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The Department of HPME Invites You to Our...

	YEAR-END CELEBRATION Thursday, December 5, 2002 5:30-8:00 p.m. The Faculty Club, University of Toronto 41 Willcocks Street (East of Spadina Ave., 3 blocks north of College St.)

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Visiting Professor Robert Rich to speak on Critical Issues in Knowledge Utilization and Health Policy Making

The Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health invite you to attend a presentation by Dr. Robert Rich, Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Rich will speak on Tuesday, February 18 at the Koffler Institute of Pharmacy Management, 569 Spadina Avenue, from 4 pm to 5 pm, with a reception to follow.

Robert Rich has a joint-appointment with the Institute of Government and Public Affairs (IGPA), where he was Director from 1986-1997. He is also appointed in the College of Medicine and the Political Science Department. He is currently Director of the Office of Public Management of IGPA. His research focuses on health law and policy, federalism and the role of the states, environmental policy, and science policy.

This event is free, but please R.S.V.P. by February 7, 2003 to anna.gagliardi@utoronto.ca

A Welcome Solution for HPME Space Constraints

The Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME) has been situated in the McMurrich Building on the University of Toronto downtown campus for over 25 years. As our educational programs, faculty members and research endeavours evolve and expand, limited space in the McMurrich Building places significant constraints on our growth and productivity.

Over the past five years, HPME has examined various means to ameliorate the space restrictions within which it presently offers programs and carries out research but none have completely addressed all our needs. Accommodation is not available for new and important research projects that have been awarded peer-reviewed funding. Faculty members are spread across several sites and contiguous meeting rooms are few, hampering collaborative efforts. Within the current arrangement graduate student offices are simply not possible.

The University of Toronto recently acquired a building at 155 College Street which previously housed the Toronto District School Board. This facility has been earmarked for HPME, the Departments of Public Health Sciences and Family and Community Medicine, and the Faculty of Nursing. The building will require extensive renovations prior to occupancy. These modifications are scheduled to begin in late 2003 and early 2004. We have initiated the planning process and all involved parties view this exercise as an excellent opportunity for collaboration.

To fund the renovations all involved departments are expected to engage in fund raising activities therefore we seek your assistance in this endeavour. Through this newsletter and other forms of communication we will keep you informed of our progress. As always we appreciate any support you can offer during this period.

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