Program Overview

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Pre-conference Workshop – Core Competencies and Skills Enhancement for Public Health: Building a Strong Public Health Workforce

5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Registration desk open

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome – OPHA President Dr. Garry Aslanyan; Toronto Medical Officer of Health Dr. David McKeown

Welcome – Toronto Mayor David Miller

9:00 – 10:00 a.m

Keynote – Dr.Vincent Lam

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break – Exhibits and posters open

10:30 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION I

12:00 – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch – Exhibits and posters open

12:45 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Remarks – Minister of Health and Long-Term Care (invited)

1:15 – 2:40 p.m.

Keynote Panel – Aboriginal Approaches to Public Health Challenges

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION II

3:45 – 4:15 p.m.

Break – Exhibits and posters open

4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION III

5:15 – 6:30 p.m.

President’s Reception – Meet and Greet with Exhibitors and Poster Presenters

7:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast – Exhibits and posters open

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:45 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome: Canadian Public Health Association President Ron de Burger

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Keynote - Angela Robertson

10:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Break – Exhibits and posters open

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION IV

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

OPHA Awards Lunch

1:00 – 1:15 p.m.

Remarks – Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. George Pasut

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Keynote – Michele Simon

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION V

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Break – Exhibits and posters open

4:00 – 5:15 p.m.

Keynote Panel – Public Health: Working with a Health System under Reform

5:15 – 6:30 p.m.

OPHA Annual General Meeting

7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast – Exhibits open

7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Registration desk open

8:45 a.m.

Welcome

8:50 – 10:15 a.m.

Keynote Panel – Youth in Action: Frontline Case Stories

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Break – Exhibits open

10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION VI

11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Keynote – Dr.Vincent Covello

12:20 – 12:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Post-conference workshop – Addressing Health Inequalities in Public Health: From Theory to Practice