Final Program - Canadian Public Health Association

12:30 – 14:00 Riverview Room (Pedway Level)
STUDENT MENTOR LUNCHEON
Students will have the opportunity to engage in dialogue with public health leaders from the Canadian Public Health
Association, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Population and Public Health, the Canadian Institute
for Health Information – Canadian Population Health Initiative, the Public Health Physicians of Canada, the Public Health
Agency of Canada and the Alberta Public Health Association. Students will benefit from the focused attention of some of
the great thinkers in the field. Bring your appetite and your ideas to discuss your part in the future of public health in
Canada.
Presented by the Canadian Public Health Association
14:00 – 15:30 Salon 12 (Meeting Level)
PLANNED SESSION – CPHA
Crafting a Public Health Response to Declining Ecosystem Health
This session provides an opportunity for conference participants to provide input to the early stages of the revision and
updating of CPHA’s 1992 position paper on human and ecosystem health. Building on the opening speech by David
Suzuki and the panel session on this topic, participants will be engaged in a participatory exercise to:
* Identify the actions needed at all levels, from local to global, to address the challenge to population health posed by
declining ecosystem health;
* Identify the role that public health professionals can and must play at all levels to improve ecosystem and thus
human health;
* Suggest the role that CPHA should play and ways to engage the membership, other public health professionals and
organizations, and partners within and beyond the health care system both in Canada and globally.
Learning Objectives:
* Understanding of the process being adopted by CPHA to revise and update its 1992 report on human and ecosystem
health, and of how to become involved in that process;
* Understanding of the role that public health professionals can play to improve ecosystem and thus human health;
* Understanding of the range and role of partners, from the local to the global level, in addressing issues of human and
ecosystem health.
Facilitators:
* James Chauvin, Director of Policy, Canadian Public Health Association
* Trevor Hancock, Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
14:00 – 15:30 Salon 10 (Meeting Level)
PLANNED SESSION – CPHA
Are We Prepared? Canadian Public Health and the New Era of Global Health
Global Health has changed dramatically over the last decade. Aid effectiveness, innovation and new actors – mostly in
the form of private foundations – have significantly influenced the global health landscape. There is increasing interest in
global public health, as indicated by the rise in global health programs across the country. In November 2011, the
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences launched the report Canadians Making a Difference: The Expert Panel on Canada’s
Strategic Role in Global Health. This report has been a springboard for discussions on the Canadian role in global health.
This session will present some of the key recent contributions of the Canadian public health community to global health.
How are Canada’s public health contributions to global health changing? What are the potential roles for the Canadian
public health community in the changing global health landscape? Participants will be asked to contribute to the
discussion with questions and comments following the presentations.
Learning Objectives:
* Improved understanding of Canadian public health’s role and impact in global health;
* Increased knowledge of factors influencing the role of public health in the area of global health.
Speakers:
* Georges Benjamin, Executive Director, American Public Health Association
* Marnie Davidson, Program Director, Canadian International Immunization Initiative, Canadian Public Health Association
* David Zakus, Director of Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta
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