Candian Students for Sensible Drug Policy National Conference 2012

'Progress not Prisons'

March 2-4, 2012

Calgary, Alberta

Website: http://cssdp.org/index.php/our-campaigns/80-conference2012/339-conference2012

The place to connect for Young People, Activists, Researchers, Service Providers and Others Looking to Change Drug Policies in Canada and Around the World.

Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference

Call for Abstracts

Deadline: March 15, 2012

Event will be held May 13-14, 2012 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Website: http://www.studentcseb.ca

This student organized and attended conference will be offering valuable workshops, discussions, and networking opportunities. The conference will provide students with the invaluable opportunity of presenting their research with their peers and senior researchers in a dynamic and supportive environment. Works presented can be in the proposal stage, in-progress or completed.

For further information, please contact: scientific.cseb2012@usask.ca

Addiction and Impulsive Decision-Making Workshop

Understanding mechanism to improve treatment outcome

June 6, 2012

Irving Barber Learning Centre, UBC, Vancouver

Website: http://www.cheos.ubc.ca/events/addiction-and-impulsive-decision-making-conference/

This workshop is designed to bring health care practitioners and researchers together through lectures, small group discussions and knowledge exchange on addiction and impulsive decision-making.

For further information, please contact: ilinden@cheos.ubc.ca

CPHA 2012 Annual Conference

Congratulations to UBC MPH students invited to present at the conference!

June 11-14, 2012

Edmonton, Alberta

Website: http://www.cpha.ca/en/conferences/conf2012/callabstracts.aspx

The 2012 conference, “Public Health in Canada: Creating and Sustaining Healthy Environments” will explore the role of public health in creating and sustaining a diverse range of healthy environments using the following tracks:
·         Built environment
·         Economics and Development
·         Ecosystem Health
·         Leadership and Communications; and
·         Society and Culture.

Public health and environmental health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics and students from across the country and around the world will meet in Edmonton, Alberta for the 2012 Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA).

For further information, please contact:
CPHA Conference Department
Telephone: 613-725-3769, ext. 126
conference@cpha.ca

Third International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector

October 24-26, 2012

Vancouver, BC

Website: http://www.oudconsultancy.nl/vancouver/

Following two successful conferences in 2008 and 2010 in Amsterdam, the 3rd International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector, will take place in Vancouver, Canada, from October 24-26 2012. In addition to raising awareness the 2012 conference will provide a platform to share international developments, with a particular emphasis on best practice research and initiatives to effectively respond to the problem.

Advancing Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research

October 29-31, 2012

Montreal, QC

Deadline to submit abstract: February 15, 2012

Website: www.genderandhealthconference.com

The conference will explore advances in our understandings of how sex and gender influence the health of women, men, and people of diverse gender identities over the lifespan. It will showcase excellence across the full scope of health research, from cell to society, offering a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and exchange. The conference will feature dynamic presentations on new discoveries and innovative interventions, interactive poster sessions, lively discussions and valuable networking opportunities with leaders in the field. It is open to all researchers, policy-makers, health care providers, non-governmental organizations, students and others with a shared interest in gender, sex and health.