Public Health Summer Institute 2020

Think Globally, Act Locally

Public Health and the Anthropocene

Thursday July 9th & Friday July 10th, 2020

Last Chance to Register for the 2-Day Event!

Check Out Our New YouTube Channel!

This Thursday and Friday we will be convening together online for our 11^th annual Public Health Summer Institute, “Think Globally, Act Locally: Public Health and the Anthropocene,” have you registered yet? If not, what are you waiting for? It’s only $60 +GST ($50+GST for students/seniors) for 23 speakers, 25 breakout sessions (live and recorded) and 4 plenary sessions over 2 days! Plus, if you register from BC, the Yukon, Saskatchewan or Manitoba you will receive a complimentary 1-year membership for your region’s public health association! Talk about an awesome deal!

phabc.org/summer-school-2020-registration/

Want to know more about it before you sign up? We have released our draft information package, think piece, speaker biographies, agenda, and plenary and breakout session descriptions on our website to help you decide. To access all of it follow the link below, everything is located under the Summer Institute tab on our main menu.

phabc.org/summer-school-2020/

Trying to choose which breakout sessions to join live and which to check out later? We can help with that! We have launched our YouTube channel where we are adding breakout session introduction videos everyday until the summer institute, check them out by following the link below!

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Be sure to join the summer institute live on Friday July 10^th, from 1:30-2:30pm PDT where the break out sessions will be divided by participant’s region and your discussions will focus on how to take everything you have learned over the last two days and create change in your local communities! We will also release a post-summer institute resource package to help registrants move from planning to taking action in creating healthy, sustainable, just and local solutions to pressing public, population, and environmental health concerns in their communities.

We can’t wait to welcome you online later this week! Keep an eye on our social media channels for speakers features over the next couple days and be sure to share them with your friends! The summer institute is open to anyone who is interested in the theme, no matter their location!

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Keep your eyes out for our call for abstracts for the PHABC annual fall conference, happening this November (likely online this year due to COVID-19). We will be releasing the call soon after the summer institute and encourage members to consider submitting an abstract for consideration. We will be expanding on our theme of public health and the Anthropocene and are excited to see all the excellent abstracts from our dedicated public health and related professionals!

11th Annual Public Health Summer Institute 2020

Think Globally, Act Locally

Public Health and the Anthropocene

Thursday July 9th & Friday July 10th, 2020

Draft Information Package Available Now!

Breakout Session Summary Videos Available on YouTube!

Register Today

phabc.org/summer-school-2020-registration/

Online this year due to COVID-19 but just as engaging as ever. Sign-up and attend anywhere you have internet

We are pleased to release our draft information package for the upcoming public health summer institute, “Think Globally, Act Locally: Public Health and the Anthropocene,” happening online on July 9^th and 10^th, 2020. In it you will find the final agenda for both days, speaker biographies, plenary and breakout sessions descriptions, and more! To read the information package follow the link below:

2020 Information Package

Registration is on now, join us online this year as we practice social distancing while discussing how we can enact global change through local public and population health initiatives. We have a stellar line up of speakers for the two days including:

• Jura Augustinavicius -Assistant Scientist (Research Faculty), Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Jessie Best – Environmental Coordinator, City of Saskatoon
• Katie Clow – Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
• Andrew Gage – Staff Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law
• Maya Gislason – Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
• Cora Hallsworth – Senior Associate, One Earth, BCIT EcoCity Centre
• Richard Han – Provincial Manager of Farm to School BC, Public Health Association of BC
• Trevor Hancock – Professor & Senior Scholar (Retired), School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
• Wii Esdes, Sandra A. Martin Harris – Community Developer & Social Development Advisor, Gitksan Government Commission
• Mayor Fred Haynes, PhD – Mayor of Saanich, BC
• Thomas Homer-Dixon – Director, Cascade Institute, Royal Road University & University Research Chair, University of Waterloo
• Theresa Healy – Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Planning, University of Northern BC
• Rita Koutsodimos – Executive Director, BC Alliance for Healthy Living Society
• Wanda Martin – Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan
• Pemma Muzumdar – Knowledge Translation Specialist, National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health
• Michael Nemeth – Principal, Bright Buildings, Passivhaus & Mechanical Engineering Consulting and Vice-president of SES Solar Co-operative
• Margot W. Parkes – Professor School of Health Sciences, Cross-appointed, Northern Medical Program, University of Northern British Columbia
• Tim Takaro – Professor, Faculty of Health Science, Simon Fraser University
• Rory Tooke – Manager of Sustainability and Asset Management, City of Victoria
• Aaren Topley – Provincial Manager of Can You Dig It, Public Health Association of BC
• Shannon Turner – Executive Director, Public Health Association of BC
• Shannon Waters – Cowichan Valley Medical Health Officer, Island Health

We know that many of you will be joining from other time zones and due to the nature of concurrent breakout sessions you many not be able to attend all of the summer institute live. We encourage you to register to attend anyways as we will be recording the entire summer school to be viewed later at your leisure. Register today using the link below, it’s only $60 plus GST ($50 for students & seniors) for the entire two-day school!

Registration

Can’t decide which breakout session to attend? Check out our new YouTube channel to help you decide! In the coming days we will be uploading summary videos on each of the breakout session topics to help you choose which speaker you want to engage with. Follow the link below to our channel and start watching!

YouTube – Public Health Summer Institute

We will release the final information package a couple days before the summer school and will be compiling a list of resources related to and developed out the summer institute to release post-event. This resource document will be designed to help stimulate and inspire you as we get set to release our call for abstracts for our 2020 annual conference, potentially online this year due to COVID-19 but just as engaging as ever! Stay tuned for more conference details later this summer!