Registration Information:    Registration can be done through your worksite coordinator or using the On-line Registration.     Registration Timeline:  Friday, February 13 to Friday, February 20, 2009.   Registration Fee:    In lieu of a registration fee, we are collecting donations for Bryony House.   Bryony House is a 24 bed shelter for abused women and their children. Established in 1978 the Halifax Transition House Association opened Bryony House as the first transition house in Nova Scotia.   Each year Bryony House offers safety and shelter to approximately 450 women and children and answers over 4500 distress calls. The women come from many walks of life, socio-economic classes and cultural backgrounds. The issue they have in common is that they are in, or are fleeing, an abusive intimate relationship.   We are proud to support the Halifax Assistance Fund as our charity of choice for 2009.   More information may be found on their website at http://www.bryonyhouse.ca/ . Your contribution is appreciated.    Exhibitors:   Information booths from various organizations will be on display.  They may offer items for sale.  For more information visit:  IWD Exhibitors    Lunch Options:    Holiday Inn Harbourview has a beautifully renovated dining area and is offering a buffet lunch on the conference day. Lunch tickets will be available to purchase during the course of the morning. The same menu and price will be available in the downstairs restaurant to accommodate overflow from the second floor dining room. The cost of the lunch TBD (taxes included). Alternatively, inside the hotel is Quickie's Coffee Shop and there are a number of eating establishments in the vicinity of the hotel, i.e. Tim Horton’s, McDonald’s, Subway, and Down Town Pizza.   Public Transportation & Parking:   Free parking is available at the hotel.  A major Metro Transit stop at the Bridge Terminal is located across the street from the hotel. Workshops for this event are being held at the Holiday Inn Harbourview and the Dartmouth Sportsplex.