Posted on November 8, 2018

Building Safe & Inclusive Communities:

The Public Health Approach

November 15th & 16th, 2018

The Sutton Place Hotel

845 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC

Final Wave of Speakers Announced
Exhibitor Booths Announced and Last Chance for Tickets!

Officially one week left until Building Safe and Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach, happening November 15^th and 16^th at the Sutton Place hotel in downtown Vancouver, 845 Burrard Street. If you haven’t gotten your ticket yet, it’s not too late! Click here or follow the below link to register today

For all those who have registered, check your inboxes! We’ve just distributed the electronic versions of our conference program; it is packed with information about our world renowned plenary speakers, detailed schedules of both days, information on this year’s exhibitors, location information and more! These programs will be available at the registration desk both days, please do not feel you have to print it out beforehand.

We are excited to announce the final wave of plenary session speakers, these experts in their respective fields will speak about their current work creating safe and inclusive communities during our plenary sessions on violence prevention, injury prevention, health equity in practice and fostering community inclusion and cultural safety. These speakers include:

Rachel Davis – Executive Director at the Prevention Institute in the US.
Bernie Pauly – Associate Professor at the University of Victoria School of Nursing and Scientist at the Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia.
Mariana Brussoni – Investigator at BC Children’s Hospital and Academic Scientist at the BC Injury Research & Prevention Unit.
Bonnie Henry – Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health
Neil Arason – Director, Public Health, BC Ministry of Health
Mark Tyndall – Executive Director, BC Centre for Disease Control and Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Paul Lacerte – Co-founder of the Moose Hide Campaign
Shelly Crack – Community Dietician at Northern Health
Jenny Cross – Traditional Haida Knowledge Keeper and Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Educator
Janene Erickson – Nak’azdli Whut’en, Adopted member of Tak’aya Wolf Clan, FNHA family, Projects & Partnership Development, CEO office, First Nations Health Authority

If you would like to learn more about them and when they will be speaking, check out our event page by clicking here or copying the link below.

Don’t forget to RSVP to our free event the night before the conference, November 14th, 2018 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm, for Prevention of Violence Canada’s 14^th National Town Hall, Building Safe and Inclusive Communities: The Public Health Approach, at the Fletcher Challenge Theatre (Room 1900) in SFU’s Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver, 515 West Hastings Street. This event is co-hosted by PHABC, Prevention of Violence Canada and the Canadian Red Cross and will serve as the unofficial opening of the PHABC conference. This event is free to attend and open to the public; coffee, tea and water will be served. Doors are at 6:30pm, the panel will begin at 7:00pm and finish at 8:30pm with the final half hour, until 9pm, reserved for networking. Please RSVP by following Eventbrite link below to reserve your FREE seat today!

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/povc-townhallphabc-public-forum-tickets-51594460420

On Thursday November 15^th, 2018 from 3:45pm to 5:00pm we will be hosting our networking event concurrently with our exhibitor’s booths and poster sessions. This is a relaxed event where one can enjoy some complimentary appetizers and a glass of wine or beer from our cash bar while networking with likeminded individuals, learning about new research and projects across BC from one of our 18 poster presentations and perusing the exhibitor’s booths to learn more about our partner organizations and maybe score some free swag! To learn more about this year’s exhibitors, check out below.