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The Students' International Health Initiative
and SUNSIH/REUSSI, Central-West Region
presents an interdisciplinary
CONFERENCE ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
October 2-4, 1998
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario
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Come learn more about how you can become involved in promoting
international health and development, social progress, and the
exchange of information between students in Canada and abroad.
PROGRAM:
Friday, October 1, 1998
6:30pm Registration and Orientation (OT/PT Building)
7:00pm Opening Address
Health and Human Rights: The Global Aids Epidemic
Dr. Mark Tyndall
8:00pm Snacks and Socializing
9:00pm COSMIC BOWLING!!!!
Saturday, October 3, 1998
9:30am Morning Address
Globalization, Poverty, and Health
Dr. Atif Kubersi
11:00am WORKSHOP A (1 of 4 choices)
12:30pm International Buffet Lunch
(included in registration fee)
2:00pm WORKSHOP B (1 of 4 choices)
7:00pm International Drumming and Dance
(included in registration fee)
Sunday, October 4, 1998
9:30am Morning Address
International Health: what, why, how, and where?
Dr. Basanti Majumdar
10:30am Opportunities and Experiences Fair
Displays of student experiences in the area
of international health; opportunities for
student involvement locally and overseas
with NGOs.
WORKSHOP CHOICES
Group A (Choose 1 of 4)
1) Mind-Body Healing: Reflections of a Practitioner
Dr. Pradeep Kumar
2) Health Care in Inner-City Toronto: Parallels with Health
in a Developing World
Dr. Karen Rouleau
3) Sustainable Development: the Integration of Health Education and
Small Business Financing for Women in Developing Countries.
Justin Peffer
4) Mental Health in a First Nations Community: Confronting Culture in
Health Work.
Dr. Nel Wieman
Group B (Choose 1 of 4)
5) The Peace-Health Connection
Dr. Graeme MacQueen
6) Access to Health Care in the Himalayan Foothills
(Cultural Definition of Health and Illness)
Dr. Karen Trollope
7) Poverty, Health and Technology
Dr. George Sorger
8) HIV Prevention in Rural Africa: a model for participatory health
education projects
Delphi and Holly Buchanan
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Registration Form:
Name: _______________________________
Phone No.: ___________________________
Email: _______________________________
Workshops:
Please indicate your first and second choice for each session.
Group A
( ) Mind-Body Healing
( ) Health Care in Inner-City Toronto
( ) Sustainable Development
( ) Mental Health in First Nations
Group B
( ) The Peace-Health Connection
( ) Access to Health Care in Himalayas
( ) Poverty, Health, and Technology
( ) HIV Prevention in Rural Africa
COSMIC BOWLING? yes( ) no( )
BILLETTING REQUIRED? yes( ) no( )
Please respond to this email if interested and drop off a cheque, payable
to SIHI, for $10 (or $15 if you wish to go bowling) in HOMEBASE, MUMC, in
the
mailbox of S. Mohamed, MD'00 or in the OPIRG office (main floor, Hamilton
Hall). If out of town, please mail cheque to:
150 Broadway Avenue
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 2W4
For more information, please contact Shaheen at
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REGISTER NOW!!! WORKSHOP SPACE IS LIMITED!!!
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