Events
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Webinar: Taking action on the root cause: Inadequate income and food security
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...
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Diabetes Educator Course, Vancouver 2017
Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel & Suites & Conference Centre British Columbia, CanadaRegistration 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...
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Poverty Reduction Plans Work! Talk on the success of Newfoundland’s poverty reduction strategy
Vancouver Public Library 350 West Georgia, Vancouver“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...
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Webinar: Critical Race Theory and its Implication for Indigenous Cultural Safety
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...
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Science-Based Innovation Training
Eugene, OR, United StatesJoin 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...
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May Webinars: Educator engagement and communicating the importance of wellbeing in schools
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...