This is  the final line-up for the final plenary of the SDOH Nov. 29 - Dec. 1
Toronto conference.

Details at:  http://www.socialjustice.org

Moving from Research to Policy and from Policy to Action

Chair: Sonya Corkum - VP Partnerships & Knowledge Translation, CIHR, Ottawa

Cathy Crowe, Street Nurse, Central Toronto Community Health Centres, Toronto

Cathy Crowe is a Street Nurse at Central Toronto Community Health Centres and
Co-Founder of the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee. She is a pioneer in the
field
of "street health," the provision of clinical care for homeless people. Ms Crowe
is
also a co-founder of Nurses for Social Responsibility and helped launch the
Toronto
Coalition Against Homelessness. Ms. Crowe was recently inducted into the Ryerson
University Wall of Recognition identifying her as a graduate who not only excels
in
her career, but has contributed significantly to her profession and her
community.

Ken Battle, Director, Caledon Institute of Social Policy

Ken Battle is President of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, an
independent think
tank based in Ottawa. Before founding Caledon in 1992, he was Director of the
National Council of Welfare, a citizens



' advisory body to the Minister of
National
Health and Welfare.

Educated at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and Oxford University,
Battle is
one of Canada's leading social policy thinkers. He has played a key role both
inside
and outside government in the reform of social policy, including the development
of
the new National Child Benefit and the proposed Seniors Benefit. He served as a
member of the Ministerial Task Force on Social Security Reform in 1994 and as
policy
advisor on child benefits reform to the Minister of Human Resources Development
in
1996 and 1997. He advises the federal government on social and tax policy.
Battle has published widely on social policy, including income security
programs, taxation,
medicare, social services, poverty and income inequality, social spending and
the
politics of social policy. In July 2000, Mr. Battle was awarded the Order of
Canada
(social sciences category) for his work on the National Child Benefit and reform
of
social policy: His contributions have helped to forge and to shape Canadian
social
policy.

Madeleine Dion Stout, Aboriginal Consultant, Vancouver

Ms. Dion Stout is a Cree speaker from the Kehewin First Nation in Alberta. Until
July
2001 she taught in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University where
she
was also the Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Education, Research and
Culture.
She is also the past-president of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada.
Since 1986, Ms. Dion Stout has worked as a health consultant with the Aboriginal
community, and has co-authored several technical papers on the health
development
of children, youth and women. She holds an MA from the Norman Paterson School
of International Affairs, Carleton University, and a Bachelor of Nursing degree
from
the University of Lethbridge.

Joanne Roulston, Executive Director, National Council of Welfare, Ottawa

Joanne Roulston is the Executive Director of the National Council of Welfare, a
citizens'
advisory body to the Minister of Human Resources Development. She came to the
Council as a social worker in 1997. Previously, Joanne worked in the evaluation
of
children's health promotion programs at Health Canada and for the child
protection
agencies in Niagara and in Ottawa. She has been a volunteer in several community
organizations, including women's centres and trade unions.
She has just returned from maternity leave for the birth of her first child