HI SDOH Listserve Members!
I hope you're doing well! There are a few invitations for you here.
On Thursday Jan 18 at 8am PST, we invite you to a webinar about childbirth
stories. Info is below.

For those in the lower mainland of BC Canada, there is wellbeing festival
on Sat Jan 20 in the afternoon. It is a knowledge translation event for a
paper that i published about the health of Black, Indigenous and Women of
Color's health in Canada, titled Flames of Transformation:
*Igniting better mental and physical health for racialized and gendered
North Americans*

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1126934/full


It's hosted by Maternal and Infant Health Canada (MIHCan), a global public
health collaborative that aims to improve the health of young ones, the
environment and those who identify as women through research, education and
innovation--boosting international indigenous systems of health promotion
and disease prevention. Here's a bit more information about MIHCan:
https://linktr.ee/MIHCan

We'd love to see you at this free wellbeing festival. Registration is here:

https://events.ubc.ca/event/wellbeing-festival/

On Monday Feb 12, we are marking the City of Vancouver's Mayoral
Proclamation--Feb 12 is the International Day of Sexual and Reproductive
Health Awareness with a Facebook Livestream event featuring MIHCan's recent
training and research in India by our Doctors of Traditional Medicine, Dr
Emilie Salomons and Dr Kate Levett. It promises to be an enriching
experience about the transfer of TCM knowledge to midwives, doulas, OB/GYNs
and others in India,  so tune in for updates at:
https://www.facebook.com/MaternalInfantHealthCan


Finally, MIHCan is starting a book club and invites you to join!
We are pleased to share that this year we are launching a book club. This
book club will meet monthly on a virtual platform such as Zoom and will
cover topics relevant to MIHCan's work. Please email
[log in to unmask] if you are interested in participating and/or with
any book suggestions, we will get a book and meeting date organized for
discussion. Currently, we are looking at reading the book *The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks *by Rebecca Skloot to start, particularly because
it seems widely accessible online. If you are interested in participating,
please indicate in your email if you have read this already.

Warmly
farah

Dr Shroff
Founder, Maternal and Infant Health Canada
and
Darya Consulting
and
Harvard Health Lab, Board Member
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Maternal and Infant Health Canada invites you to a live webinar with *Laura*
* Pascoe *and *Angela** Douglas* as they speak on the topic "An Anthology
of Canadian Birth Stories: Inspiration and Essential Guidance for Parents,
Parents-to-be, and Healthcare-providers."

*Date**:* Thursday, January 18, 2024
*Time:* 8 AM PST

  <https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada>*REGISTER NOW - Thursday, January
18, 202**4*  <https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada>



*About the Webinar*
We are delighted to be joined by Co-editor, Dr. Laura Pascoe and Birth
Story Author Angela Douglas for our upcoming webinar on "*An Anthology of
Canadian Birth Stories: Inspiration and Essential Guidance for Parents,
Parents-to-be, and Healthcare-providers.*"

*Laura Pascoe (PhD, CD)*
Laura Pascoe is a certified birth doula and co-founder of the Doula Support
Foundation. In addition to her hands-on birth work, Laura works as an
internationally experienced researcher, practitioner, and educator
advancing evidence-based solutions to prevent violence and advance gender
equality and health for all. Her work primarily focuses on engaging men and
boys as co-beneficiaries, stakeholders, and allies in creating a caring,
just, equal, and peaceful world for all. She lives in Vermont with her
family.

*Angela Douglas*
Angela Douglas is a marketing communications professional, author, and
proud mother. She writes thrillers and non-fiction. This story marked her
return to writing after a lengthy absence. Angela’s debut psychological
thriller EVERY FALL, published by Rising Action Publishing Collective,
comes out in January 2025. Angela lives in the Okanagan with her husband
and kids. When she is not working or spending time with family, she hides
in her studio with her bulldog, Frankie, writing the next book.

Find Angela at *https://www.angeladouglas.ca*
<https://www.angeladouglas.ca/> or @anglynndouglas on social media

In this webinar, Laura and Angela will share inspiration and essential
guidance for parents, parents-to-be, and healthcare-providers through
anthology of Canadian Birth Stories.  Webinar learning objectives:

   1. Learning more about the book "An Anthology of Canadian Birth Stories:
   Inspiration and Essential Guidance for Parents, Parents-to-be, and
   Healthcare-providers"
   2. Know why birth stories are so important and a way to learn and
   understand the power of centering perinatal care around caregivers.


Dr. Laura Pascoe and Angela Douglas will also be on hand to answer your
questions throughout the webinar as well as at the end of the webinar.
To register and participate, kindly click the link below:
https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada

Warm regards,

Tomi

 --

*Tomi R. Yoloye*
Webinar Team
Maternal Infant Health Canada (MIH Can)
https://maa.med.ubc.ca/webinars/  <https://maa.med.ubc.ca/>
Sign up for MIHCan Webinars: https://lnkd.in/giWUmQQf
<https://healthyseminars.com/MIH-Canada>
@MIHCan on Facebook & LinkedIn

*MIH* *Can** Webinars are co-sponsored by the Global Women's Health
Network--Alumni of the Harvard Takemi Program in International Health*






On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:28 AM Caralyn Vossen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> The NCCDH has an upcoming webinar that may be of interest to you, your
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> *Upcoming Webinar: An Introduction to Decent Work as a Social Determinant
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> January 31, 2024 | 12 – 1 pm ET | English
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> Work is a powerful condition of everyday life that can harm or promote the
> health of workers and their families. Employment conditions and working
> conditions are two interrelated social determinants of health. Workers who
> experience structural oppression are disproportionately exposed to the
> precarious employment and hazardous working conditions that are harmful for
> physical and mental health. As a rising source of health inequities,
> precarious employment is a key area for public health action.
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> Join the NCCDH for this foundational webinar, where the team will
> introduce core concepts and practical examples to support the public health
> field to understand and respond to employment and working conditions as key
> determinants of health and health equity across Canada.
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> *Caralyn Vossen *(she/elle)  MScPH, BSc
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> Knowledge Translation Coordinator | coordonnatrice du transfert des
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> National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health | Centre de
> collaboration nationale des déterminants de la santé
> St. Francis Xavier University | Université St. Francis Xavier
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