Thursday, May 08, 2014
Grey Bruce Health Unit
Healthy Communities Conference - Collaborative Partnerships Making Healthy Change Happen
Keynote speaker Paul Born, from Tamarack, an Institute for Community Engagement, opens the conference at a dinner and reception at the Grey Bruce Health Unit in Owen Sound on the evening of Wednesday, May 14. Born will share his vision of ‘collective altruism’.
The full conference, at the Bayshore Community Centre in Owen Sound, Thursday, May 15, presents a day-long series of presentations and sessions exploring strategies toward healthy community collaboration and engagement. Presentations, workshops and plenary sessions with more than forty diverse speakers will address health inequities; support community action plans to enhance health; and foster partnerships for healthy community development. The conference will examine the role that each of us plays in creating, supporting and sustaining a healthy community engagement within a rural and small urban context.
The Healthy Communities Conference is of interest to municipal and community leaders, educators, business, industry, health and social service sectors as well as community members.
The Healthy Communities Conference partners and supporters include Community Foundation Grey Bruce, Foodland Ontario, City of Owen Sound and Ontario Power Generation. The conference has been planned in partnership with the Grey Bruce Health Unit, City of Owen Sound, Heart and Stroke Foundation, United Way Bruce Grey, Keystone Child Youth and Family Services, Canadian Cancer Society, Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, Bluewater District School Board and community members.
The full Healthy Communities Conference package can be downloaded at: www.healthycommunitiesconference.com.
Media Contacts:
Lynda Bumstead
Healthy Communities Conference Chair
Grey Bruce Health Unit
519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456 ext 1463
l.bumstead@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca
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