Hello,
In reply to both Lorraine and Debbie Bang regarding the sources for
'specially designated [health] dates', I too would like to see a
comprehensive listing of such events for Canada and by province. I have
received frequent requests for such listings and have missed the former
Health Promotion in Canada magazine produced by Health Canada until
1995.
Regarding Debbie's suggestions, there are a few difficulties in finding
the comprehensive list of weeks and months. In the new Health Promotion
in Canada journal, the one that I have seen [Winter-Spring 1997] only
had listings until June of 1997 and further editions are on a
subscription basis only. Health Promotion Online does indeed have an
on-line 'calendar of events' - however it does not appear to be a
listing of specially designated dates - it is a list of events and
workshops as posted by users of the web-site. If you go to the web-site
that Debbie referred to [http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/calendar/ ] you
will see the message:
Calendar of Events / Calendrier des événements
Note: As this Calendar of Events is updated by outside
users, Health Canada assumes no responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of this information. Please
confirm the accuracy of the conference information with the
contact person. The information is displayed in the
language that the user entered it.
Perhaps I have not found the desired listing of designated weeks on that
site. I have looked at the 37 entries and noted that many are conference
listings for events happening throughout the world, with only 10 being
Canadian conferences.
I have found the most comprehensive listing of health events by month to
be available from the Consumer Health Information Service, based at the
Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library. The Consumer Health Information
Service web-site on Health Events is:
http://www.mtrl.toronto.on.ca/centres/chis/event.html
As it says - "The following list is a compilation of Special Dates
published by Health Canada in Health Promotion in Canada
(quarterly) and by the Health Promotion Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Health. The list changes yearly as municipal,
provincial and federal governments "declare" special dates or a
group pronounces that this is the week or month
for their campaign. Also included is information from [Ontario]
Management Board Secretariat and Reference
Canada's Guide to Event's 1997."
It was last updated in March.
If anyone else has suggestions for such listings - many of us could
benefit!
Thanks,
Alison
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Alison Stirling, health promotion consultant
Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse
1(800) 263-2846 ext 226 OR (416) 408-2121 ext 226
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Internet: http://www.web.net/~stirling/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Debbie Bang [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 1997 8:30 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Specially Designated Dates (fwd)
>
> Lorraine ... you asked to have this message posted to only you
> however, I
> suspect that there are others who would also like to know about
> sources for the
> designated dates. I have information about the Canadian designated
> weeks.
>
> The new Health Promotion in Canada journal has a listing of designated
> weeks/months in Canada (Winter 1997). Contact:
> Editor Ann Pettella
> The Health Promotion in Canada Publishing Company Inc.
> 360A Newkirk Road
> Richmond Hill, Ontario
> L4C 3G7
> (905) 884-2611
> (905) 884-1478
> They do not list an email address.
>
> You could also see the Health Canada -> Health Promotion OnLine Web
> site at
> http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/calendar/ They have a listing of
> designated weeks
> by month and location.
>
> Hope you will post your completed listed on the Health Communication
> Unit web
> site and they announce it on CLICK4HP and in the Health Promotion
> E-Mail
> Bulletin.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Debbie Bang
> Coordinator/Researcher
> St. Joseph's Community Health Centre
> Consumer Health Information Centre
> 2757 King Street East
> Hamilton, Ontario L8G 5E4
> (905) 573-7777 ext. 8054
> (905) 573-4828 FAX
> [log in to unmask]
> web site: www.stjosham.on.ca
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Forwarded Message:
> > From: Lorraine Telford, The Health Communication Unit
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 17:21:17 PDT
> > Subject: Specially Designated Dates
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> > I am compliling a list of international national
> > (Canadian) and provincial (Ontarian) specially
> > designated weeks/months (for eg. "March is Nutrition
> > Month") to assist groups in sequencing events in health
> > communication planning. If you know of an existing
> > list, or could let me know of the specially designated
> > months/weeks/days of which you are aware, I will pull
> > it all together (indicating if it is inter/nat/prov)
> > and post it here and on our website. Please respond to
> > MY e-mail, and not the whole listserv -
> > <[log in to unmask]> Thank you!
> >
> >
> > Lorraine A. Telford, The Health Communication Unit
> > at the Centre for Health Promotion,
> > Rm 213, 100 College Street, The Banting Institute,
> > University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L5
> > Ph : (416) 978-1188 Fax: (416) 971-2443
> >
> > Lorraine A. Telford, The Health Communication Unit
> > at the Centre for Health Promotion,
> > Rm 213, 100 College Street, The Banting Institute,
> > University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L5
> > Ph : (416) 978-1188 Fax: (416) 971-2443
> >
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