CPHA Event Co-hosted with PHPC Navigating through different career options can be challenging. This panel will highlight the unique paths and personal experiences of three different types of public health practitioners. Andrew Gray, a Medical Health Officer; Lorraine Telford, a community health nurse; and Paul Cseke, an Environmental Health Officer will share what they currently...

Register now! https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/429099087839384323 Please join BC Healthy Living Alliance on Thursday, April 6th from 9:00-10:30am to learn about how you can increase the wellness of workers outside of the office environment. Get access to the latest case studies, how-to’s and hands-on resources. BCHLA and our partners at Canadian Cancer Society and Canadian Mental Health Association...

  The Hands-on Cook-off contest is back on April 18 to May 18, 2017. This video contest is all about bringing together food and fun in the kitchen by having at least two generations demonstrate how to prepare a recipe. Breakfast, BBQ, pizza, salad, dinner, snacks…recipes in any category are acceptable. Share one of your...

Click here to register. This webinar will focus on inadequate income as the root cause of food insecurity, and actions public health professionals can take to shift practice beyond food-focused initiatives and towards income-based policy solutions. We will hear about the role of public health in social justice issues, and what public health programs that address the...

  Registration is now available: https://ubc.eventsair.com/decvs2017/decregis/Site/Register Course Description Diabetes is an emerging epidemic. No matter what area of healthcare you work in, you will encounter people affected by diabetes. New approaches to diabetes management are continuously appearing. This comprehensive course is for health professionals from a variety of disciplines who face diabetes in practice. The...

“Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your...

Presenter: Dr. Verna St. Denis April 27, 2017 10:30am - 12:00pm PST 1:30 - 3:00pm EST   To register for the webinar, please Click here   About the Presenter:   Dr. Verna St. Denis is Cree and Métis from Beardy’s and Okemasis First Nation, Saskatchewan who specializes in anti-racist approaches in education. She received her PhD in...

Join us for a one-day training on the Frontiers of Innovation approach to program development and evaluation The Center on the Developing Child is pleased to be hosting its second Science-Based Innovation Training this spring, and registration is now open. Participants from a broad range of settings are encouraged to attend, including program developers and...

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation's May Webinars   Educator engagement for practice change Co-presenters: Linda Kaser & Judy Halbert (Networks of Inquiry and Innovation) Date: May 18, 2017 @ 12pm PST/3pm EST (1 hour) WellAhead’s experience in Year 1 highlighted the relevance of educator autonomy as a factor in embedding wellbeing in schools, and the role of peer...

Global Health in a Changing Environment: A Conversation with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada Special Guest: Emily Fister from the David Suzuki Foundation       As the speed and trajectory of climate warming accelerates, human health is increasingly impacted. This creates both urgent humanitarian concerns and opportunities for individuals, societies and communities...

Vancouver's Drug Crisis Breaking Down Stigma   The City of Vancouver and Mayor Gregor Robertson invites the publis to hear more about the overdose crisis. Learn more about this crisis is happening, what needs to be don and how it's a matter of life and death. The event is open to anyone who wishes to...

Please join us on May 30th for How Do We #MakeBCHealthier4Kids: A Discussion on Policy Options   On Tuesday, May 30th, please plan on joining the BC Healthy Living Alliance and the YMCA BC for an engaging policy discussion on the health and wellbeing of children and youth in BC at the Robert Lee YMCA,...

Partnerships Project FASD Facilitator Training June 5th – 7th 2017 Instructional Principles Workshop June 5th, 2017 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Partnerships in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder June 6th & 7th, 2017 9:00 am to 4:30 pm ****** Location: Fort St. John Child Development Centre 10417-106th Ave, Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada V1J 2M8...

  “Blueprint for Action, Making Connections” Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) is pleased to invite you to participate in the 12th National CHNC Conference in Niagara Falls, ON. This conference brings together individuals who have an interest in Community Health Nursing from practice, research, administration, policy and education. Plan to attend and share your...

Webinar The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health, in partnership with the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health and the Health Canada Gender and Health Unit, is pleased to announce the Sex- and Gender-based Analysis Health Policy-Research Partnerships. These research-policy partnerships will help bridge the gaps between research knowledge and policy development and support the rigorous evaluation of...

Fractured BC: Fracking, Site C, Health and Human Rights   The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) BC Volunteers would like to invite you to at attend Fractured BC: Fracking, Site C, Health and Human Rights.   In April, CAPE called for a moratorium on fracking BC and in Canada as a whole, until the health...

Diabetes Educator Course, Vancouver 2017 October 19-21, 2017 Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel & Suites & Conference Centre Website: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/initiatives/in9564/ Registration: https://ubc.eventsair.com/dec-vfall2017/decvfreg/Site/Register   Diabetes Educator Course, Toronto 2017 November 16-18, 2017 Four Points by Sheraton Toronto Airport Website: http://interprofessional.ubc.ca/initiatives/in9568/ Registration is now available: https://ubc.eventsair.com/dect2017/reg/Site/Register   Diabetes is an emerging epidemic. No matter what area...

Healthy School Communities National Forum Healthy Schools – Healthy Children – Healthy Communities November 2-3, 2017 Brookstreet Hotel Ottawa, Ontario   The Healthy School Communities National Forum is a must attend event for community leaders working in health, education, research, government and active living sectors. Connect with school health champions and district and government leaders...

The Public Health Association of BC would like to invite you to our Public forum in conjunction with our annual conference, "Facing a Changing World: Transformative Leadership and Practice." The theme of this year’s conference is transformative leadership and practice, an innovative leadership style that provides an empowering system that encourages group members to take initiative, innovate and transform into...

50th Anniversary of Postgraduate Public Health Training in Western Canada Nov. 17th, 2017 School of Population and Public Health University of British Columbia, Point Grey Campus, Vancouver   Proposed Agenda and Speakers 8:00 – 9:00      Light breakfast and networking - Michael Smith Laboratories Rm 101 9:00 – 12:00     Resident Research Day presentations - Michael Smith...

Open Pharma - More than Meets the Eye? November 27th 5:30PM - 7:00PM SFU Harbour Center - Room 7000 Event Description Join special keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Boozary, one of Canada's most influential young physicians and policy leaders. Speaker Description ANDREW S. BOOZARY, M.D., M.P.P., S.M., is the founding member of the Open Pharma initiative...

šxʷʔam̓ət (home) January 19th, 2018 Songhees Wellness Centre, Victoria, BC   šxʷʔam̓ət (home), our 2017 Forum Theatre production on issues of Reconciliation, will be touring into 20 communities across BC and Alberta January 17 – February 25, 2018, including 2 shows in Victoria, at the Songhees Wellness Centre. You can purchase tickets at this link: http://www.cadbayuc.org/theatre-for-living/...

Early Year's Conference Strengthening Resilience in Today's World - Leading with Kindness and Understanding Vancouver, BC, Canada   The 2018 conference will continue to lead the field of professional development in early childhood development. Topics will include considerations and practices in work with young children and their families, as we adapt to our rapidly changing...

  Groundswell: Communities leading local action on overdose January 29th & 30th, 2018 Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel Surrey, BC   “Groundswell: Communities leading local action on overdose” is a community event that will be hosted for community organizations on January 29th & 30th, 2018. The event is funded by Community Action Initiative and supported by...

Immunization Update: Western Canada Immunization Forum 2018 January 30th, 2018 University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC     The Immunization Programs and Vaccine Preventable Disease Service Line presents the next Western Canada Immunization Forum on January 30, 2018. Experts from Western Canada and the USA will discuss topics such...