Workshops:
Facilitator
: I have conducted numerous short courses and workshops primarily on dreams and consciousness in sleep. Here is a partial list of organizations/agencies for whom I have given talks/workshops on dreams and consciousness:Tata Management Training Centre, Puna India
Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York
Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Keyano College, Ft. McMurray, Alberta
YWCA conference, "Women in Management: Pursuing Excellence", Edmonton, Alberta
Medley Family & Community Support Services, Medley, Alberta
Yellowhead Tribal Council, Spruce Grove, Alberta
Bearwoman & Associates, Edmonton, Alberta
Alberta Vocational College, Guarad, Alberta
Four Worlds, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta
Minerva Institute, Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, Alberta
More recently I have been giving workshops on the psychology of internet use. These include:
Gackenbach, J.I. (1997, August). Internet use: Clinical implications. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Chicago.
Gackenbach, J.I. & King, Storm (1998, August). Clinical Implications of Internet Use. Workshop accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco.
Gackenbach, J.I. (1998, May). The Psychology of Internet Use. Workshop accepted for presentation at the 14th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Distance Education, Banff, Alberta.
Coordinator: I have been planning and coordinating conferences and workshops both in the US and Canada for some years. This has been in conjunction with my former academic position at the University of Northern Iowa and as a prime mover in the development of the Association for the Study of Dreams and the Lucidity Association. More recently I have been a workshop coordinator for both the Developmental Disabilities Center at the University of Alberta and the Marketing and Communications Department at Athabasca University. More recently (1993) I was program chair for the 10th anniversary meeting of the Association for the Study of Dreams in Santa Fe, NM.