Making Healthy Communities Count – A Public Health Summit

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About the Conference

Conference Theme: Public Health: Who’s at risk? What’s at stake? Conference Goal: To provide a forum for profiling the leading developments and topical issues facing people who are active in public and community health throughout Ontario. Conference Objectives: Participants will Continue Reading ...

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PHRED Student Award

Congratulations to the PHRED Student Award Winner: Rebecca L Ganann of McMaster University for her oral presentation entitled: “Influence of maternal birthplace on postpartum health and health service use” Rebecca’s study examined differences in health status, probable postpartum depression, perceptions Continue Reading ...

A Public Health Summit

This year’s conference is jointly held with the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Ontario Public Health Association and Niagara Region Public Health and is built around the theme of “Making Healthy Communities Count”. This theme reflects the upcoming implementation of the new Ontario Public Health Standards and the ability to plan for, assess, survey and evaluate our healthy communities. The conference program committee has identified five sub-themes as topic areas to be explored by keynote speakers and participants in workshops, poster sessions and presentations.

About the Conference

PHRED Student Award

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts” – Einstein

Go Green Initiatives

Environmental/HEAL (Healthy Eating and Active Living) Initiatives

Going Green

Going Green: Our commitment to contributing to a healthier environment At our joint conference this year, OPHA, alPHa and Niagara Region Public Health would like to minimize the amount of waste associated with our annual conference We have reviewed areas Continue Reading ...

Carbon Offsets

What is a carbon offset? A “carbon offset” is an emission reduction credit from another organization’s project that results in less carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than would otherwise occur. Carbon offsets are typically measured in Continue Reading ...

Healthy Eating

Niagara region is host to a wide array of restaurants. The following sites, hosted by Niagara Region Public Health, provide additional information on Niagara’s EatSmart! award winning restaurants and our restaurant disclosure program.

Active Living

NPHS conference organizers are pleased to promote social and physical activities for our 2008 conference

We look forward to welcoming participants to the conference

and working together with public health professionals across Ontario in the common cause of strengthening our sector and making healthy communities count.

Dr. Charles Gardner

President, Association of Local Public Health Agencies

Carol Timmings

President, Ontario Public Health Association

Dr. Robin C. Williams

Medical Officer of Health,
Niagara Region Public Health

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About Niagara Region

As host, Niagara region offers an outstanding gathering place for delegates, with numerous recreation and leisure activities to participate in such as walking trails, fresh produce markets, Welland Canal, Niagara Falls, and the Winery Route.