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ANNOUNCING NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH CARE
"Thirty Years of National Medicare: Forward or Backward Since 1967?"
February 7, 8 and 9
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sponsored by the Saskatchewan Health Coalition and the Labour Studies
Program, College of Commerce, University of Saskatchewan.
1997 celebrates 30 years of National Medicare. Have we moved backward or
forward since its inception in 1967?
Speakers include:
Hon. Allan Blakeney, former Premier of Saskatchewan ("Reflections on the
Beginning of Medicare")
Hon. Monique Begin, former federal Health Minister, current Dean of Health
Sciences, U of Ottawa ("Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future")
Claudia Fegan, MD, President of Medical Staff, Michael Reese Hospital,
Chicago, past-president of [US] Physicians for a National Health Program ("A
Warning for Canadians: Beware of For- Profit Health Care")
Hugh Armstrong, PhD, School of Social Work, Carleton University, Ottawa,
co-author of "Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care." ("The
Growing Commercialization of Health Care in Canada")
Pat Armstrong, PhD, School of Social Work, Carleton University, co-author of
"Wasting Away.." ("What Constitutes Quality Health Care?")
Prof. Neil Brooks, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto
("Shattering Prevailing Myths About Funding Health Care")
Joan Feather, MA, Co-ordinator, Prairie Region Health Promotion Centre,
Universityof Saskatchewan ("The Role of Health Promotion in Determining Health")
Susan Wagner, MSc, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan and Chair,
Saskatoon District Health Board ("Successes and Challenges of Regional
Health Boards")
Allen Backman, PhD, Health Administration, College of Commerce, University
of Saskatchewan, (on changes in Britain's National Health Service)
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Fee $30 (Cheque payable to Saskatchewan Health Coalition)
Conference accommodation at Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon (1-800-268-1133)
Conference air travel Air Canada (cite event #CV973098)
For more information, call Sandra in Saskatoon (306-664-4238)
or fax (306-653-1417)
Saskatchewan Health Coalition, 455 2nd Ave. North, Saskatoon SK, Canada S7K 2C2
Larry Haiven, Associate Professor
Dept. of Industrial Relations & Organizational Behaviour
College of Commerce
University of Saskatchewan
25 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
CANADA S7N 5A7
Tel. (306) 966-8451
Fax. (306) 966-8709
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