NEW EVENT Department of Pediatrics Mindfulness Mondays Monday, April 5, 2021 | 9:45am - 10:00am | Virtual (via Zoom)
Join us for a 15 minute meditation hosted by the Wellness Council with a special presentation from Rachel Chow. Meeting ID: 924 2773 7054 | Passcode: 510417 CLICK HERE to join the zoom session.
NEW EVENT Micro Strategies for Macro Impact: Increasing Your Resilience Capacity Tuesday, April 6, 2021 | 12:00pm - 12:45pm | Virtual (via Zoom) Speaker: Christine Dagenais, MBA, PCC Christine is a sought-after leadership development expert and was recently recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women. This session will provide participants the opportunity to learn helpful strategies for building and maintaining personal resilience reserves. CLICK HERE for more information. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT Chats for Change: Systems Thinking for Transformational Change Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 10:00am - 11:00am | Virtual (via Zoom) Chats for Change is a series offered by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on conversations about racism, privilege, and equity. Each session will introduce at least one helpful took that can be used to disrupt racism and/or create new structures and mental models that are anti-racist or anti-oppressive. CLICK HERE for more details. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT The Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research: An Update Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:30pm | Virtual (via Zoom) The leadership team for the Alberta Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Unit (AbSPORU) will give a brief overview of some of the changes and new initiatives for the next phase of work. CLICK HERE for more details and to register.
NEW EVENT CanCOVID Workshop Event: A discussion on the COVID-19 vaccines in Canada Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm MDT | Virtual (via Zoom) This workshop event will discuss the key features, regulatory process, health guidance, and surveillance of the COVID-19 vaccines in Canada. This event will be moderated by Dr. Jim Kellner and includes excellent speakers from Health Canada, National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), public health and academia. CLICK HERE for more details. CLICK HERE to register (space is limited).
NEW EVENT Conquering COVID-19: Conversations about Vaccines Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 6:30pm | Virtual (via Zoom) Join Dr. Jia Hu, Calgary Zone Medical Officer of Health, and Dr. Cora Constantinescu as they discuss the latest information about COVID-19 and share strategies for having informed conversations with people who are vaccine-hesitant or COVID skeptical. CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Child Health and Wellness Seminar Monday, April 12, 2021 | 8:30am - 9:30am | Virtual (via Zoom) Title: Early Life Trauma and Chronic Pain in Youth Speaker: Dr. Jillian Vinall Miller, PhD CLICK HERE for more information. CLICK HERE to register.
DATE CHANGE Mini-Medical School: COVID-19 and its Impact on Children's Immunity Monday, April 12, 2021 | 6:30pm - 7:45pm | Virtual
Join Dr. Susa Benseler and Dr. Jim Kellner as they discuss the impact of COVID-19 on children's health and immunity, and their resiliency during the pandemic. CLICK HERE to register.
Webinar: Relational Learning with Indigenous Communities Wednesday, April 14, 2021 | 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Virtual The Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research Network in Alberta (IPHCPR) is presenting a webinar on relational learning with Indigenous communities. CLICK HERE to register.
Child Health and Wellness Seminar Monday, April 19, 2021 | 8:30 am - 9:30am | Virtual (via Zoom) Title: Will Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence Transform Health Systems? Speaker: Dr. Joon Lee, PhD CLICK HERE for more information. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT Sleeping well: Examining the link between sleep and cardiovascular health Monday, April 26, 2021 | 7:00pm - 8:00pm | Virtual Join experts from the Libin Cardiovascular Institute for a discussion on the relationship between sleep and cardiovascular health. CLICK HERE for more information and to register.
Child Health and Wellness Special Seminar Thursday, April 29, 2021 | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Virtual (via Zoom) Title: Pharmacogenomic research to solve drug-induced harm in pediatric patients with cancer Speaker: Dr. Bruce Carleton, PharmD, FCP, FISPE CLICK HERE for more information. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT Decolonizing Your Syllabus: Reflecting on how, what, and who you teach Thursday, April 29, 2021 | 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Virtual Join Dr. Pamela Roach, Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary for April's EDI lunch and learn. Join the discussion about decolonization and how actively change what you teach. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT Changing behaviours to reduce COVID-19 transmission Friday, April 30, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Virtual
This presentation will provide an overview of the research 19 to Zero has been conduction to examine current behaviours and attitudes towards COVID-19, and potential public health communication strategies to facilitate behaviour change. CLICK HERE to register.
NEW EVENT 2021 Owerko Centre Conference Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | 9:00am - 3:45pm | Virtual (via Zoom)
Title: In the Beginning: How Early Experiences and Exposures Shape Lives
Speakers:
- Dr. Joanne Weinberg, PhD, UBC
- Dr. Ben Gibbard, MD, UofC
- Christina Tortorelli, MA, MRU
- Dr. Deborah Kurrasch, PhD, UofC
- Dr. Michael Kobor, PhD, UBC
CLICK HERE for more details. CLICK HERE to register.
SAVE THE DATE Equity in Medicine 2021 Conference Saturday, June 12, 2021 | 8:30am - 12:30pm PDT | Virtual Title: Overcoming Barriers in Medicine More details to follow.
All planned, in-person events have been postponed or cancelled until further notice. Please stay tuned for updates on virtual events. |