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C O N T E N T S

Inside OHCC

a) OHCC Annual General Meeting - May 28th, 2008 - Sault Ste Marie
b) OHCC Community Quality of Life Conference: From Indicators to Action, May 29-30, 2008

 

News

a) Child Poverty Action Network and OHCC featured in the Minden Times
b) Best Start Resource Centre Consultation Request Information
c) Evergreen Common Grounds Accepting Applications for Grant Programs Supporting Community Environmental Restoration Projects

Events

a) May 2, 2008 - Food For Talk (Toronto)
b) May 3, 2008- Wild Things with Wings with David Suzuki (Toronto)
c) May 3 & 4, 2008 - Jane's Walks (various locations)
d) May 6, 2008 - Maytree Leadership Conference 2008 (Toronto)
e) May 21, 2008 - Lunchbox Speakers - The Future of Community Health Centres in Ontario (Toronto)
f) May 23, 2008 - Working Together to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease: Ideas, Innovation, and Insight (Toronto)
g) May 28 - May 30 2008 - Vibrant Communities Face to Face Forum (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
h) June 1-4, 2008 - The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Annual Conference 2008 (Halifax)
i) June 6, 2008 - OILN Learning Exchange: 'Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: A Conversation about Schools' (Toronto)
j) June 2-4 2008 - CMHO & OACAS - 2008 Joint Conference (Toronto)
k) June 23-25, 2008/ le 23 juin au 25 2008 - Ontario Health Promotion Summer School (HPSS) 2008/ L'école d'été en promotion de la santé de l'Ontario 2008 (Toronto)

Resources

 

a) New Additions to OHCC's Online Resource Library Catalogue
b) The Last Straw! - An award-winning board game on the Social Determinants of Health

1. INSIDE OHCC

a) OHCC Annual General Meeting
Sault Ste Marie
May 28th, 2008

Please join us for our 2008 Annual General Meeting, followed by dinner and presentations. There is no cost to members to attend the meeting and dinner. Non-members are welcome to attend the meeting at no charge, and may purchase a dinner ticket for $30.00. Advance registration is required by May 9th. Please click on the links below for more information and registration forms.

AGM Registration Form
Nomination Form for the OHCC Board of Directors
Nomination for the Healthy Community Recognition Award

Location: Great Northern Conference Centre and Resort
229 Great Northern Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6B 4Z2
Phone: 1 705.942.2500 Toll Free Direct: 1 800.563.7262
Fax: 1 705.942.2570
www.hotelgreatnorthern.com

Map

For more information please contact Lorna Heidenheim, OHCC Executive Director by email or telephone: (416) 408-4841, ext. 4, toll-free: 1-800-766-3418.

b) OHCC Community Quality of Life Conference: From Indicators to Action
Sault Ste. Marie
May 29-30, 2008

We invite you to register for this exciting program and ask that you circulate it as wide as possible through your own organizations and networks!

Lets us know that you are an OHCC Member on the registration form and you may apply a 10% discount to your registration fee.

Some funds have been set aside to provide subsidies, on a first come first served basis, to members who would otherwise be unable to attend. Please contact Lorna Heidenheim, Executive Director for further information. Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, Community Quality Improvement, Algoma University College and Garden River First Nation have been working together as partners to organize this exciting two-day conference in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

"Community Quality of Life: From Indicators to Action" will bring together private, public and not-for-profit sector leaders in the common challenge of improving human well being within their respective communities.

The main focus of the conference will be on indicator initiatives, which are being developed by many communities across Canada to address a range of community issues. It will provide opportunities for sharing information about approaches to measuring community quality of life and ways of making indicator initiatives more effective, systematic and relevant. It will also provide an impetus for moving indicator initiatives from data collection to becoming catalysts for community change.

Five key note addresses will be given by acclaimed leaders and renowned experts on various aspects of community quality of life. Sixteen workshops will be provided by practitioners, researchers and academics from a diverse range of programs and initiatives, organized into four themes:

1. Using indicators to improve community quality of life
2. Building healthy environments
3. Quality of life challenges and opportunities among First Nations peoples
4. Innovative approaches to improving community quality of life

Please click here for program information and registration.

2. NEWS

a) Child Poverty Action Network featured in the Minden Times

Renfrew County's Child and Poverty Action Network (CPAN), an OHCC member, was recently featured in the Minden Times article "County's Poverty Problem No Easy Fix" as part of a series on poverty in the Highlands. The article highlighted the success of the CPAN backpack program, snowsuit program and the poverty reduction training program. The article also highlighted several other poverty reduction initiatives across Ontario, including the city of Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton area.

OHCC's central region community animator was also featured in the series on poverty, in the article "Affordable Housing Hard to Find", which addressed the difficulty for low-income families to find housing within the Haliburton. The OHCC animator discusses the importance of housing as a social determinant of health.

To view the complete series on poverty, please visit the Minden Times website.

b) Best Start Resource Centre Consultation Request Information

The Best Start Resource Centre provides information and consultations in English and French on a wide range of topics to service providers across Ontario who work with expectant parents and young families. Topics range from health before pregnancy, pregnancy (examples: substance use during pregnancy, men's reproductive health, teen pregnancy/parenting, advanced maternal age etc.), maternal health (examples: post-partum depression, breastfeeding, etc.) and issues related to child health (examples: environmental health, shaken baby syndrome, physical activity and the early years, etc.).

For immediate support, consultants provide services free of charge by phone or email to problem-solve, discuss strategies and approaches, review action plans or funding proposals, link you to resources or comment on draft resources. To access these services, please contact one of our consultants:

* Wendy Burgoyne, w.burgoyne@healthnexus.ca 1-800-397-9567, ext 2279
* Hiltrud Dawson, h.dawson@healthnexus.ca 1-800-397-9567 ext 2250, or 416-408-2249 ext 2250
* Louise Choquette (francophone consultant), l.choquette@healthnexus.ca 1-800-397-9567, ext 2276
* Sue Weststrate, s.weststrate@healthnexus.ca 1-800-397-9567, ext 2278

On-site consultations, in your community, are intensive, in-depth sessions that can help you work on a specific issue. Content and timing are tailored to meet your needs. Basic consultations serve to increase knowledge about current research and implications and help you consider and select effective strategies. Advanced consultations are designed to assist you in developing plans, designing initiatives, building partnerships, problem solving, etc. The Resource Centre covers some associated costs. These on-site consultations need to be booked in advance.

To request an on-site consultation, email one of our consultants. Please be sure to include the following:

* Contact information (including your name, organization, address, phone, fax and email)
* Topic/issue
* Language of Consultation (French, English)
* What you hope the consultation will accomplish
* When you would like the consultation
* Who will participate (service provider type/s and approximate number)
* Where the consultation will take place

Best Start will review requests for On-site Consultations every 6 months; within the context of all those received, and a decision will be made within 4 weeks of the following deadlines:

* June 1, 2008, for services from October 2008 to March 2009
* December 1, 2008, for services from April 2009 to September 2009

If you have any questions about the Best Start Resource Centre consultation service, or want to discuss your options, please call or email one of the consultants.

Sue Weststrate, Health Promotion Consultant Best Start: Ontario's Maternal, Newborn and Early Child Development Resource Centre by Health Nexus
Direct line: 613-658-3246 Toll free: 1-800-397-9567, xt 2278
Fax: 613-658-2417
s.weststrate@healthnexus.ca
www.beststart.org

c) Evergreen Common Grounds Applications for Grant Programs Supporting Community Environmental Restoration Projects

The Home Depot-Evergreen Rebuilding Nature Grant 2008 provides grants of $1,000, $3,000 or $8,000 - plus $2,000 in Home Depot gift cards - to cover the costs of tools and building, native plants and trees, and other expenses associated with urban environmental stewardship projects in Canada.

Download the Home Depot-Evergreen Rebuilding Nature Grant Guidelines and Application Form.

The application deadline is Friday, June 6th 2008.

The Unilever-Evergreen Aquatic Stewardship and Conservation Grant Program 2008 provides grants of between $3,500 and $10,000 to support small-scale, community-driven, education and restoration projects that increase public awareness of sustainable water use and the importance of aquatic features, while providing meaningful opportunities for community action.

Download the Unilever-Evergree Aquatic Stewardship and Conservation Grant Guidelines and Application Form.

The application deadline is Friday, June 13th 2008.

For more information on Evergreen grant programs, visit www.evergreen.ca.

For further informatoin please contact Michèle Thomas .

3. EVENTS

a) Food For Talk (Toronto)
May 2, 2008, 2-4 pm
Ryerson university, School of Architecture
325 Church Street
Room TBA

This event will address "The role of food and agriculture in the design and planning of buildings and cities" Symposium being hosted by the School of Architecture at Ryerson University.

This session will feature the following two speakers with Joe Nasr acting as moderator.

Jerome Kaufman: Food in Planning: A Seven Year Odyssey From Off The Table To On The Table
Among life's basic necessities (air, water, food, and shelter) only food was absent from the table of interests which planning practitioners and planning scholars pursued at the beginning of the 21st century. Some explanations for this lack of attention will be offered and events that gradually pushed food issues onto the planner's table since then will be considered.

André Viljoen: Designing for urban agriculture: examples and issues
This presentation will present a European perspective on designing for Urban Agriculture. Contemporary European approaches to designing cities and buildings for urban agriculture will be presented and the concept of the Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes will be introduced.

( Source: Toronto Food Policy Council)

b) Wild Things with Wings with David Suzuki, gardening expert Marjorie Harris, and bee expert Laurence Packer
Saturday, May 3, 2008
4:30pm - 6:30pm (doors open at 3:30pm)
Location : Danforth Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenue
Tickets $25, $20 for students

To raise awareness about the need for native pollinators such as bees and butterflies in Canada's cities, Dr. David Suzuki, co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is teaming up with gardening author and expert Marjorie Harris, and bee expert Dr. Laurence Packer for an afternoon presentation hosted by the CBC's Bob McDonald. Special musical guest Jason Collette.

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:
. Danforth Music Hall, tel: 416.778.8163
. Ticketmaster, tel: 416.870.8000
. The Big Carrot, 348 Danforth Avenue, tel: 416.466.2129

This event is organized by four of Canada's leading non-profits, the David Suzuki Foundation, Evergreen, Foodshare, and Seeds of Diversity.

Source : Toronto Food Policy Council

c) Jane's Walks - various locations across Canada (Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Calgary, Vancouver, Charlottetown)
Saturday May 3rd & Sunday May 4th 2008

Jane's Walk is a coordinated series of free neighbourhood walking tours given by locals who care passionately about where they live, work and play. Jane's Walk is about raising urban literacy by offering a pedestrian focused event that combines insights into urban history, planning, design and civic engagement with the simple act of walking and observing. The tours will be offered in various neighbourhoods in Toronto, Ottawa, Guelph, Charlottetown, Calgary, Vancouver, Halifax, Salt Lake City, New York.

Jane's Walk is accessible, fun and free and a great way to out and see your city, meet your neighbours, discover new areas, and learn about civic institutions and agencies that shape our urban existence. Jane's Walk helps knit people together into a strong and resourceful community, instilling belonging and encouraging civic leadership.
For more information on the various walks in your city and schedules of the walks, please visit the Jane's Walk Website.

d)The 2008 Maytree Leadership Conference (Toronto)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Location: 89 Chestnut Street
Toronto, Ontario

Keynote Address: The Philosopher, the Pollster and the Practitioner: what does it mean to belong?

Dr. Will Kymlicka, author, academic, philosopher

Michael Adams, social commentator, author, pollster

Uzma Shakir, activist, researcher, practitioner

Dr. Chaviva Hosek, O.C.,researcher, public policy specialist

Keynote Closing Address: Wellbeing: A Glass Half-empty or Half-full?

Dr. John Helliwell, economist, author

Dr. Kwame McKenzie, professor, leading mental health professional

Choose from a wide range of workshops, covering the following themes:

• Empowering Communities
• Inclusion and Human Rights
• Political and Civic Engagement
• Governance as Leadership

For more information or to register please visit the Maytree Foundation website.

e) The Future of Community Health - Lunch box Speaker Series (OISE/U of T, Toronto)
Wednesday May 21, 2008,
Noon- 1:30pm
252 Bloor Street W, Room 12-199

drianna Tetley, Executive Director of the Association of Ontario Health Centres will describe the promise and potential of Community Health Centres to deliver better Primary Health Care and create stronger communities throughout Ontario. Adrianna will also describe a new initiative called The Second Stage of Medicare, designed to promote innovations already underway in our not-for-profit health care system so more Canadians can enjoy good health.

Bring your lunch and a mug – Coffee, tea and Water will be provided.
For more information, contact Lisa White , or visit the Social Economy website.

f) Working Together to Prevent and Manage Chronic Disease: Ideas, Innovation, and Insight (Toronto)
Date: Friday,May 23, 2008
Location: The Old Mill Inn
Registration Fee: $150 ($125 on or before April 4, 2008)
Contact: Rick Edwards or call 416-530-6000-1-#4323

Chronic diseases account for the largest proportion of death and disease burden nationally and provincially. The prevention and management of chronic disease to improve population health is an Ontario health system priority.

The Ontario Hospital Health Promotion Network and St. Joseph's Health Centre,Toronto, are pleased to host this one-day conference for health system providers from across sectors to work on practical relationships to provide an integrated, system response to chronic disease prevention and management.

Featuring:
* Lynda McCloy, Keynote Speaker ~ Director Population Strategy, Population Continuums Team, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver BC ~ Insights from Working
Together on Chronic Disease in Vancouver Coastal Health
* Michael Hillmer, Health System Strategy Division for Chronic Disease, Ontario MoHLTC
* Matt Anderson, University Health Network CIO & TCLHIN e-health Lead
* Connie Clement, Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse & The Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance ~ The 'Made-in-Ontario' Perspective
* Dr. Michael Rachlis, Facilitator ~ Health Policy Analyst

g) Vibrant Communities Face to Face Forum (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
Wednesday, May 28 - Friday, May 30 2008

Ontario communities working for poverty reduction and prosperity enhancement in a comprehensive and multisectoral way will gather for cross-community learning, to build understanding of the Vibrant Communities approach, and to explore opportunities for system change.

For more information, contact brenda@tamarackcommunity.ca

(Source : www.tamarackcommunity.ca)

h) Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Annual Conference (Halifax)
Sunday June 1 to Wednesday June 4, 2008

The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), in collaboration with its partners is having its 2008 Annual Conference. Themed "Reducing Health
Inequalities Through Evidence and Action", the conference will be held at the WorldTrade & Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia from June 1 to 4, 2008.

The preliminary program and online registration are now available.

For Early Registration Savings, Register Online by March 31, 2008!

For further information, please contact:
CPHA Conference Department
400-1565 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1
Phone: 613-725-3769
Fax: 613-725-9826
E-mail: mailto:conference@cpha.ca
www.conference.cpha.ca
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L'Association canadienne de santé publique (ACSP) et ses partenaires sont heureux de vous inviter à la conférence annuelle de 2008, qui a pour thème « Vers une réduction des inégalités en santé par la recherche et l'action ». La conférence aura lieu au World Trade & Convention Centre de Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse, du 1er au 4 juin
2008.

Le programme préliminaire et l'inscription en ligne sont maintenant disponibles.

Pour un tarif préférentiel, inscrivez-vous d'ici le 31 mars 2008 !

Pour de plus amples informations, veuillez nous joindre :
Service des conférences de l'ACSP
1565, avenue Carling, bureau 400, Ottawa (Ontario) K1Z 8R1
Tél. : 613-725-3769
Téléc. : 613-725-9826
Courriel : mailto:conference@cpha.ca
www.conference.cpha.ca

i) OILN Learning Exchange: 'Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: A Conversation about Schools' (Toronto)
Friday, June 6, 2008. 9 am-12 pm.
Harbourfront Community Centre

The Ontario Inclusion and Learning Network invites you to join us in a thoughtful and challenging discussion about education in our schools. Our panelists will address the role of TDSB, successful community- based projects like Pathways, and bring the unique insights of teachers and students who deal with the everyday reality of the classroom.

In addition, your contribution in small-groups as well as the general discussion will help generate new and necessary perspectives.

For more information please email Nuzhat Abbas.

j) CMHO & OACAS - 2008 Joint Conference (Toronto)
Monday, June 2 - Wednesday, June 4 2008
Doubletree International Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre

Come and hear over 100 speakers who will be presenting on innovative programs, new research and outcome studies that highlight current trends and practices in both child welfare and children’s mental health. Presenters will highlight how working together in successful partnerships will result in improved outcomes.

The “Shoulder to Shoulder” Conference will bring together child welfare and children’s mental health professionals, board members, parents, foster care providers, government officials and youth. We have built an exciting program featuring dynamic speakers and presenters for plenary and workshop sessions.

Full Conference Program Now Available!

Please click here to download the Program and Registration information or go to www.kidsmentalhealth.ca or www.OACAS.org/conference/

To register online using a credit card, go to www.mmsonline.ca.

Venez écouter plus de cent intervenants qui présenteront des programmes innovants, de nouvelles recherches et des études de résultats qui soulignent les tendances et les pratiques actuelles dans les domaines de la protection de l’enfance et de la santé mentale des enfants. Les différentes présentations expliciteront la façon dont le travail en commun, au sein de partenariats réussis, permet d’obtenir de meilleurs résultats.

La conférence « Côte à côte » rassemblera des professionnels de l’aide sociale à l’enfance et de la santé mentale des enfants, des membres de conseils d’administration, des parents, des fournisseurs de services d’accueil, des officiels gouvernementaux, ainsi que des jeunes. Nous avons mis au point un programme particulièrement passionnant faisant intervenir des présentateurs et des orateurs dynamiques, et ce, aussi bien pour les ateliers que pour la session plénière.

Le programme complet de la conférence est disponible dès maintenant !

Veuillez cliquer ici pour télécharger le programme et la feuille d'inscription ou visitez www.kidsmentalhealth.ca ou www.OACAS.org/conference/

Pour vous inscrire sur Internet en utilisant une carte de crédit, rendez-vous à l'adresse www.mmsonline.ca.

k) Ontario Health Promotion Summer School (HPSS) 2008 (Offered by the Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto)
Monday June 23, 2008 - Wedesday June 25, 2008
Preschool: Sunday June 22, 2008
Location: Westin Prince Hotel, Toronto (Don Mills and York Mills)

THEME: Health Promotion Under Pressure: Strengthening Community Action

HPSS offers a rich and stimulating program for community and health practitioners, policy-makers, managers, funders and scholars.
Registration begins: March 1, 2008.

Subsidies are available.

Visit the website for details about HPSS and curriculum, speakers, and subsidies.

For more info please contact: hpss@rogers.com or 416 469 4632

L'école d'été en promotion de la santé de l'Ontario 2008 (Offerte par le Centre for Health Promotion de l’Université de Toronto)
Du lundi le 23 au mercredi le 25 juin 2008
Cours préliminaire : Le dimache 22 juin 2008
Lieu : Hôtel Westin Prince à Toronto (angle Don Mills et York Mills)

THÈME : La promotion de la santé quand ça presse : renforçons l'action communautaire

L’École d’été offre un programme riche et stimulant aux professionnelles et professionnels des secteurs communautaires et de la santé, aux décideuses et décideurs, aux directrices et directeurs, aux bailleuses et bailleurs de fonds et aux universitaires. C’est l’occasion idéale d’apprendre, d’échanger avec vos pairs et d’établir des réseaux.

La période d’inscription commence le 1er mars 2008.

Les personnes admissibles ont droit à des subventions.

Pour en savoir plus sur l’École d’été, le programme, les conférenciers et les subventions, rendez-vous à notre site Web.

Pour obtenir plus d’information, vous pouvez communiquer avec nous par courriel à l’adresse hpss@rogers.com ou par téléphone au
416-469 4632.

4. RESOURCES

a) New Additions to OHCC's Online Resource Library Catalogue

OHCC invites our members to browse our Resource library catalogue, which is available on our website at:
www.healthycommunities.on.ca/resources/resource library/index.htm

The catalogue consists of extensive in-house multi-media resources library, which may be borrowed by members, as well as our eResources, which are available for download.

b) The Last Straw! - Award winning board game on the Social Determinants of Health

The Last Straw! is an engaging way to learn about the social issues that affect health.It takes players on a journey through the life cycle where they will encounter "macro" issues such as political climate, economic structure and environmental change, and "micro" issues, such as individual finances, education, and family dynamics. Players also learn how these "macro" and "mirco" issues are linked: the health of both individuals and the whole community are at stake.

To order copies or to learn more about The Last Straw! Please visit www.thelaststraw.ca.

Support for the production of this game was provided by the Association of Faculties of Medicine (AFMC) with contribution funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Other partners include:Wellesley Institute * Centre for Health Promotion * Centre for Urban Health Initiatives University of Toronto Public Health Sciences * Capital Health Edmonton Area * McMaster University

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