iCON is an exciting initiative that promotes communication between community members and health professionals across the province through interactive public health forums on chronic disease prevention and management as well as the dissemination of culturally-relevant patient educational materials. Please visit www.iconproject.org for more information. This interactive forum will bring together community members, health professionals, and...

Join Canada's Social Determinants of Health leaders and decision makers for an exciting two-part event hosted by Upstream. Growing public awareness of the roots of good health has opened the door to many conversations about how to equitably improve social conditions that help determine good health. Upstream invites you to join us in exploring the...

Dr. Perry will provide a general overview of brain development, the impact of abuse and neglect, and intervention implications. This day is for a broad audience including child development and early intervention professionals, First Nations Health Authority staff, Aboriginal service providers, mental health clinicians, probation officers, social workers, foster parents, educators, alcohol and drug counsellors,...

Research on Adolescents and Adults: If Not Now, When? The 7th National Biennial Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)   As adolescents and adults with FASD continue to age, the “need to know” across a broad spectrum of areas is becoming critically important for identifying clinically relevant research questions and...

To better align with current evidence that all forms of movement have an impact on chronic disease prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada (the Agency) has broadened the scope of physical activity surveillance to include sedentary behaviour and sleep behaviours, as well as their risk and protective factors. This webinar will review the process...