International Conference on Urban Health: Achieving Social Justice in Urban Communities

Posted by on October 14, 2005

[posted from Community Based Participatory Research listserv]

THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN HEALTH
ACHIEVING SOCIAL JUSTICE IN URBAN COMMUNITIES

Hosted by:

Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St Michaels Hospital
October 26-28, 2005
The Westin Harbour Castle
Toronto, Ontario Canada

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
We are thrilled to announce our distinguished keynote and featured speakers for this year?s conference.

Gro Harlem Brundtland
Former Prime Minister to Norway (1986-1989, 1990-1996), former Director General of the World Health Organization (1998-2003), Health Policy Fellow at Harvard University, and member of the United Nations’ High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change.

Richard Lessard
Director of Public Health of the Montreal Regional Health and Social Services Board, headed the Community Health Department of the Cit? de la Sant? de Laval (1982-1992), member of Canada’s National Forum on Health (1994-1997), public health consultant for the Department of Health and Sustainable Development of the World Health Organization in Geneva (1998-1999).

Francisco Armada (Featured Speaker)
Our featured speaker is currently the Minister of the Department of Health and Social Development, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Regional Director of the National System of Health for the State of the Amazon (1994 – 1996), Technical Advisor to the Presidential Commissions of Social Security (2001 – 2002), General Director of the Environmental Health and Sanitary Finance Office (2002 – November 2004).

Register online at https://registration.crich.ca/registration/

REGISTRATION RATES FOR NEW ISUH MEMBERS

If you are not yet a member of the International Society for Urban Health, you may join now and enjoy savings on your membership fee and on your conference registration. The reduced membership fee represents a 20% savings for standard membership and a 25% savings for students. Savings can be further maximized by joining through 2006. This membership includes a subscription to the Journal of Urban Health, which is published quarterly.

Click here for more information and a membership application form: http://www.isuh.org/membership/membership_home

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Concurrent Pre-Conference Workshops will be held during the afternoon of October 26, 2005. The additional registration fee of $75.00 is waived for Community conference attendees. Space in these workshops is limited, so register early!

Workshop Titles

1. Addressing Urban Health Needs: Toronto Public Health Practice
2. Using Distance and Travel Time to Measure Access to Health Care and Resources for Healthy Living in Urban Neighbourhoods
3. How to Understand and Conduct Research on Homelessness: A Practical Guide
4. Ethical Challenges in Research with Marginalized Populations
5. Introductory Health Economics: An Urban Health Perspective
6. The Politics of the Social Determinants of Health
7. What’s All This Talk About Community-Based Participatory Research? Building Sustainable Capacities for
8. Urban Health Research Partnerships
9. Learning the Research Talk: Introduction to Research Methods, Concepts and Jargon
10. Introduction to Urban Health

For more information on Pre-Conference Workshops, please visit the conference website at http://www.crich.ca/isuhconference2005/pWorkshop.asp

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Dr. Patricia O?Campo
Centre for Research on Inner City Health
St. Michaels Hospital

SPONSORED BY
Government of Ontario
Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michaels Hospital
BMO Bank of Montreal
Wellesley Central Health Corporation
The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation
Ontario Hospital Association
Toronto Public Health
St. Joseph’s Health Centre
West End Urban Health Allliance
New York Academy of Medicine
Community Advisory Panels at St. Michael’s Hospital