Delegates Program - Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research

Forum Agenda
Forum Registration:
November 8
November 9
7:00 – 9:00 AM
7:30 – 9:00 AM
November 8
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast
8:30 - 8:45 Welcome address - Kathy Belton, Associate Director, Alberta Centre for
Injury Control & Research (ACICR)
8:45 - 10:00
Alcohol Use and Injury in Alberta
Keynote speaker, Dr. Don Voaklander will focus on what we know about alcohol and injury in
Alberta discussing both intentional violence and unintentional injury. His presentation will focus
on data derived from the Office of the Provincial Medical Examiner and the Alberta Trauma
Registry. Keynote speaker, Dr. Cam Wild will present his research on alcohol-related behaviours
and attitudes. Intervention opportunities in a variety of Alberta populations will also be presented.
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:15
The Ecology of Alcohol Use: Individual Choices and Community Safety
Keynote speaker, Dr. James Talbot will highlight how alcohol use affects individuals by
increasing their risk of injury and will examine the conflict between an individual's right to
choose to over consume alcohol and the right of communities to be safe and free of injury.
11:15 - 11:45
Research to reality: how alcohol impacts Albertans
Participants’ stories will illustrate the relationship between alcohol and injury/ safety and how
harmful alcohol use affects a wide variety of Albertans in many settings.
Trauma nurse
Paramedic
Firefighter
Police officer
Sexual assault counsellor
Liquor store clerk
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