The Public Health Approach:

Building Safe and Inclusive Communities

July 5th & 6th, 2018

UVic, UBC, UNBC, UBCO

Without further ado, we are delighted to release our agenda for the upcoming summer school 2018, The Public Health Approach: Building safe & inclusive communities, happening at university campuses across BC from July 5th to 6th, 2018.

Registration is on now, don’t miss your chance to attend one of BC’s only continuing education courses for public health.

This year our summer school will benefit from partnerships with the Saskatchewan Public Health Association, Red Cross Canada, Frontier College, BC Healthy Communities and PosAbilities to delve into the theme of building safe and inclusive communities through a variety of topics including:

• Health Equity in Practice
• Building Healthy, Safe & Inclusive Environments
• Healthy Relationships for Children & Youth
• Literacy & Inclusion
• Emergency Response

Speakers will include Ann Pederson, Director of Population Health Promotion at BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre, Richard Harvey, regional director of BC, Alberta & Yukon at Frontier College, Dr. Bernie Pauly, associate professor of the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria, Indiana Best, board member of Student Wellness Initiative Towards Community Health (SWITCH), Dr. Ian Pike, director at BC Children’s Hospital’s Injury Research and Prevention Unit, Steve Woolrich, principal at Rethink Urban, Dr. Gord Miller, President of the Public Health Association of BC, Judi Fairholm, director of Respect Education program at Red Cross Canada, Sarah Burke, Senior Manager of Community Integrated Development & Emergency Management at Red Cross Canada, and more speakers to be announced!

This two-day workshop is designed to help you identify public health approaches to building safe and inclusive communities, understand how physical and social environments influence community safety, inclusion and health, assess barriers to safety & inclusion in their own communities, and to examine innovative and collaborative methods of promoting community safety and inclusion. Don’t miss your chance to learn how you can help to create safe and inclusive communities while networking with like-minded individuals across the province and beyond!

Locations for the summer school include the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, University of Northern British Columbia and the University of British Columbia: Okanagan. A videoconferencing connection will allow all four main sites to actively participate in the full summer school experience. A further connection to our partners at the Saskatchewan Public Health Association will open our summer school up to members of SPHA and help facilitate inter-provincial collaboration.

PHABC’s 9th Annual Summer School

The Public Health Approach

Building Safe and Inclusive Communities.

Don’t miss your chance to register for the Public Health Association of BC’s 9^th annual Summer School, The Public Health Approach: Building Safe and Inclusive Communities, happening July 5th & 6th, 2018 at university campuses across BC.

Registration is on now, click here to register!

PHABC’s Summer School is one of BC’s only continuing education courses for public health. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest issues in public health, build your professional skill-set, network with like-minded individuals and find out how you can help foster safe and inclusive communities!

We are excited to partner with the Saskatchewan Public Health Association and BC Healthy Communities to explore the foundational concepts and applications of building safe and inclusive communities, and what this looks like for public health through a combination of key note sessions, workshops and breakout discussions. Both the physical and the social aspects of safe and inclusive communities will be considered.

Click here to read the Save the Date

This two-day event will take place July 5^th and 6^th at the University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia Okanagan, and University of Northern BC. Participants from each location will be able to fully participate in the workshop via UBC’s Video Conferencing technology.

https://phabc.org/2018-summer-school-registration/

*Registration does not include lunch but refreshments will be provided in the morning and at each coffee break.

For this year’s theme of community safety and inclusion, PHABC would like to hear from you! What does community safety and inclusion look like in your community? Answer the question by sending a photo and a brief description, including the name of your community, to phanalyst@phabc.org.

Following the format of last year’s summer school and fall conference; our chosen theme, integrated with the discussions held by participants at the summer school, will be used to help guide and inform the curriculum of our annual conference. Participants who attend the summer school are encouraged use what they learn to develop an abstract for consideration at the conference, happening from November 15th to 16th, 2018 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Downtown Vancouver.

We are always in need of notetakers for each location. If you are interested in the summer school but the cost of registration is a major obstacle to your attendance, please contact Christina at staff@phabc.org for current volunteer opportunities.