SPEAKERS AND PRESENTERS

Presenters have been chosen for their expertise in Summer School themes.
They bring broad-based experience in health promotion, and knowledge in many
diverse areas, and in particular in relation to HPSS 2008's theme.

LIST OF PRESENTERS
Declaration of Potential Conflict of Interest: Speakers will be requested to disclose to the audience, any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program.

 SUMMARY: This presentation is not only a call for a fierce defense of the complex issues affecting the health of Canadians, but also a plea to change the language that will fit on a bumper sticker or a seven-second sound bite.

Bios and Summaries - PreSchool
Bios and Summaries - Series 1 - Aboriginal Stream
Bios and Summaries - Series 2 - Francophone Stream
Bios and Summaries - Series 3 - General Stream
Bios and Summaries - Toolbox Sessions

Speakers will be added to the list as they are confirmed.

Shelley Adams, Director of Community and Corporate Planning, City of Kitchener
Hafeeza Bassirullah, Senior Program Advisor, Emergency Management Unit at MOHLTC
Hon. Carolyn Bennett, P.C., M.P., M.D.
Annette Bradfield, Outreach RN(EC), MScN --Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner, Wabano Health Centre, Ottawa
Ted Bober, Program Director, Clinical Director of GTAA Crisis Support Team
Walter Cooke, Elder/Counsellor, Ojibway-Cree of the Bear Clan, De dwa da dehs nyejs Aboriginal Health Centre (Hamilton and Brantford)
Connie-Gail Crowder, Health Director, Wabano Health Centre
Bernice Downey, Mino a ya win Consulting, Ottawa
Kristen Eva, Coordinator, Disaster Management, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph & Cambridge Branches, Canadian Red Cross 
Dorothy Goldin Rosenberg, Environmental Health, Global Education and Film Consultant,  Volunteer Education Coordinator, Women's Healthy Environments Network 
Lorna Heidenheim , Executive Director, Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition
Brian Hyndman, Principal Consultant, The Alder Group, and Fellow, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
Suzanne Jackson, Director, Centre for Health Promotion and HPSS Chair
Tony Jocko, Health Policy Analyst, Union  of Ontario Indians
Shane Joseph, Youth Voices Youth Advisor, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
Kwasi Kafale, Director of Corporate Diversity, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Jan Kahehti:io Longboat, Elder, Traditional Teacher, Herbalist, Traditional Counsellor
Bryan Laforme, Chief, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation
Renée Leblanc, Health Promotion Student, Laurentian University
Ada Lockeridge, Activist, Aamjinawwang Reserve (Sarnia)
Charlotte Lombardo, Project Manager, Youth Voices Research, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
Michele Lonechild
Robb MacDonald
Brenda Macyntire, Speaker, Performer, Artist
Dawn Martin-Hill, PhD, Indigenous Studies, McMaster University
Paul McCarty-Johnston, HIV Prevention Resource Development Coordinator , AIDS Committee of London
Olga Michie, Regional Officer, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ontario and Nunavut Region/Région de l'Ontario et du Nunavut
Luanne Naponse, Central Registry Trainee, Atikameksheng First Nation
Cameron Norman, Youth Voices Principal Investigator, Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto
Michael Parkinson,  Community Engagement Coordinator, Community Engagement Coordinator,  Waterloo Region Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council
John Pelletier
Dorothy Peters, Coordinator, Training Unit 
Rita Piazza, Certified Yoga Instructor
Roya Rabbani, Executive Director, Self-Help Resource Centre
Eddy Robinson, Morningstar River Singers
Cindy Rose, Mental Health Nurse Consultant, Toronto Public Health
Charlotte Sabbah, M.S.W., Ph.D., Intercultural Research and Consultation, CEGEP St-Jean-sur-Richelieu and the University of Montreal
Christiane Sadeler, Executive Director, Community Safety & Crime Prevention Council
Deb Schlichter, Executive Director, House of Friendship
Monique Séguin, PhD, Professor, Department of Pyscho-Education and Psychology, University of Quebec, and Researcher, McGill Group, Suicide Studies, McGill University
Brad Stone
Barbara Switzer, Emergency Planning Coordinator, Toronto Public Health
Marcia Trudeau, National Coordinator, Communications and Community Development
Aboriginal Sport Circle
Elizabeth Votta, Program Lead, Reports and Analysis, Canadian Population Health Initiative
Jennifer Wynne, Field Worker, Kashechewan First Nations Social Services Department

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