Ontario Health Literacy Symposium

Macdonald Bloc Complex

900 Bay Street

Ontario Room, 2nd floor

Toronto, ON M7A 1E9

Webcast of Symposium available online for non-Ontario residents, click here for more information

Join us for a day of learning and networking on health literacy in Ontario

Please note that the doors will open at 8:00 am and the speakers will begin at 9:00 am.

The day’s sessions will include:

• Dr. Irv Rootman  via video conference
• A panel on the current state of health literacy in Ontario and Canada, moderated by Dr. Linda Shohet, former Founder and Director of the Centre for Literacy, Quebec

• A keynote session by Dr. Lorie Donelle, Associate Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing/School of Health Studies, University of Western Ontario

• Remarks from Julie Drury, Chair, Minister’s Patient and Family Advisory Council
• Networking
• Breakout sessions on innovative practices in Ontario, evaluating health literacy initiatives, learning from patient experiences, developing online tools and apps, and more

Click here to register and for more information