Pre-conference to the annual CBS Conference, 2007

In parallel to the 18th Canadian Bioethics Society (CBS) annual conference, we are pleased to announce that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in partnership with the Network for Health in an Unequal World: Global Ethics & Policy Choices, will hold a pre-conference entitled:

"Global Health & Ethics"

This pre-conference is designed to help people who want to include ethical issues about global health in their teaching; conduct research and write about ethical issues in global health; and take appropriate action in response to health inequities.

Details

• Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
• Time: 8:30 am to 4:15 pm
• Location: Munk Centre for International Studies, Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Cost: $75 Normal rate. Students rate: $35, with presentation of student identification. Pre-payment by cheque only. 
• Registrations: Registration form.
• Pre-conference: Schedule, The Need.
• Contact: forward your questions and comments to ethics-ethique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

News

• March 7, 2007: Call for Abstracts for the 14th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health.
• February 22, 2007: the registration form is now available.
• January 16, 2007: the details and program of the pre-conference have been updated.
• November 6, 2006: the program of the pre-conference is available.

Useful links

• Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH)
  • 14th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health: Global Change and Health: Who are the Vulnerable?, November 4-7, 2007, Ottawa. Flyer. Call for Abstracts.
• CIHR and Global Health Research (GHR)
• CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH)
  • POP News - Issue 10, May 2006: Researching Globalization and Health Equity
• Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI)
• Institute of Population Health - University of Ottawa
• World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Contributors to the pre-conference

• CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health
• Comparative Program on Health and Society, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto