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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!!!