Dear colleagues here and abroad (sorry for cross-postings),

I just got a phone call from Trevor Hancock announcing that Ron Draper has
died peacefully in his sleep last night after several years of very active
life despite the severe disability that was plaguing him. As the first
director of the Health Promotion Directorate in the federal governement in
Ottawa, and as a key ally of WHO on the international scene of health
promotion since the mid 1980's, Ron has surely been one of the proeminent
figure in the evolution of our field. The CPHA has recognized that by
creating an anual Ron Draper award in Health Promotion that will first be
given next june in Montreal.

Thanks Ron.


Une tres bonne journee.

Michel O'Neill, Ph.D.

PS: SVP NOTER LES NOUVEAUX NOS DE COURRIER ELECTONIQUE PLUS BAS (CHANGEMENT
DE DOMAINE DE ESI POUR FSI). PLEASE NOTE THE NEW E-MAIL NUMBERS BELOW
(CHANGE IN THE DOMAIN NAME FROM ESI TO FSI).

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Codirecteur, Centre quebecois collaborateur de l'OMS pour le developpement
de villes et villages en sante / Quebec WHO Collaborating Center for the
development of healthy cities and towns,
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