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February 2008

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February 1, 2008
Canada in the World: The challenges ahead [0]
Centre for Health Promotion Studies
Special Guest Lecturer – Michael Ignatieff 

February 5 - 6, 2008
David Thompson Health Region 2nd Annual Hospital Emergency Care & Patient Flow Forum National Conference [1]
Red Deer, AB 

February 6, 2008
Paediatric Grand Rounds - Telehealth [2]
Topic: Child & Youth Homelessness in Calgary: the Facts and the Consequences
Calgary, AB.
Speaker: Dr. Janice Heard and and Leegay Jagoe, RN, BSN, BA (a mental health nurse working street outreach with the homeless from the 8th and 8th Clinic in Calgary).

February 6, 2008
Winter Walk Day a part of Winter Active [3]!
Register your event or get more information at SHAPE [4]

February 8, 2008
Falls Prevention: Winter Active Winter Smart
[5]CHNET Works! Fireside Chat Teleconference 

February 11, 2008
Rural Proofing Health Promotion - Videoconference
[5]Hosted by The Health Research Transfer Network of Alberta
Registration Deadline:  Thursday, February 7, 2008 

February 12 - 13, 2008
Understanding and Interpreting Data [6]
Statistics Canada workshops
Edmonton, AB 

February 13, 2008
Illness, Medication Use and Injury in Older Farmers
2007-2008 Alberta Injury Control Teleconference
[6]Monthly teleconference held the second Wednesday of every month Teleconference time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST)

February 13, 2008
Measuring Early Childhood Development for Prevention and Intervention [7]
This is a free symposium hosted by Early Childhood Measurement + Evaluation Resource Centre (ECMERC) at the University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB.
Register by February 4, 2008.
NOTE: There is limited space for this event

February 13 - 16, 2008
4th Rendez-vous Santé en français [8]
Edmonton, Alberta

February 15, 2008
Pre-conference (NCEHR)
Guidelines for Health Research Involving Aboriginal Peoples [9] - Getting to an Agreement: The Community Perspective
This pre-conference will consist of a review of the CIHR Guidelines as well as presentations from several Aboriginal Communities as to their perspective on the process of achieving research agreements.
Ottawa, Ontario

February 16 - 17, 2008
The National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR) 2008 National Conference [10]
Vulnerabilities: The Importance of Context in Ethical Research and Human Participant Protection
Ottawa, Ontario

February 19, 2008
CIHR CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE PRESENTS: [11] All I ever do is wait! Putting an end to health care wait times
Ottawa, On
LIVE on the Web at http://www.webcastcanada.ca/cihr-irsc [12] 

February 19, 2008
Public Health Research Seminar
[13]Genetics and Race: The challenge of representing current research findings and methods.
North Campus: University of Alberta Hospital (Walter C Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre)
For TeleHealth registration:
To register your site, please contact Sofia Fernandez sofia.fernandez@capitalhealth.ca [14] at least TWO days prior to the session.

February 20, 2008
Tackling Childhood Obesity – What Is the Safest Approach? [15]
This session will be broadcast via Capital Health Telehealth.
To arrange for a telehealth connection in your area contact your local Site Telehealth Coordinator (Regional Health Authority).

February 21, 2008
Community Approaches to Food Insecurity [16]
Fireside Chats - Online/Teleconference

February 25 - 27, 2008
Edmonton III: The Third Annual Conference on Enhancing Safety in Home, Community and Long Term Care [17]
Edmonton, AB.

February 25 - 28, 2008
Edmonton III [18] – The third annual conference on safety in the home, community and long term care.
Edmonton, AB
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS and Postcard now available online!

February 27, 2008
ATV Injuries: Is there a problem? What should we do about it? [19]
University of Alberta - Colloquium Series
Edmonton, AB 

February 27, 2008
The Influence of the Built Environment on the Emotional Health of Children and Families
[19]An Educational Series on: Child Health and the Built Environment.
How Our Choices Influence Child Health Outcomes
These sessions are being offered by Telehealth (Videoconference)

February 27 - 29, 2008
Best Start Resource Centre: 2008 Annual Conference [20]
Toronto, ON 

February 28, 2008
CHNET Works! Fireside Chat Teleconference [21]
Emergency Preparation: Psychosocial Resiliency 

February 28, 2008
Stress and Resiliency in Children Living in Families Impacted by Addiction [22]
Calgary, AB 

February 28 - 29, 2008
1st Biannual Conference of the Eating Disorders Association of Canada
Building on our Strengths
[22]Calgary, Alberta

February 29, 2008
Stress and Resiliency in Children Living in Families Impacted by Addiction [23]
Edmonton, AB. 

February 29, 2008
Workshop # 1 of a 4-part series: [24] Evaluations and Beyond: An Introduction to Community-Based Research and Evaluation
Edmonton, AB.

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