Being a teenager is an exciting time in one’s life, and learning to drive can be both exciting and challenging.
While encouraging teens to hit the road, the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit (BCIRPU) would like to remind everyone that young driver (aged 16-25) safety is a significant issue in BC. Youth are overrepresented in all road-related injuries and deaths.
Statistics show that on average each year in BC,
28 young drivers die as a result of a Motor Vehicle Crash;
71 people die from crashes involving young drivers;
32,000 crashes where at least one youth (16 to 21) is involved (drivers and passengers)
Speeding, driving while impaired (by drugs or alcohol) and distracted diving (by texting or using other electronic devices) are main reasons for a large number of these injuries and deaths.
The good news is that these injuries are predictable and can be prevented through evidence-based interventions.
Here are a few Teen Driver Safety Week reminders for all of us:
Mind your speed and exercise patience
Don’t take drugs and drive
Don’t drink and drive
Have a designated driver when you party
Don’t text and drive
For more resources on teen driver safety, please see the links below:
Encourage your friends and family to share this message through newsletters, websites, and social media. For more information on National Teen Driver Safety Week 2017, visit http://www.parachutecanada.org/NTDSW. Share your safety tips and posts on social media with the hashtag #GetHomeSafe.
The BC Public Service Agency’s Occupational Health & Rehabilitation team is committed to restoring, maintaining, and improving the health of BC’s public service employees.
We are looking for passionate and creative team players to help us build on our success in providing expert consultation in medical case management, workplace health programs, and safety-related services that protect the safety and health of employees and enhance the public service.
As an Occupational Health Nurse with the BC Public Service Agency, you’ll be a member of our multidisciplinary Occupational Health & Rehabilitation team, comprised of OHNs, OHR physicians, medical case analysts, and the Early Intervention and Return to Work Specialists. Together the OHR team supports the diverse health and wellness needs of public service employees.
In keeping with the BC Public Service Agency (BCPSA) goals and Workplace Health & Safety principles, you will provide case management services and occupational health expertise to identify opportunities for ill or injured employees to achieve early, safe and sustainable returns to work. You will identify treatment and rehabilitative options, working collaboratively with a variety of resources, to support public service managers and employees to manage their health and wellness and thereby improve workplace engagement and productivity.
For more information about working for the BC Public Service, please see What We Offer.
Qualifications for this role include:
Registered nurse or nursing degree, and occupational health nursing education; or equivalent combination, from an approved school of nursing
Two years’ occupational health nursing experience
Two years’ disability case management experience
Proficiency in electronic case management systems
Specialized training in occupational health preferred
Must have or be immediately eligible to obtain registration with the College of Registered Nurses’ of British Columbia (CRNBC)
Active membership in an occupational health nurses’ professional practice group and participation in continuing education, related to disability case management, is an asset
Location: 3-300 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405 87 Ave, Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9
The University of Alberta invites applications, nominations and expressions of interest for the position of Dean, School of Public Health. The appointment, for an initial five-year term, beings July 1, 2018. This is an exceptional opportunity to build upon a strong foundation and to provide leadership to a rapidly growing School positioned to meet demand for relevant research and highly trained leaders in public health.
Located in Edmonton, the University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top teaching and research universities, with an international reputation for excellence. Home to more than 39,000 students from 147 countries and 15,000 faculty and staff, the University attracts nearly $480 million in sponsored research funding.
The School of Public Health is committed to advancing health through interdisciplinary inquiry and by working with partners in promoting health and wellness, protecting health, preventing disease and injury, and reducing health inequalities locally, nationally and globally. In 2006, the University of Alberta was the first Canadian institution to establish an accredited, free-standing school of public health. In the short time since its inception, the School has achieved accreditation by the Council on Education for Public Health, the first school in Canada to have done so.
Home to 250 graduate students, 36 tenured and tenure-track faculty, and 114 administrative and research staff, the School is comprised of several research centres and offers three graduate-level degree programs, including master of public health (MPH), master of science (MSc) and doctor of philosophy (PhD). In addition, the School offers professional development in the form of a Fellowship in Health System Improvement and a Professional Certificate in Public Health.
Reporting to the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), the Dean is responsible for leading all aspects of the School’s operations, including budget and fund development, fostering an environment in which world-leading research and excellence in teaching and engaged scholarship flourish.
The successful candidate will possess an earned doctorate, will be appointed to a continuing position at the rank of full Professor, and have a distinguished record of scholarly achievement as well as progressive and relevant experience providing outstanding senior academic and administrative leadership. As the leader of a diverse, growing School, the Dean must demonstrate a collaborative, strategic, consensus oriented approach and have exceptional people leadership and administrative management skills.
This is an exciting and challenging opportunity to serve in an important leadership role at one of Canada’s top universities. To learn more, please contact Danielle Conn or Cameron Geldart at 604.926.0005. To apply, please forward a letter of introduction, an up-to-date CV as well as a list of three references, in confidence, to danielle@thegeldartgroup.com.
This position is in accordance with University terms and conditions, and remuneration will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, and will be competitive with public research-intensive post-secondary institutions. Components of compensation will include base salary, a comprehensive benefits package (which can be viewed at www.hrs.ualberta.ca), and additional negotiated benefits applicable to the position.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. If suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found, other individuals will be considered.
The University of Alberta is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. The University welcomes applications from all qualified persons. It encourages women, First Nations, Metis and Inuit persons, members of visible minority groups, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression, and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas to apply.
We are pleased to share with you our preliminary schedule for the 2017 conference, Facing a Changing World: Transformative Leadership and Practice. Along with plenary sessions focused on the four main sub-themes; Child & Youth Health, Indigenous Health, Immigrant & Refugee Health, and Planetary Health-Healthy Built Environments, there will be oral presentations and workshops dedicated to transformative leadership and practice in all aspects of public health. Please click here to view the schedule or check it out below
Our Scientific Program Committee is hard at work reviewing the abstracts as we speak. If you submitted one, keep an eye on your inbox! A representative from the committee will be in touch on October 18th, 2017 regarding your proposal. Good luck to everyone who submitted an abstract!
The final schedule will be avaliable on October 26th, 2017.
On the morning of November 16th, 2017 we will be hosting Medical Health Officers from across BC in a plenary session dedicated to the opioid crisis. The rise in drug overdoses and deaths has affected all British Columbians in some way and on Thursday April 14th, 2016, BC’s provincial health officer declared a public health emergency in response to this crisis. Since the declaration, a myriad of new programs and initiatives have been developed to fight back. In this plenary session we will be exploring what has been done, what still needs to be done and how transformative leadership and practice can help inform innovative solutions. Stay tuned! We will announce the panelist’s in the final schedule.
If you haven’t already registered, click here to reserve your spot at BC’s premier public health event!
If you are a current PHABC member and are interested in attending the conference but have financial limitations please consider volunteering, we are in search of a few people to act as room attendants, note takers and registration booth attendants. Please email our events coordinator at staff@phabc.org if you are interested in a volunteer position.
We hope to see many of you in Vancouver this November!
November 16th, 2017 7:30am – 5:00pm
Time
Event
Room
7:30am – 8:30am
Registration
Breakfast
Entrance Hall
Le Versailles
8:30am-8:45am
Aboriginal Welcome & Opening Plenary
Le Versailles
8:45am-9:05am
Transformative Leadership Plenary
Le Versailles
9:05am-10:00am
Child and Youth Plenary
Le Versailles
10:00am-10:30am
Wellness & Coffee Break
10:30am-11:00am
Immigrant and Refugee Plenary
Le Versailles
11:00am-12:00pm
Opioid Crisis Plenary
Le Versailles
12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch & Annual General Meeting
Le Versailles
1:00pm-2:00pm
Oral Presentations
Château Oliver
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Margaux
Chateau Belair
Salon Renoir
2:00pm-3:30pm
Workshops
Château Oliver
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Margaux
Chateau Belair
Salon Renoir
3:30pm-5:00pm
Networking Event & Book Release
Exhibitor Booths
Château Lafite
Entrance Hall
November 17th, 2017 7:30am – 4:30pm
Time
Event
Room
7:30am – 8:30am
Registration
Breakfast
Entrance Hall
Le Versailles
8:30am-8:45am
Aboriginal Welcome & Opening Plenary
Le Versailles
8:45am-10:00am
Indigenous Health Plenary
Le Versailles
10:00am-10:30am
Wellness & Coffee Break
10:30am-12:00pm
Oral Presentations
Château Oliver
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Margaux
Chateau Belair
Salon Renoir
12:00pm-1:00pm
Lunch
Poster Sessions
Le Versailles
Château Lafite
1:00pm-2:00pm
Healthy Built Environments Plenary
Le Versailles
2:00pm-3:30pm
Workshops
Château Oliver
Château Mouton Rothschild
Château Margaux
Chateau Belair
Salon Renoir
Subject Fields: Human Rights, Immigration and Migration History Studies, Indigenous Studies, Law and Legal History, Colonial Violence, Drug War, Human Trafficking, U.S. – Mexico Borderlands, Boat People, Mediterranean Crossing
Migrants the world over have been compelled to make deadly voyages to escape harsh conditions in pursuit of a better life. Whether it is fatal journey made by “Boat People” to Australia; migrants desperately crossing the Mediterranean; Syrian refugees converging at the frontiers of Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt; or unaccompanied minors from “Northern Triangle” nations trekking thousands of miles on to enter the United States via Mexico; their vulnerability is certain. Many fall prey to traffickers, smugglers, violence, exploitation and death. For instance, Amnesty International reports that, at the current rate of 2.7 deaths per every 100 people, 2017 promises to be the deadliest year for refugees crossing the Mediterranean. Despite the increasing number of deaths of forced migrants, international law and communities struggle with coordinating socio-legal and humanitarian efforts to effectively address the current global migrant crisis. The purpose of this forthcoming book is to examine the efficacy of international, regional, national and local responses to deadly voyages and dangerous journeys of migrants globally.
Interested authors should send a title (12 words maximum); brief description of your proposed chapter (300-500 words maximum); and a CV to veronica.fynnbruey@tuki-tumarankeh.org no later than 30 November 2017.
Law and Society Collaborative Research Network (CRN 11) Displaced Peoples:
Special Issue by the Journal of Internal Displacement
Guest Editors
Megan J. Ballard, Professor of Law, Gonzaga University
Ben Hudson, Lecturer in Law, University of Lincoln
The Journal of Internal Displacement is calling for papers to be published in its Law and Society’s Collaborative Research Network (CRN 11 – Displaced Peoples) Special Issue in January 2018. Papers must be submitted no later than by 31 October 2017.
Topics could include (but not limited to):
Theoretical and conceptual analysis
Law, policy and advocacy
Mapping of missing migrants
Emergency response
Socio-legal dimension
Impact, influence and outcome
Challenge and opportunity with program implementation
Story and lived experience
About the Journal:
The Journal of Internal Displacement (JID) is a scholarly and interdisciplinary platform for raising the profile of displaced populations through discussions, critical dialogue, emerging themes, reflections and explorations on a wide range of topics and regions. The JID promotes free and open access. The JID charges no publication fees to authors.
Submission Guidelines:
Manuscripts must be submitted no later than 31 October 2017
Manuscripts must have a maximum of 30 pages (i.e., ~15,000 words including references) single space, Times New Roman, 12-point font size with 150-words abstract and 5 keywords.
