Calls for Submissions and Participation

5th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers

February 29, 2008
The Canadian Coalition is pleased to announce the call for applications for the 5th Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers, to be held in partnership with Network Environments for Aboriginal Research BC of the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The Summer Institute will be held at the Quw'utsun' Cultural and Conference Centre located in the Cowichan Valley, in the southeast corner of Vancouver Island from July 16-23, 2008. Please visit the CCGHR website for more information, including the guidelines and application.

The APPEAL BY HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF W.H.O. was launched in Geneva on Friday 30th November 2007 by Health professionals, with representatives from all the main branches of the profession, equal numbers of men and women, and at least one representative from each continent. They urge that the World Health Organisation, in accordance with its constitution, recover its full independence, notably in the field of ionising radiation.

It is urgent to study the health effects of chronic low dose radiation resulting from prolonged ingestion of artificial radionuclides, so that adequate and effective health assistance can at last be provided to exposed populations still living in highly contaminated areas. Medical assistance must be coordinated independently by the WHO, which is the international health authority.

The Appeal also aims to enlighten and inform all health professionals worldwide about the true health consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe in highly contaminated areas.

More information is available or sign the declaration on line.

March 15, 2008: deadline for submissions

June 4-6, 2008  New Orleans, LA, USA

The annual meeting will facilitate an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas by providing investigators from various fields a unique opportunity to share their latest findings and hypotheses about sex differences. The interdisciplinary meeting will bring together researchers who share an interest in sex differences and who are unlikely to meet at other scientific conferences and meetings.

More information on submission of abstracts and poster presentations is available on the OSSD website.

From Margins to Mainstream - the 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders

February 25, 2008
From Margins to Mainstream - the 5th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders, September 10th – 12th, 2008 in Melbourne, Australia. Accepting responsibility for mental health should be everybody’s business. From Margins to Mainstream will explore new ways that health services, governments and community organizations can promote mental health and prevent mental illness. For more information...

Deadline: March 1, 2008

The WHRN & Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health invite you to submit an abstract for the upcoming workshop Intersectionality from theory to practice: an interdisciplinary dialogue.

The goal of the workshop is bring together – for the very first time in Canada – scholars, health care providers, policy analysts, and advocates, to address the importance of intersectionality for analyzing and understanding women’s health issues.

More information on submitting an abstract is avaible online.

Women’s Trek for Peace and Development

An activity for and by women in Nepal from March 6-21, 2008

CECI offers women concerned with women issues, a unique opportunity to participate in a human adventure, from villages to villages in the heart of the Himalaya: A personal challenge, a rich moment of exchanges, a gesture of solidarity.

They are seeking participants of health professionals and development practitioners to conduct sanitation and hygiene awareness sessions, while the community women will be invited to share their knowledge and practice of indigenous medicinal plants and healing methods. Discussions will deal with the promotion of women’s role in the well-being of their community through improved health awareness, as well as with the current traditional practices and medicines used by Nepalese women.  More information on the project is available as well as the itinerary.

Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre (AAMCHC) in collaboration with Dr Carles Muntaner, Psychiatry and Addiction Nursing Research Chair at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, is initiating a new research initiative focused on exploring mental health issues for Government Assisted Refugees (GARs).  They have received a one year $10,000 grant from the Community Research Capacity Enhancement Program of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) to launch this initiative and to conduct preliminary exploratory research.

In line with Access Alliance’s commitment to community-based participatory research principles, they will be recruiting GARs themselves to sit on our advisory committee and work as research collaborators in this project; appropriate research training will be provided through the in-house Peer Research Training program at Access Alliance.

For further information or to get involved please contact Yogendra Shakya, AAMCHC’s Research and Evaluation Coordinator at (416)324-0917 ext 286 or yshakya@accessalliace.ca or visit their website.

Sexual Health is Everyone’s Responsibility: Resource Extraction and Sexual Health in Inuit Communities
Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2007

February 12, 13 and 14, 2008

Inuvik, NT

We invite workshop presenters to share their knowledge, skills and experience in supporting the cultural strengths of Inuit and exploring the vast resources of Industry partners in the following areas:  Research, Mental Health Issues related to Sexual Health,  Prevention of STIs,  Stigma/legal and human rights issues, Sexuality and gender issues and the workplace, Treatment, care and support of HIV/AIDS and other STIs,  Resource extraction & development impacts on Sexual Health and mitigation strategies, Youth Empowerment, Culture in the face of economic prosperity, Social Determinants that impact Inuit Sexual Health.

Please visit the website for details on submitted an abstract for this exciting and ground-breaking event!

Uniterra program: gender advisory positions
November 30, 2007
The Uniterra program, jointly created by WUSC in Ottawa and CECI in Montréal, provides numerous opportunities for Canadian citizens and landed immigrants to volunteer abroad in their field of experience. They work with local partners in 13 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.  As a non-profit organization they are interested in targeting a mature audience that is motivated towards international development.  They are recruiting for positions that require a different range of expertise in the areas of gender, HIV/AIDS, human rights and more. Gender Advocacy Advisor : Ghana

Gender and Development Specialist: Vietnam

CANADIAN WOMEN'S STUDIES ASSOCIATION
Deadline for proposals: November 16th, 2007
Conference: June 1st - 3rd, 2008

CONGRESS THEME: Penser sans frontières: Thinking Beyond Borders - Global Ideas: Global Values / Idées mondiales: valeurs mondiales. The CWSA/ACEF is now seeking proposals, in either French or English, for its annual conference, held in conjunction with the Congress of the CFHSS/FCSH. Submissions for papers and panels can be made by individuals or groups, and as joint sessions with other associations. The conference will be structured around two embedded themes in addition to an open call:
Theme 1: Challenging/Crossing Borders in Women's Studies: Present Tensions and Future Possibilities.
Theme 2: Identities and Globalization: Transnational Feminisms
Theme 3: Open Call - Papers which do not address the above themes specifically.

**Please indicate clearly which theme you are submitting to on the proposal form.

We encourage presentations in a variety of formats, including papers, panels, workshops, roundtables, poster sessions, film and video screenings, performance art pieces, exhibits, and cultural events. If you are proposing a non-traditional presentation, please include a brief write up on any necessary audiovisual, technical, logistical, or room size and location considerations.

HOW TO SUBMIT:
The proposal form (as a Word document), can be found on the CWSA/ACEF website: www.yorku.ca/cwsaacef . All submissions must include the proposal from in addition to a maximum 250-word abstract for individual papers and panels. In addition to the 250 word abstract summarizing the panel theme, pre-arranged panel submissions must also include short (50-100 word) abstracts of the individual papers clearly indicating the contributions of each member. All proposals will be anonymously reviewed.