We are hoping that you might help us to promote PHABC’s 9th annual Summer School, one of BC’s only continuing education courses for public health, by distributing the following information to your network of students, alumni, staff and faculty. Please feel free to simply forward this email along, or make it your own for sharing via email, Facebook, Twitter or any other communication channels you use. PDFs of the Summer School poster and preliminary agenda are attached for your convenience. Should the hyperlinks below not carry over, the registration page can be accessed here: https://phabc.org/2018-summer-school-registration/
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
· Emergency Response
· Community Inclusion & Literacy
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 of 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.
To view the preliminary agenda, click here or check out our events page for the most up to date information. We hope to see many of you this summer; together we can create fair and healthy British Columbia for all.
Thank you for your support. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have, or to request removal from our contact list.
Best,
Kate Hiscock, BSc, MPH(c)
Summer School Coordinator,
Public Health Association of BC
#210-1027 Pandora Avenue
Victoria, BC || V8N 3P6
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