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<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br>crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="maroon" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility<br>
16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health<br><br></span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sunday, October 25th to Wednesday, October 28th, 2009<br>
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</span></font></b></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website: <a href="http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/index.asp" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy">http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/index.asp</span></font></a> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Conference will examine inequities of health status, and the impact on the health of marginalized, vulnerable and Indigenous populations of changing environments, whether these changes are due to climate, technology, the economy or threats to human security. <br>
<br></span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Presentations exploring lessons learned and new ways of understanding health equity and social justice locally, nationally and globally are invited.</span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Call for Abstracts for Papers and Posters will be open on February 25, 2009.</span></b> <br>
<br>Anticipated outcomes of the conference will be:<br>1. evidence of improvements in social determinants and their impacts on health and social outcomes <br>2. evidence of the impact of environmental technological and economic change on health equity<br>
3. consideration of the need for a paradigm shift in intersectoral policy and practice, locally, nationally and internationally<br>4. a summary of the current thought and discourse on Canada's responsibility, in Canada and globally, for health equity and social justice <br>
(addressing our original 1948 commitment), and proposed ways forward.</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>THEME AREAS </span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(Note: Global, National and Local experiences will be welcome on each day) </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Day 1: Ethics and Responsibility, Economics and Social Determinants</span></font></b><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Economics: Achieving the MDGs: Hope or Despair</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Social Determinants of Health: Evidence, Achievements and Challenges</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Searching for Social Justice: Achievements and Challenges </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br> <b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Day 2: Global Health Diplomacy (GHD)</span></b></span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Social reform, responsibility, accountability:</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Global Health Diplomacy and the G8</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Diplomacy and Ethical Aid</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Responsible Health Security: Ethics and Reality</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Health in all policies: The Role of Global Health Diplomacy </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Role of academe/ the role of civil society in Global Health Diplomacy: Training and capacity building and action </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Indigenous participation and perspectives</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.75pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><b><u><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br></span></font></u></b><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Day 3: Social Determinants of Health: Think Globally, Act Locally</span></font></b><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Rolling out the MDGs </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Implementing the Social Determinants of Health: What's Working</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Advocacy and Social Determinants of Health: Does It Work? </span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sustainable Environments in the Context of Global Change</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 69.75pt; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><font face="Wingdings" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings"><span>§<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </span></font></span></span></font><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Indigenous World Views and Contribution to Social Determinants of Health</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy"> </span></font></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>Contact:<br></span></font></b><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="1"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Canadian Conference on International Health c/o Canadian Society for International Health<br>
1 Nicholas St, Suite 1105 Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 7B7<br>Phone: 613 241-5785 x 326 Fax: 613 241-3845 By email: <a href="mailto:2009ccih@csih.org" target="_blank">2009ccih@csih.org</a> </span></font></p></div></div></div>