Here is an announcement about a very interesting symposium to be held in
Vancouver at Simon Fraser University later this month. The program
includes speakers who are very well-known in the area of globalization and
health. I think it will be worth attending, for those able to swing it at
this hectic time of year.

Mary Anne


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Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 16:38:16 -0700
From: Pamela Sagert <fhsgrads@...>
To: Pamela Sagert <fhsgrads@...>
Subject: SFU 40th Anniversary - Global Health Symposium


"Preparing a New Public Health Workforce for Global Health" is the theme of
the Global Health Symposium May 27-28 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for
Dialogue. This symposium is being held in recognition of the 40th
Anniversary of Simon Fraser University and the imminent launching of its
masters program in global health. It is also a pre-conference event of the
Annual Conference of the Canadian Public Health Association.


Keynote speakers will be Kelley Lee, Senior Lecturer in Global Health
Policy at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and editor of
"Health Impacts of Globalization" and Ronald Labonte, Canada Research Chair
in Globalization and Health Equity at the Institute of Population Health at
University of Ottawa, co-author of "Health for Some: Death, Disease and
Disparity in a Globalizing Era".

Jeffrey Sachs, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia
University and Chair of the World Health Organization Commission on
Macroeconomics and Health will participate via interactive videoconference.

David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada and Deputy
Director of the Public Health Agency of Canada, will describe global health
issues relating to the Agency.

Canadian and international speakers will address globalization and
specific health topics. Panels will discuss implications for education in
global health and new activities taking place in some Canadian
universities.

All sessions will take place in the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at
580 Hastings Street. Admission is free, however registration is required.
For more information or to register please contact Pamela Sagert at
fhsgrads@... or (604) 268-7036 by May 23.

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