Events
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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...
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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,...
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BC Health Literacy Network FREE Webinar: Health Literacy and Adolescents: Some Novel Approaches
online webinarChildren 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...
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Diabetes Educator Course, Vancouver Spring 2016
Best Western Plus Chateau Granville Hotel Vancouver, BC, CanadaRegistration 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...
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4th Stigma Conference – Abstract submission deadline extended
Unnamed Venue Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaReminder: 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...
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AGENTS OF CHANGE: ADDRESSING WEIGHT STIGMA THROUGH ACTIVISM, EDUCATION, AND POLICY
Segal Buidling 500 Granville Street Vancouver,, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe 4th annual weight stigma conference is happening! Despite the growth of weight stigma scholarship, weight-based oppression continues to be dominant within society, where thinness is privileged and fatness is...