April 2008

April 1 - 2, 2008 
Building Momentum for the Future: Taking the Next Step in Patient Safety
Safer Healthcare Now! Learning Series V
Winnipeg, MB. 

April 3, 2008
10 Steps to Take Charge of Your Emotional Life
Eve A. Wood, MD
The Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal College presents Body of Knowledge, an important lecture series showcasing four leading physicians in holistic medicine.
Calgary, AB

April 3 - 6, 2008
11th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved & Cancer
Washington, D.C.

April 4, 2008
Understanding Adolescent Sexuality & Teaching Sex Ed
Toronto, Ontario 

April 4 - 5, 2008
Expanding Horizons for the Early Years 2008 Practice, Research & Promoting Change
Toronto, Ont

April 7 - 27, 2008
Workshop 2 - Preparing Students and Parents
Teaching Sexual Health On-line Workshops
Focuses on creating a safe classroom environment, how to answer students questions, teacher FAQ, how to inform and support parents and access resources. 

April 9, 2008
Consumer Product Safety 
2007-2008 Alberta Injury Control Teleconference
Monthly teleconference held the second Wednesday of every month Teleconference time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST)

April 9 - 12, 2008

Third National Biennial Conference
Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
"FASD and Mental Health: The Wisdom of Practice"
Vancouver, BC

April 9 - 12, 2008
The fifth Active Living Research Annual Conference
Washington, DC

April 10, 2008 - EVENT CANCELLED
ESTROGEN'S STORM SEASON: Tales of Perimenopause
Edmonton, AB 

April 10 - 11, 2008
ASIST--Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
London, Ontario

April 10 - 12, 2008
FASD and Mental Health: The Wisdom of Practice
Vancouver, British Columbia

April 11, 2008
Evidence in Complementary Medicine: Getting It Right
Calgary, AB 

April 11, 2008
Falls Prevention: Safer bathrooms--grab bar research and application
CHNET-Works Fireside Chats

April 12 - 13, 2008
Unite For Sight Fifth Annual International Health Conference
Building Global Health For Today and Tomorrow
New Haven, Connecticut USA

April 13 - 15, 2008 
The Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations Annual Conference and Exhibition
Regina, SK 

April 13 - 15, 2008
Lifesavers 2008 Conference
Portland, Oregon, USA
Lifesavers is the premier national highway safety meeting in the United States dedicated to reducing the tragic toll of deaths and injuries on our nation's roadways.

April 13 - 16, 2008
2nd International Congress on Physical Activity and Public Health
VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Call for Abstracts! Submission Deadline: November 1, 2007

April 16 - 17, 2008 
Intersecting Interests: Tribal Knowledge and Research Communities
Missoula, Montana 
This gathering represents a unique Montana-Indian guided opportunity to create formal dialogue among researchers and tribal knowledge keepers regarding Tribal Knowledge Guardianship.

April 16 - 18, 2008
The Second National Case Management Network of Canada Conference
Connecting, Collaborating, and Communicating the Value of Case Managment
Toronto, ON

April 17, 2008
All You Need to Know about Implementing a Cellphone-Free Driving Policy Workshop
Edmonton, Alberta

April 17, 2008
Exploring Youth Risk Taking: Balancing Protection and Choice
Calgary, AB 

April 18, 2008
Healthy Aging Policies - perspectives from Newfoundland/Labrador
CHNET-Works Fireside Chats

April 18, 2008
Sixth CAPS HIV Prevention Conference
New Directions in HIV Prevention
San Franciso, Ca 

April 20 - 23,2008
School Health Symposia and Conference 2008
Ottawa, Ont-Gatineau, Que

April 22, 2008
Super sizing obesity care
Public Health Seminar
Available via TeleHealth

April 22 - 23, 2008
Building Connections: A National Symposium on Integrating Health Systems
Edmonton, AB 

April 23, 2008
Informatics approach to disease surveillance
University of Alberta School of Public Health Colloqium Series
Edmonton, AB.  

April 24, 2008
Training in Research Ethics, REB 201 - Biomedical
Sponsored by the National Council on Ethics in Human Research and McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario

April 24 & 25, 2008
Ethical Reponses to Stories of Pain: Private Conversations, Public Issues
Edmonton, AB 
This two day workshop will identify public policy issues that arise out of counseling and therapeutic conversations and will address the broader contextual issues that are so often forgotten or overlooked.

April 25, 2008
2008 Annual Conference
Therapist Assistant Diploma Program - MOMENTUM
Kelowna, BC

April 25, 2008
Training in Research Ethics, REB 201 - Social Sciences
Sponsored by the National Council on Ethics in Human Research and McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario 

A PUBLIC FORUM  
Crops, Cars & Climate Crisis: The Global Impacts of Growing Biofuels on Food, Farmers, and Human Rights
The corporate "agrofuels" gold-rush has ignited a major global conflict.
Governments across the world are committing to agrofuels as a part of
their energy strategies. But producing crops for fuel is already
changing world agriculture, with major consequences for people,
ecosystems, and the planet.

A six-city tour with speakers from Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mali,
Mexico, Paraguay, the Philippines, the UK and the US.
Dates & Locations:

April 28 - Charlottetown
April 28 - Saskatoon
April 29 - Halifax
April 29 - Winnipeg
April 30 - Ottawa
May 1 - Montreal

April 30 through June 10, 2008

Preventing Childhood Obesity: An Ecological Approach
Online professional development program

 

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