The program overview is intended as a guideline for delegates and there may be changes that will be distributed at the conference.
Downloadable Final Conference Brochure
Sunday, October 26, 2008 |
5:00 – 8:00 p.m. |
Registration desk open |
7:00 – 7:45 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker: “Saving our Water – A Public Health Issue”
Maude Barlow, National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians |
7:45 – 9:00 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
Monday, October 27, 2008 |
7:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
Registration desk open |
7:15 a.m. start |
Running & Walking Groups |
7:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast |
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. |
Welcomes: Honourable Jim Bradley (Invited), Minister of Transportation and MPP, St. Catharines; Peter Partington, Regional Chairman, Niagara Region; Ronald de Burger, Canadian Public Health Association, President; Dr. Robin Williams, MOH, Niagara Region Public Health; Carol Timmings, OPHA President; Dr. Charles Gardner, alPHa President |
9:00 – 9:05 a.m. |
Keynote Introduction: Regional Councillor Judy Casselman, Co-Chair Public Health and Social Services Committee |
9:05 – 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote (Plenary): Poverty Focus.
Honourable Deb Matthews, Minister of Children and Youth Services |
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. |
Break – Exhibits and posters open |
10:15 – 11:45 a.m. |
Invited Panel (Plenary): Public Health and the Challenge of Poverty – Advocacy and Intervention.
Brian Hutchings, Commissioner of Community Services, Niagara Region; Minister Deb Matthews; Dr. David McKeown, MOH, Toronto Public Health; Nick Saul, Executive Director, The STOP Community Food Centre; Wangari Muruiki, Street Health Community Nursing Foundation; Donna McMaster, Community Member |
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch – Exhibits and posters open |
11:45 – 1:00 p.m. |
Working Policy Lunch – Interventions for Poverty.
Dr. Rosana Pellizzari (Lead), MOH, Peterborough County-City Health Unit
– free limited registration, first-come-first-served. Pre-registration is required by indicating your interest on the online registrations form. |
12:00 – 12:50 p.m. |
Keynote (Plenary): Evidence-Based Design for Healthy Hospitals and Communities
Dr. Roger Ulrich, Beale Professor of Facilities Design, Texas A&M University |
1:00 – 2:05 p.m. |
Keynote (Plenary): Monitoring Child Development in the Community: a Key to Understanding, Intervention and Change.
Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia |
2:15 – 3:15 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION I |
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Break – Exhibits and posters open |
3:45 – 4:45 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION II |
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. |
OPHA Annual General Meeting |
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
alPHa Resolutions Session – closed meeting; only alPHa members can attend |
Evening |
Dinner on your own
Social activity planned for this evening |
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 |
7:15 a.m. start |
Running & Walking Groups |
7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Registration desk open |
7:30 – 8:45 a.m. |
Breakfast – Exhibits and posters open |
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. |
Welcomes: Deputy Chief Gary Beaulieu, Niagara Regional Police Services; Mayor Ted Salci, Niagara Falls |
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
Keynote (Plenary): Dr. Vivek Goel, CEO, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion |
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Break – Exhibits and posters open |
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Invited Panel (Plenary): The Hard Work Starts Now: Building the Agency: Building the System – The Road Ahead
Dr. Natasha Crowcroft, Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion and
Dr. Heather Manson, Senior Medical Adviser to the President, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion |
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. |
OPHA Awards Lunch – Open to all delegates |
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Keynote (Concurrent Session III): Governance/Accountability and the new Ontario Public Health Standards.
Graham Scott, President, Graham Scott Strategies |
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
Keynotes (Concurrent Session III): Performance Management Framework: A Starting Place.
Monika Turner, Director, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; Sylvia Shedden, Manager, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION III |
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. |
Break – Exhibits and posters open |
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION IV |
5:30 – 5:40 p.m |
Welcome: Allison Stuart (Invited), Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. |
Presidents’ Reception and Chorus Niagara Children’s Choir |
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 |
7:15 a.m. start |
Running & Walking Groups |
7:30 – 8:45 a.m. |
Breakfast and Registration desk open |
8:45 – 9:00 a.m. |
Welcomes: Connie Uetrecht, Executive Director, OPHA; Linda Stewart, Executive Director, alPHa |
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION V |
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Keynotes (Concurrent Sessions V): Climate Change/Global Warming.
David Phillips, Senior Climatologist, Environment Canada; Jeff Beyer, Development Worker, Engineers Without Borders Canada; Kathleen O’Neill, Manager, Strategic Policy Branch, Ministry of the Environment |
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. |
Invited Panel (Concurrent Session V): Fostering Community Success: Making a Difference through our Connections and Questions.
Dr. Brenda Zimmerman, Schulich School of Business, York University; Dr. Charles Gardner, MOH, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit; Rev. Marc Brulé, WellSpring Community Church, Welland; Stephen Butz, CEO, YMCA of Niagara. |
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Break – Exhibits open |
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. |
CONCURRENT SESSION VI |
12:00 – 12:15 p.m. |
Closing Comments
Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;
Dr. Robin Williams, MOH, Niagara Region (Invited) |
12:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
OPHA Post-Conference Workshop and Lunch
Knowledge Translation Forum: Early Child Development Interventions in Public Health |
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