Highlights include: THE FUNDAMENTALS of Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Facilities Lessons Learned from BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING HURRICANE SANDY: Hospital Evacuations Emergency Planning and Preparedness at Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel SOCIAL MEDIA and Crisis Communications AND MUCH MORE Conference website: Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Health Care Facilities Early bird and group registration fees...

Our next session (May 13th) will focus on “Dating and Relationships with a Disability.” We are happy to announce our speaker for next Mimi Lauzon, who is a certified Life, Love & Style Coach & Matchmaker from “It’s Just Lunch Canada’ The age range is from 13-29 and is for physically disabled youth and young adults. The...

Upcoming free talks by Éric Pineault in Vancouver and Victoria. These are the first public events for the Corporate Mapping Project, which, over the next five years, will examine the power and influence wielded by the fossil fuel industry in Canada. EXTREME OIL: Corporate power, tar sands expansion, and the capitalist pressure to extract Éric Pineault is a...

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – Strategies for Supporting  This workshop will include information on prevention, intervention strategies, diagnosis, functional assessment, developing a collaborative care network and case management. Some of the topics covered: Brain Disability vs. Behavioural Disability Responding to Behaviours – Trying Differently not Harder Collaborative Care Network – Building a Team! Responding to...

Topic-specific methods and tools to support evidence-informed decision making Webinar 2: Resources for Practitioners Who Promote Healthy Weights Do you work in the chronic disease prevention field? Is the focus of your work healthy weights promotion?  This webinar on evidence-informed decision making draws on the NCCMT's seven-step process, with reference to methods and tools for each...

The 11th National Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) Conference is taking place from May 30 - June 1, 2016 in St. John's, NL. This conference brings together nurses from across Canada and all areas of practice. Be part of this valuable forum, and explore issues of mutual concern, exchange knowledge, share ideas, generate solutions...