Events and Conferences

Visit the conference website for the schedule. 

REMINDER: Register early to take advantage of the discount period ending September 17: Register on the website. 

Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research
Every Cell is Sexed, Every Person is Gendered
November 22-23, 2010 – Toronto, Ontario

Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research, the 2010 conference of the Institute of Gender and Health, will showcase excellence and innovations across all domains of gender, sex, and health research and highlight how accounting for gender and sex leads to improvements in health interventions, policies, and outcomes.

Please visit the conference website to view the exciting line-up of keynote speakers and the preliminary conference program.

Register online.

Marilyn Waring and Martha Albertson Fineman will be Keynote Speakers at the October conference of Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI):

October 21-23, 2010
Oakham House, Ryerson University
63 Gould Street
Toronto, Canada

Marilyn Waring, Auckland University of Technology, author of If Women Counted: A New Feminist Economics - "The Human Rights and Unpaid Care Interface" will speak Friday, October 22, 2010: 8:00pm.TICKETS: $25

Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University, author of The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency - "Motherhood and Entitlement will speak Thursday, October 21: 7:30pm. TICKETS: $35 (*this ticket price includes the reception/book launch preceding the keynote address - beginning at 5:15pm).

Tickets may be purchased online through the conference website (paypal option) or by mail with cheque payable to "MIRCI". TICKETS FOR THE 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ARE VERY LIMITED SO PLEASE  ORDER TICKETS EARLY IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. Day rates, student, and full conference rates are available if you wish to attend the larger conference.

Please see the conference website for the full conference program, attendee registration form, and individual ticket sales for both keynotes.

Friday October 1^st, 2010

The Women’s Mental Health Program of the University of Toronto, Department of Psychiatry and affiliated teaching Hospitals, invites you to register for its upcoming conference on Women’s Mental Health.

Space is limited. Register early to take advantage of early bird rates before September 1^st, 2010.

Registration is now open here.

THE NEW VIEW announces its THIRD Conference, to be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, on Sunday, September 26, 2010.

While the vulva surgeons are holding a conference on the Las Vegas strip, the New View, in collaboration with the UNLV Women's Studies Department and Petals, will hold a counter-symposium to examine the personal and political complexities of the new female genital cosmetic surgeries.

This one-day conference will include a morning plenary session on the emerging issues in genital scholarship, activism, and art, and an afternoon of experiential and discussion workshops for participants to share strategies and build connections. The event will conclude with an evening reception, photography and craft exhibition, and film showing at the Erotic Heritage Museum.

For general information contact Rachel Liebert, rachel.liebert@gmail.com

For REGISTRATION, contact Tash Wong, meilun@gmail.com. Give your name and indicate if you are a student (specify the school). Please write "Las Vegas Conference" in the subject line. Registration fee will be paid in cash on 9/26 in Las Vegas. Specific location forthcoming.

Read about the conference here.

Autism, Intellectual Disabilities and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Pre-Conference Workshops: September 29, 2010
Conference: September 30, October 1, 2010
The Coast Plaza Hotel and Suites
Vancouver, BC

This conference will provide education and informative updates on psychiatric, behavioural and complex health components specific to individuals with Developmental Disabilities, and showcase best practices in the field. Specifically, the conference will focus on approaches to complex challenging behaviours, contributing medical issues and new developments in medication and behavioral treatment. In addition, the conference will address important health issues including Reflux, Pain, Epilepsy, Dental Management and Sleep. Health problems in common genetic syndromes such as Down and Fragile X will also be addressed.

For further information please visit the website, or contact them at ipad@interchange.ubc.ca or (604) 822 – 7524.

The registration forms for MMFC's National Research Day are now available on line (French and English).

Please visit the MMFC website to learn more about the conference and to submit your registration form. Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, UNB Fredericton

Early Bird registration deadline: July 30

Conference Co-Chairs Scott Livingstone, CEO Sask Cancer Agency and Darlene Gray, President, OCATS, in partnership with CNT Management Group, invite survivors, support people and the medical community to the first ever Gynecologic Cancer Conference, Strategies for Survival on September 24, 2010 at the Regina Inn. 

This important event will feature some of the province’s most knowledgeable specialists in female reproductive cancers.  Experts will address clinical study trials for new drug therapies, managing cancer recurrence, the emotional aspects of cancer diagnoses, identifying families with hereditary risks, alternative and complimentary therapies available and the roles of our nurses, general practitioners, and pharmacists in cancer care delivery.

A conference highlight will be a presentation by Canada’s leading ovarian cancer “patient” advocate, Sandi Pniauskas. 

See conference information and on-line registration here. 

Early bird registration deadline: July 30, 2010.

Reproductive Health is the leading clinical conference for translating emerging research into practice and is hosted annually by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America National Medical Committee, and the Society of Family Planning. This year's meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta from September 22-25.

For more information and to register, visit the website.

The Canadian Breast Cancer Network will be hosting a 2nd conference for young women living with breast cancer, Body, Mind, Spirit 2010, in downtown Toronto on October 29 – 31, 2010.

This year’s conference will bring together young women living with breast cancer, researchers, medical professionals, support organizations and decision makers from across Canada.

The first CBCN National Conference for Young Women Living with Breast Cancer was held in Toronto in November 2007 under the theme “Getting together to inform, support and inspire.” It was attended by 326 young survivors and provided young women living with breast cancer the opportunity to learn and share with other breast cancer survivors.

Registration for this conference will be opening soon via the CBCN website. If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive updates on the conference and notification as soon as registration opens, please email jmcneil@cbcn.ca.