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  • Research on Adolescents and Adults: If Not Now, When?

    The Hyatt Regency Vancouver, BC, Canada

    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...

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  • Webinar – PASS: Expanding physical activity reporting to incorporate sedentary behaviour and sleep

    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...

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  • Webinar – Part 2, Linking Evidence to Policy Action on the Retail Food Environment

    The FRESH-IT Evidence Application Guide and the Policy Readiness Tool will be introduced. In this webinar we will look at specific case studies and examples of retail food environment actions, discuss policy readiness and introduce the FRESH-IT website. To register and for more info: https://cdpac.webex.com/mw3000/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=cdpac

  • BC Health Literacy Network FREE Webinar: Health Literacy and Adolescents: Some Novel Approaches

    online webinar

    Children and young people (ages: 7-18) have need support in staying healthy. This is especially true when it comes to how they understand health information and when they think about what it means to be “healthy”. We call this their “health literacy”. Health literacy means their ability to understand and use information about their health....

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  • Diabetes Educator Course, Vancouver Spring 2016

    Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Registration is now available: https://ubc.eventsair.com/in9543/registration/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 goal...

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  • 4th Stigma Conference – Abstract submission deadline extended

    Unnamed Venue Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Reminder: The extended deadline for submissions of oral presentations is 28th February and for posters is 31st March, 2016. The 4th Annual Weight Stigma Conference will be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada April 29 and 30, 2016. For more information about this conference please see: http://stigmaconference.com/abstract-submission/