Program
Sessions will be presented from 11:00-16:30 (EDT) daily.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Review the preliminary program
Updated: 13 May; 13:00 (EDT)
Tuesday 14 June
Program is subject to change.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
11:00 - 12:05 |
Plenary I - Transforming Public Health in Canada |
12:05 - 12:15 |
Stretch Break |
12:15 - 13:15
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Concurrent sessions
- Doing research and impacting policy during dual public health emergencies: Perspectives of people who use drugs
- The Immunization Partnership Fund: A spotlight on successes and challenges in combating vaccine-related mis- and dis-information
- Intersectoral action for decent work: Broader Lessons from the Paid Sick Days Campaign
- Linking health and climate services: Climate change and health vulnerability and adaptation assessments
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13:15 - 13:25 |
Stretch Break |
13:25 - 14:10 |
Networking Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
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14:10 - 14:20 |
Stretch Break |
14:20 - 15:20 |
Concurrent sessions
- Advancing health equity, diversity, and inclusion in public health through the application of an intersectional analysis
- Effect of COVID-19 related misinformation and disinformation on public health workforce in Canada
- Interconnection between food insecurity and mental health
- Virtual care for substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic
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15:20 - 15:30 |
Stretch Break |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Plenary II - First Nations, Inuit, and Métis visions of population and public health |
Wednesday 15 June
All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
11:00 - 12:05 |
Plenary III - Improving public health system's connection to community |
12:05 - 12:15 |
Stretch Break |
12:15 - 13:15
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Concurrent sessions
- Anticipating the post-COVID-19 season of inquiries: A public health perspective on what the future of Canada's public health systems should look like
- Caregiver-centered care: Increasing public health response abilities in meeting family caregiver needs
- Competency-led education: Designing and re-designing public health curricula for a resilient and world class workforce
- E mamu aapitishiishtikiniwich attawin: Working together against COVID-19 The Quebec James Bay Cree Nation experience
- Responding to the next public health threat: AMR
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13:15 - 13:25 |
Stretch Break |
13:25 - 14:10 |
Brief Oral Abstract Presentations
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14:10 - 14:20 |
Stretch Break |
14:20 - 15:20 |
Concurrent sessions
- Expanding a public health approach to substance use: Integrating sex, gender and equity factors into knowledge translation for substance use practice, health promotion and policy
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic in the region of the Americas
- Métis Nation Saskatchewan COVID recovery plan
- Public health transformation in Canada: The inevitable need for a global health approach
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15:20 - 15:30 |
Stretch Break |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Plenary IV - Governance options to strengthen public health systems |
Thursday 16 June
All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
11:00 - 12:05 |
Plenary V - Health of Canadians in a changing climate |
12:05 - 12:15 |
Stretch Break |
12:15 - 13:15
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Concurrent sessions
- Conceptualizing digital public health in Canada: What are the implications for practice?
- Introduction to Party n Play/ Chemsex: Providing culturally and clinically competent care to gbMSM communities
- Supporting the deployment of health in all policies in Canada: Implementation prospects, training review, and creation of a pan-Canadian network
- Visioning lessons learned into First Nations public health transformation
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13:15 - 13:25 |
Stretch Break |
13:25 - 14:10 |
Brief Oral Abstract Presentations
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14:10 - 14:20 |
Stretch Break |
14:20 - 15:20 |
Concurrent sessions
- Alcohol, cancer, and COVID-19: How the pandemic weakened Canadian alcohol policies and what can be done about it
- Disconnect in a hyperconnected world: Strategies and partnerships for digital equity
- Mental health surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Supporting intersectoral collaboration to promote health equity among immigrants and refugees: Findings from a pan-Canadian needs assessment
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15:20 - 15:30 |
Break |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Plenary VI - Benita Cohen memorial lecture: Health, equity, social justice, and public health practice |