2025 Canadian Herb Conference Schedule – Canadian Herb Conference

2025 Schedule

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3:00 pm - 3:15 pm Channel 1

Welcome to Your Herb Conference

Colleen Emery

Yarrow Willard

Chanchal Cabrera

3:15 pm - 6:00 pm Channel 1

Presenter Introductions

6:10 pm - 7:40 pm Channel 1

Keynote Presentation

Yarrow Willard

Dr. Terry Willard

8:10 am - 8:30 am In Your Green Space

Mindful Walking Meditation: A Practice of Presence and Connection

Angela Bewick

8:30 am - 9:00 am Channel 1

Welcome to Your Conference

Colleen Emery

Yarrow Willard

Chanchal Cabrera

9:15 am - 10:30 am Channel 1

Inclusive Teaching: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Herbal and Wellness Education

Denise Cusack

9:15 am - 10:30 am Channel 2

Balancing Body, Mind, and Spirit: Holistic Strategies for Depression

Megan Kendrick

9:15 am - 10:30 am Channel 3

Blue Forest Shores

Savayda Jarone

10:00 am - 10:30 am Channel 3

Soothing Herbs for Stimming Across Neurotypes

Nada Beydoun

10:30 am - 11:00 am Channel 3

Case Review: Concussion

Tatum Andrews

10:45 am - 12:00 pm Channel 1

Nurturing Plant Connection in Clinical Practice, Herbal Education, and Life!

Oren Hercz

10:45 am - 12:00 pm Channel 2

Longevity: A Comprehensive Guide to Extending Healthspan

Dr. Terry Willard

11:00 am - 11:30 am Channel 3

Mutual Aid Herbalism in A World on Fire

Ember Peters

11:30 am - 12:00 pm Channel 3

An Introduction to Gemmotherapy

Victor Cirone

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Lunch Break

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Zoom

Herbal Networking: Carving Your Plant Path, Navigating Your Journey Post Herbal-Training

Dr. Marisa Marciano

12:15 pm - 12:40 pm Channel 3

Root Into Your Plant Path

Holly Phillips

12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Channel 1

Creating Accessibility for Neurodivergent Clients, Students, and Ourselves

jim mcdonald

Dr. Kenneth Proefrock

Denise Cusack

Ember Peters

Colleen Emery

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Channel 1

The Faces of Our Ancestors: A Relational and Integrated Approach to Psychiatric Illness, Intergenerational Trauma, and Plant Medicine

Chantal Gagne

2:15 pm - 3:30 pm Channel 1

From Burnout to Balance: Chinese Herbal Medicine for Overwhelmed Mother

Dr. Brittany Wickert

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Channel 3

Interview with an Elder

Katolen Yardley

Chanchal Cabrera

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Channel 3

A 45-Year Story of Herbal Regeneration: Exploring the Legacy of The Living Centre, a Botanical Sanctuary and Medicine Wheel Herb Garden

Shantree Kacera

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Channel 3

Soothing Herbs to Heal the Gut

Maria Noël Groves

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Channel 1

Unspoken Minds: Emotional Suppression, Dementia, and the Botanical Path to Release

Cara Gwizd

3:45 pm - 5:00 pm Channel 2

Exploring Mucuna Pruriens as a Neurotransmitter Precursor

Hannah Forest

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Channel 3

Herbal First Aid for Anxiety Relief

Suzanne M. Tabert

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Channel 3

What Really Makes You Ill

Aron McNicholas

5:00 pm - 5:15 pm Channel 1

Pre-Dinner Remarks

Yarrow Willard

5:15 pm - 6:00 pm

Dinner

5:30 pm - 5:55 pm Channel 3

The Moon Salutation

Angela Bewick

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Channel 1

Mental Health in a Modern World

Teemu Arina

Marie Zak

Sheena Bradley

Alina Baker

Yarrow Willard

7:35 pm - 8:00 pm Channel 1

Prometheus and His Gift of Fire

Stephen Taylor

8:30 am - 9:00 am Channel 3

Qigong

Tristan Ford

9:00 am - 9:10 am Channel 1

Welcome Back To Your Conference

Colleen Emery

Yarrow Willard

Chanchal Cabrera

9:15 am - 10:30 am Channel 1

Neurodiverse Minds, Herbal Insights Botanical Pathways to Supporting Cognitive Diversity, Emotional Resilience, and Mental Clarity

Shantree Kacera

9:15 am - 10:30 am Channel 2

Energetics of Emotional Imbalances And Nervine Differentiation

Ember Peters

9:15 am - 9:45 am Channel 3

Minerals for the Nervous System: Making Wild Herbal Vinegar Extracts

Tamara Segal

9:30 am - 9:45 am Channel 3

Bear Roots Forest: Healing the Land, Healing the Heart

Tatum Andrews

10:15 am - 10:45 am Channel 3

Chamomile: Everybody's Nervine!

Oren Hercz

10:45 am - 11:15 am Channel 3

Sweet, Sweet Meadowsweet

Sarah Orlowski

10:45 am - 12:00 pm Channel 1

Iatrogenic Akathesia Case Review

Chanchal Cabrera

10:45 am - 12:00 pm Channel 2

Herbs, Food and Mood: Strategies for Bipolar Disorder, OCD and Brain Health

Nada Beydoun

11:15 am - 11:45 am Channel 3

Unlocking the Neuroimmune Mind: Botanical Medicine for Autoimmunity and Cognitive Decline

Cara Gwizd

11:45 am - 12:15 pm Channel 3

The Overwhelmed Mother’s Apothecary: 3 Herbs That Change Everything

Dr. Brittany Wickert

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm