Satellite Meetings and Pre-Conference Workshops
Cafe Scientifique - Nov. 16
BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit, the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, and Safe Kids Canada, along with Preventable.ca, the BC Ministry of Health, the Atlantic Collaborative on Injury Prevention (ACIP), ThinkFirst Canada, the BC Medical Association and ski hill operators are pleased to host Protect your Melon: Snow Sport Helmets – Round Two on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 16 in Room Stanley Park 2.
Protect your Melon: Snow Sport Helmets – Round Two will continue the discussion from the 2009 Café Put a Lid On It. Warm drinks and light refreshments will be served at Café style tables designed to set an “après ski” ambiance. A local media celebrity will introduce our panelists: Alison Macpherson, York University; Brent Hagel, University of Calgary; and Shelina Babul, University of British Columbia who will discuss the research related to helmet use, from both an engineering and behavioural perspective. This will be followed by a short Q & A from the audience, before breaking out into a World Café style discussion of powerful questions that will tap divergent thinking and allow for generation of collective wisdom.
Canadian Collaborative Centres for Injury Prevention (By Invitation Only) - Nov. 19
Delegates from provincial, national and territorial governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations will meet to assess and synthesize lessons learned from the conference and other knowledge exchange activities of 2011 and discuss current/pending joint projectives of the collaborative.
The CCCIP represents the core leadership in Canada’s injury prevention community. It is a collective of provincial centres across Canada which discusses and acts on common challenges and joint ventures to reduce and control injuries and to enhance the safety of the population. The majority of these centres operate with a provincial mandate for research, surveillance, program evaluation and, for some, education and communications.
Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (CFPC) Basic Workshop - Nov. 15 and 16
The Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (CFPC) provides those working with older adults the knowledge and skills needed to apply an evidence-based approach to the prevention of falls and fall-related injuries. Participants learn how to design, implement and evaluate a fall prevention program tailored to their work or community setting. Facilitated instruction leads learners through a process for involving seniors as partners in the development of effective strategies and interventions; applying current evidence-based, effective programs; and understanding the reliability and validity of existing resources and tools for screening and assessing fall risk. Based on the Public Health Approach to fall prevention, participants will define the problem of falls, identify risk factors, examine best practices, and learn how to design, implement and evaluate a fall prevention program. For more information and to register for this CFPC workshop, please contact Sarah at spph.cfpc@ubc.ca
Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) Annual Meeting - Nov. 15 and 16
CHIRPP is an emergency department-based surveillance system operating in 14 hospitals from across Canada and managed by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The CHIRPP Directors and Coordinators from participating hospitals gather at this annual meeting to discuss issues and challenges related to injury surveillance. This is an opportunity to exchange ideas related to data collection, analysis and knowledge dissemination as well as discuss past and future injury research.
Canadian Red Cross Injury Prevention Program Meeting (By Invitation Only) - Nov. 15 and 16
(meeting description forthcoming)
Canadian Red Cross RespectED Violence and Abuse Prevention Program Meeting (By Invitation Only) - Nov. 15 and 16
(meeting description forthcoming)
Child Passenger Safety Session - Nov. 15
- National and international reports will offer an overview of the current child passenger safety environment
- Organizations actively engaged in child passenger safety will share their successes and challenges
- A Booster Seat Tool Kit will be launched during this session
- Join us for a “forward-facing” discussion that explores such topics as the effectiveness of car seat clinics, car seat technician training and legislation
Identification and Mitigation of Environmental Factors in Ambulation-related Falls Including Those on Stairways - Nov. 16: Workshop
4 P.M. to 6 P.M. Open to first 25 registrants. Contact: Jake Pauls - 301-933-5275 - bldguse@aol.com
Workshop presenters Jake Pauls and Dr. Peter Barss have a combined eight decades of world-wide experience in the area of stairs and falls and have presented in Canada, the U.S. and overseas. The workshop builds on the latest epidemiological and etiological information on stairs as presented in June at the International Conference on Stairway Usability and Safety in Toronto. The presenters say that stair-related falls comprise up to a quarter of all falls for certain age groups and impose a burden of $1 million per hour of societal costs in Canada due largely to very low standards of design and construction here. The workshop is aimed at professionals working in public health research and practice; home and other building design and construction; facility management; fire protection engineering; building regulation; fire prevention services and forensic expert services.Injury Prevention editor-in-chief Writing Workshop - November 17
Dr. Brian Johnston will be presenting a writing seminar at the conference on November 17th at 1:15. Dr. Johnston is the editor-in-chief of the leading international journal Injury Prevention. He will provide guidance and suggestions that will help you get your research published. This workshop will be of particular interest to students and new investigators. If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Dr. Alison Macpherson at alison3@yorku.ca. Space is limited, so please sign up prior to the conference.
P.A.R.T.Y. Program Coordinators - Nov. 15
Celebrate and Share Success! Please bring something to share with the group (videos, posters, music, stories, successes and challenges), and get support and ideas from your fellow coordinators. Prior to the meeting, please let Charles Senior know your audio-visual requirements, at (416) 480-5912 or at charles.senior@sunnybrook.ca (Please note access to internet may not be available.) Please forward or bring your presentation on USB and send an electronic version so we can include it in the minutes for those who are not able to attend. Following the meeting, presentations will be uploaded to the portal.
Play Safe Initiative National Meeting - November 16
The Play Safe Initiative (PSI) is a collaborative group responding to the urgent call from government and non-government organizations concerned with the personal, social and economic burden of acute and chronic injuries sustained as a result of participation in sport and physical activity. The objectives of this meeting are to: introduce PSI and WISE™ to injury prevention leaders across Canada; discuss opportunities for Pan-Canadian strategies; and identify regional stakeholders. Please visit www.playsafeinitiative.ca for more information. If you are interested in participating in this meeting please RSVP to Joanne Banfield, joanne.banfield@sunnybrook.ca. Please visit www.playsafeinitiative.ca for more information.
Safe Communities Canada - November 16
The Safe Communities Canada pre-conference is a national one day session at which a minimum of 30 member communities from across Canada will meet in a members-and-invited-guests-only session to share knowledge about mobilization strategies and effective programming to enhance injury prevention in Canadian Safe Communities.
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