Conference - Aboriginal Health Care: Creating a Healing Infrastructure in Thunder Bay
Aboriginal Health Care: Creating a Healing Infrastructure
September 17 & 18, 2009
Victoria Inn
555 W. Arthur St., Thunder Bay
Chair: Dr. Cynthia Wesley–Esquimaux
The Centre for Aboriginal Initiatives, University of Toronto
This conference will explore the latest challenges, solutions and best practices in Aboriginal health care across the province. The health and well-being of Aboriginal peoples in Ontario is influenced by many factors, such as culture, geography, an aging population, shifting demographics and the challenge of blending traditional healings and contemporary medicine. This in-depth, multi-stakeholder event will highlight innovations, integration opportunities and success stories among providers of health care in the north.
Conference topics include:
• Pre-Conference Workshop: The Sacred Journey - Restoring the Sacred Hoop
• Mental Health and Well Being of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth: The Temagami Project
• Aboriginal Health Transition Fund: Status Report
• Health Human Resources: Development, Recruitment and Retention of First Nation Leaders
• Interpreters: Trainers, Caregivers, Advocates
• Addictions and Mental Health
• Traditional Health and Healing
• Cultural Safety Continuum: Challenges, Tools and Strategies
• Embracing Diversity in Clinical Care
• Designing Facilities to Support Cultural Diversity
• Suicide Prevention Strategies within Indigenous Communities
• Closing keynote speaker: Tom Jackson, singer, songwriter, producer, actor (star North of 60), entrepreneur, recepient of various humanitarian awards.
Contact for further information:
Michelle Evans
Educational Services, Ontario Hospital Association
200 Front Street West, Suite 2800
Toronto, Ontario M5V 3L1
Phone: (416) 205-1367
Fax: (416) 205-1340
Email: mevans@oha.com
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