Facing a Changing World:
Transformative Leadership and Practice
November 16th & 17th, 2017 – Vancouver, BC
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 |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Wellness & Coffee Break | |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Conference Closing Plenary | Le Versailles |