Conferences & Presentations

In June 2022, Yas was invited to speak at the Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning‘s National Conference on the topic of building genuine connections through trust and how a new initiative to connect with students during the pandemic helped build dialogue and trust through direct engagement.

This presentation, which was conducted over Zoom, garnered an overwhelmingly positive response by attendees after the session, a sample of their feedback is included below.

Attendees written feedback on the presentation:

“Wonderful presentation Yas – great to see how inspiring your work has become”

“Indeed an inspiring presentation Yas, such important work with profoundly positive impact on students”

“Thank you Yas, I learned a lot! Inspiring dedication to student experience and well being!

“It sounds like you created a safe place for students to acknowledge their feelings and discuss them. The student engagement you experienced is remarkable!”

“Thanks to Yas for this wonderful presentation and for supporting her students so brilliantly”

“[The presentation] would be a great handbook for the WIL (work-integrated learning) staff!”

“Thank you for your presentation, Yas. You are inspiring!”

“Such an inspiring presentation, thank you Yas!”

In May 2019, Yas was invited to speak at the Association of Co-operative Education and Work Integrated Learning (BC / Yukon) conference on the topic of shifting coaching paradigms, intuitive approaches to one-on-one connections and how that all starts with connecting deeply with ourselves first

In March 2020, Yas was invited to speak at Ashtanga Yoga Vancouver on the Anatomy of Genuine One-on-One Connections