SYNERGY ONLINE: Bulletins and News Briefs from The Canadian Society for International Health: [log in to unmask] =================================================================== AFS INTERCULTURE CANADA LAUNCHES HOSTING CAMPAIGN 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------ Canadian volunteers from coast to coast have recently launched the family finding campaign in their respective communities. They are looking for families to host the hundreds of 15- to 18-year-old students who will be arriving this summer to spend the school year with them. Canadian families will not be paid to host these students. The goal is to complete the recruitment of host families before the end of the school year, or before June 30th. For more info,contact AFS Interculture Canada at: 1231, Ste-Catherine Ouest/West #505,Montreal,Quebec,Canada H3G 1P5 Tel: (514)288-3282. Fax: (514)843-9119. Or call 1-800-361-7428. ------------------------------------------------------------ THE XI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AIDS ------------------------------------------------------------ The XI International Conference on AIDS will take place from July 7-12 in Vancouver. Conference organizers have begun to design the skills building sessions for NGO/PWA delegates. They are seeking potential facilitators - international and domestic - for these sessions. Persons planning to come to the conference - either privately funded or on a conference scholarship - are especially encouraged to work with them on this program. So far they have determined that there will be: * Four concurrent sessions per day from 1330-1700 for four days(July 8-11). * One international and one local facilitator per session. * Three client streams - managers, programmers, trainers. * Three skill streams - assessment, design and implementation, evaluation. For more info, please contact: Peter Gillies - Skills Building Coordinator Tel: (604) 606-7804; Fax: (604) 668-3242 email: [log in to unmask] ----------------------------------------------------------- Canada-Latin America Research Links Program ----------------------------------------------------------- The Canada-Latin America Research Links Program is a joint initiative of the International Development Research Centre IDRC)and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada(AUCC). It is a modest mechanism being made available to Canadian and Latin American university researchers and young scholars over the next two years in order to increase the level of familiarity between the scientific communities and act as a catalyst for joint research endeavours of mutual interest and benefits. For more information on the program, travel grants and graduate student internships, contact: AUCC International Relations and Programs Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada 600-350 Albert St. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1R 1B1 Tel: (613)563-1236; Fax: (613)563-9745 Gopher site: gopher.aucc.ca The information is also available on IDRC’s web site at: http://www.idrc.ca/awards/latin ---------------------------------------------------------------- New WWW site for Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH Canada) ---------------------------------------------------------------- You’re invited to visit the new WWW site of PATH Canada: http://www.synapse.net/~path/ PATH Canada’s mission is to improve the health of children and women in developing countries, with a focus on increasing the availability, effectiveness and appropriateness of practices and technologies for primary health care. Our approach includes applied research and skills required for the development, field assessment and introduction of new practices and technologies. PATH Canada collaborates with government institutions, colleges and universities, NGOs, and the private sector in developing countries and in Canada. To obtain more information and/or project updates, please contact: PATH Canada 170 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 902 Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1P 5V5 Tel: 1(613) 233-0623 ; Fax: 1(613) 230-8401 E-mail: [log in to unmask] or visit our new WWW site: http://www.synapse.net/~path/. Information is available in English and French. Information disponible en francais aussi. =================================================================== This document is available, with full formating and accents, from: Ce document est egalement disponible, avec les accents et la mise en page: http://www.hwc.ca:8080/csih/syn_indx.html =================================================================== ********************************************************************* Gary Eikenberry Consulting, Gloucester, Ontario Canada Systems & Communications Consultation & Support [log in to unmask] http://www.synapse.net/~twin/