Sep 2023
Welcome: Bill Dungey
Resilience is a skill. To assign our focus for the day, SIXFEET founder Bill Dungey will connect the 'Heroic Ideal' to keeping upstream mental health training for all public service personnel.
Bill Dungey SSW
Plenary Panel: Make Things Better.
This panel discussion will pull from field experts, frontline workers and senior leaders to platform two ideas; creating grass roots wellness programming and improving existing programs in organizations where stagnation and misaligned focus can derail programs with good intentions.
Officer Jeremy Burns
Laura Dowler MSW RSW
Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Gary Bridge
Bill Dungey SSW
1000
Coffee Break: Sponsored by FRY Canada.
Presentation: FRY – Yoga for First Responders
high-level discussion of the findings of this work and offer policy-level and theoretical/methodological-level recommendations and supports that can be taken up in future praxis-based considerations.
Bryan Stevens
Presentation: Interactive Presentation on Wellness Together Canada: Empowering First Responders and Adjacent Communities with Actionable Resiliency Tools
Wellness Together Canada is a Health Canada funded partnership between, Stepped Care Solutions, Kids Help Phone and Homewood Health.
Kait Saxton, Stepped Care Solutions
Presentation: Mental Fitness for Post Traumatic Growth
When we take a redemptive perspective to our story, we experience greater wellbeing and we are healthier.
Taking charge of your life story allows you to become the hero emerging from within.
Lorena Krasnai MA Leadership, CAPP, CHRL
1215
Lunch: Sponsored by FRY Canada.
Presentation: Somatic Exercises for Trauma
Somatic exercise focuses on a bottom-up approach to trauma recovery. Rather than starting in conversation about emotions or cognition, this approach focuses on how the body responds to trauma and how that, in turn, affects the brain.
Laura Dowler MSW RSW
1345
Coffee Break: Sponsored by FRY Canada.
Presentation: London Fire Wellness Program
Impacts of trauma on the brain and how this information influenced the development of the wellness program within London Fire.
Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Gary Bridge
Call to Action
Our people DESERVE the best possible preparation for their career. To close the conference, our founder will offer a call for all participants to drive forward the mission; bringing actionable resilience skills to our first responders and people in adjacent communities.
Bill Dungey SSW
Offsite Workshop: Introduction to Martial Arts & ‘Big 4’ Tools for Developing Resilience
Attendees who purchase the workshop add-on will be brought through a fundamental technique of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu called a 'guard break' alongside the 'Big 4 Tools of Mental Resiliency' - Mental Rehearsal, Goal Setting, Positive Self Talk and Tactical Breathing. This presentation is a physical introduction to self-care and is accessible to people of all fitness levels. Comfortable shorts required - custom rashguard provided!
Bill Dungey SSW
Sponsors
MISSION FORWARD is powered by a not-for-profit organization.
The sponsors below have helped get this project off the ground.
The sponsors below have helped get this project off the ground.
Sponsorship Opportunities
We’re actively looking for partners that are focused on bringing formal resiliency training to the front lines of ermergency response, military and adjacent communities. Please review the document below for sponsorship opportunities and reach out to start the conversation.
Vendor Opportunities
Our conference will have very limited space for vendors, so your message will have an audience with more focus, less distraction and a passionate resolve to bring formal resiliency training to our first responders, military members and adjacent communities. This conference is hosted by a grassroots not-for-profit organization. Committing your business to our cause will place your organization on social media, physical media and in the conference itself.