Drug education isn't what it used to be and that's a good thing! Evidence tells us that promoting mental health and addressing problematic substance use is about two key elements: i) helping young people develop the knowledge and skills to navigate today’s world and ii) fostering a greater degree of connectedness within school communities. This...

Primary care has increasing expectations and external pressure to implement patient-centered medical homes, EMRs, and ICD-10 coding, integrate behavioral health, and initiate other improvements. With all these demands, both physicians and staff can be overwhelmed and discouraged. This webinar will discuss the role of patient and family advisors in supporting practices, improving morale, and sharing...

The Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation (C2E2) is offering a one-day Systematic Reviews Course Friday, October 16, 2015. The course is intended to provide participants with an understanding of systematic review methodology and what is entailed in completing such a task. Course Description Overview of Systematic Reviews The review landscape… Systematic reviews versus narrative,...

Ecohealth in Action & Practice – CoPEH-Canada presents this Webalogue Our speakers will be: **Dr. Jeff Masuda, Queens University, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies For decades, public and population health researchers have been called upon to both support and to lead a new social and political movement for health. In recent years, various urban social...

Concerned citizens can find out how they can help prevent this damage at a town hall meeting in Richmond featuring the founding co-chair of Prevention of Violence Canada, Shannon Turner. The meeting, presented by the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) Richmond, takes place Oct. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ralph Fisher Auditorium at...

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 - 1:30-3:00pm (Eastern) Register now! (https://cdpac.webex.com/)  NOTE: This webinar will be presented in French with English available through simultaneous translation. Presentation slides will be made available in both English and French. This webinar will present key results and learnings from a project called “I am invited. And you?". This multistrategic project...