Events and Conferences

International Women’s Day Bilingual Round Table
Monday March 8, 2010
12:00 to 1:30 pm
Lions Community Centre, 473 St. George St, Moncton

With:
David Alward, PC
Roger Duguay, NDP
Kelly Lamrock, Lib
Jack MacDougall, Green

Light lunch provided.
FREE but you must pre-register: Email acswcccf@gnb.ca or call 1-800-332-3087.

Wear NO SCENTS

Organized by:
Coalition for Pay Equity, Regroupement féministe du N.-B., N.B. Child Care Coalition,  N.B. Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Common Front for Social Justice and Moncton District & Labour Council.

The International Day Against Homophobia, held on May 17 every year, is a rallying event offering an opportunity for people to get together and reach out to one another. Fondation Émergence promotes, mainly on a pan-Canadian level, the International Day Against Homophobia and encourages organisations and individuals to highlight this event in their environment.

Find out more here.

August 7 - 29, 2010
Eugene, Oregon, USA

Mobility International USA (MIUSA) will host the 5th International Women's Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD) in August 2010, bringing together approximately 25 women leaders with disabilities to strengthen leadership skills, create new visions and build international networks of support.

Apply Early! We expect to review a large number of applications for a limited number of openings. Limited scholarships may be available based on applicant's demonstrated financial need.

Application deadline is March 1, 2010.

For more information, visit MIUSA.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), health professionals, researchers, and policy-makers from across the country and around the world will meet in Toronto to celebrate a century of achievements. CPHA and our collaborators invite you to its Centennial Conference to be held June 13-16, 2010.

For Early Registration Savings, register online by February 26, 2010!

For further information, please contact:

CPHA Conference Department Phone: 613-725-3769 ext 126, email: conference@cpha.ca

The preliminary program and online registration are available here.

The Women's Health Research Network invites you to join in our upcoming event on March 1, 2010, 2 - 4pm

You may attend at any one of five sites:
Kamloops - Thompson Rivers University
Kelowna - UBC Okanagan
Prince George - UNBC
Vancouver - SFU Harbour Centre Campus
Victoria - University of Victoria

Register now! This final event will include speakers and a networking tea at each site, plus a videoconference linking all of the locations for short talks by the WHRN's Co-Leaders, including a presentation of the new WHRN Legacy Report.

RSVP to sdixon@whrn.ca.

For more information about the WHRN, please visit our website.

March 1, 2010
University of Toronto

Join us for the 2010 David Archibald Lecture, hosted by the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse at the University of Toronto on March 1, 2010.

Alcohol: Shared and Competing Values will explore the ethical considerations, diverse values and various positions underlying discussions around collaborations aimed at addressing alcohol-related harms between the following groups:
- health care organizations;
- community agencies;
- academic and research institutions; and
- the alcohol industry.

This lecture will be relevant to all those who work within the field of substance abuse, from health promotion, support and outreach, counselling, withdrawal management and clinical supervision to allied professionals who interact with individuals who have substance abuse issues.

Location:
University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street
Room 1130, Bahen Centre, Toronto, Ontario

Time:    
5:30 to 7:00 p.m. (Lecture)
7:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Reception)

Two Ways to Participate:
In person: be part of the live audience at U of T’s Bahen Centre Lecture Hall
Remotely: join us via live interactive webcast. 

Please note, participation is free and no preregistration is required.

For more information, please vsit our website.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.

Alumni Auditorium, 85 University Private, University of Ottawa

The Institute of Women’s Studies of the University of Ottawa is pleased to invite you to the Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture in Women’s Studies given by Andrea Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside.

Andrea Smith is a co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color against Violence and the Boarding School Healing Project. She is the author of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide and Native Americans and the Christian Right: The Gendered Politics of Unlikely Alliances. She is also editor of The Revolution will not be funded: Beyond the Non-profit Industrial Complex and The Color of Violence.

FREE ADMISSION

INFO : womenst@uOttawa.ca

It’s no longer news, but the percentage of women living in poverty is growing.

Monica Townson is an independent economic consultant on social policy and a frequent guest on television and radio. She is a former consultant to the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Books by Monica Townson are: Report Card on Women & Poverty;  Pensions Under Attack; Growing Older, Working Longer: The New Face of Retirement;  Health and Wealth.

Monday March 8, 2010
12:30 to 2 pm
Wilmot United Church, corner Carleton and King Sts, Fredericton

Light lunch provided.

FREE but you must pre-register: Email acswcccf@gnb.ca or call .

Wear NO SCENTS

New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women

NOTE:  Monica Townson will also speak on Women and the Recession, on Monday, March 8, 7 pm, Edmund Casey Hall, Ted Daigle Auditorium, St. Thomas University. Free. 

Sponsored by Atlantic Human Rights Centre; NB Advisory Council on the Status of Women; NB Executive Council Women’s Issues Branch; NB Dept of Social Development and St. Thomas University Women’s Studies & Gender Studies Programme

July 11 - 17, 2010

Queen's University, Kingston, ON

This intensive, hands-on workshop is aimed towards graduate students, post-docs, medical students, nurses, doctors and researchers who wish to gain both practical and theoretical knowledge of human placentology.  This program also seeks to create new scientific networks while promoting young investigators and women's health during pregnancy.

Participants will take part in a full schedule of lectures and laboratory activities in order to get the most out of the expert faculty we are privileged to have joining us this year.

Feedback from the inaugural placenta workshop has been overwhelmingly positive, and participants were astounded how much they learn in such a short time. Apply and join us in beautiful Kingston, Ontario!

For more information, visit our website.

May 6 & 7, 2010

Calgary, Alberta

The theme of the 2010 conference is Mapping the Road to Sexual Health: Youth, Advocacy and Access.  

Conference streams include:

• Youth Focused or Youth Led Projects/Research

• Technology: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

• Access to Sexual Health Education and Services

• Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll  

For conference program and registration information, visit our website.