Conference Streams

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from top names in integrative, holistic, and natural health care. The Whole Health Conference has over 20 learning sessions that have been organized into six educational streams to help you maximize your learning experience. Select sessions from any combination of the following streams.

Food and Nutrition
Participants attending workshops and presentations in this stream will gain tools to support patients/clients in formulating nutritional regimens that restore health and wellbeing.

Soft Tissue Manipulation
Sessions include massage methods that are based on a "western" medical model, and "western" approach to the body (western in this case referring to a strict scientific and purely mechanical approach to the healing of the body.)

Physical Energy Work
Sessions in this stream are based on an oriental medicine understanding of anatomy and physiology. The oriental approach is based on balancing the flow of energy through the body’s energetic channels, meridians, and focal points. It includes both the application of pressure to specific, defined points along those channels or meridians, and massage strokes.

Leadership and Development
Professions serve society by pooling knowledge among their members. They also help their members build networks, find collaborators, and organize around issues that affect them. In a world of ceaseless innovation and change, every professional must be a leader.

Participants in this stream will learn practical strategies for becoming leaders in both their personal and professional lives.

Spa Treatments
Total revenue streams within the spa industry have increased 146 per cent to $1.5 billion in the last several years with medical spas the fastest growing segment. More and more people are including spa treatments as part of their regular health and wellness routine.

Sessions in this stream will provide participants with the tools and knowledge to begin offering clients/patients a series of spa treatments.

Animal Interactions
Nature and animals are able to reach people in profound ways. Language barriers, cultural barriers, class barriers – all those obstacles come tumbling down when we use animal interactions for healing. Animal interactions will focus on equine therapy with Oriane Lee Johnston.

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There will also be an inspirational plenary with filmmaker and sustainable food advocate, Craig Noble and you can witness screening of Craig Noble's film, Tableland, combined with a fresh, local culinary experience.

Off-site tours to Goldstream Provincial Park, Butchart Gardens, SaltSpring Island, Sannich Penisula, an evening Ghostly Bus Tour of Victoria or Microbrewery Tour are also offered through the conference.

Please be sure to visit the extensive health sector tradeshow that will be available throughout the event.

For more information on this event, including registration and accommodation details, please visit www.nhpcanada.net or contact Erica Jones at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling (toll-free) 1-888-711-7701.