Community Health Connections 2019
From June 11-13, 2019 the Canadian Association of Community Health Centres and Alliance for Healthier Communities welcomed over 700 delegates from across Canada and the United States to Community Health Connections 2019, in Ottawa. The conference included CACHC’s 2019 Annual General Meeting, plenary sessions, workshops, innovation and research posters, 2019 Transformative Change Awards, and more. Videos, presentations and other resources from the conference.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM | CACHC AGM PRESENTATION | #CHConnections2019
OPENING ADDRESS: Honourable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, P.C., M.P. Canadian Minister of Health and Member of Parliament (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe)
PLENARY: Erica Di Ruggiero, Sameera Hussain and Scott Wolfe discuss global implications of the Declaration of Astana on Primary Health Care
PLENARY: Members of Parliament representing Canada’s four major political parties discuss their parties’ 2019 federal election commitments
PLEANRY: Inuit activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier challenges us to act now on our biggest health crisis yet
PLENARY: Stephanie Harrison, Jim Mangia, Angela Robertson and Nadine Sookermany discuss global leadership for healthy, inclusive societies
AWARD: CACHC Board Member and IFCHC Directing Council Member, Lynne Raskin, receives prestigious award from Ontario association