Event Details
Caring for Children, Youth and Families in Home and Community: Innovations and Best Practices from Across Canada ~ February 20, 2007
A full-day symposium presented by the Canadian Research Network for Care in the Community (CRNCC) and the Children and Youth Home Care Network (CYHN)
Across Canada, the number of children, youth and their families with acute and continuing care needs in home and community is growing at a rapid pace. Technological changes and health system restructuring initiatives mean that more children, with more complex needs, will require care “closer to home.” Yet, recognition of this growing need has been slow at the policy level, and there has been little sharing of innovations and best practices at local, regional and national levels about how the needs of children, youth and their families in home and community can best be met.
This symposium showcased leading experts from across Canada who shared their ideas and strategies for caring for children, youth and families in home and community during a period of rapid change and growing challenges.
Keynote speaker
- Mary Jo Haddad - President and CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children
Bio
Speakers (in order of appearance)
- Dr. Karen Spalding , Associate Professor, Ryerson University
Bio | Presentation
- Dr. Hema Patel - Interim Director, and Isabelle St-Sauveur, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Intensive Ambulatory Care Service, Montréal Children's Hospital, Quebec
Bios | Presentation
- Robert Morton - CEO, Children’s Treatment Network of Simcoe York, Ontario
Bio | Presentation
- Laurene Black - Regional Manager, Home Care, Children’s Services, Capital Health Authority, Edmonton, Alberta
Bio | Presentation
- Marlene Nosé - National Coordinator, First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care Program, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate, Health Canada
Bio | Presentation
- Robert Matergio- Coordinator, Child and Youth Social Policy Committee, Nova Scotia
Bio | Presentation
- Stacey Daub -Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre, Ontario
Bio | Presentation
Date & Time
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 ~ 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EST)
Location
George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, Room ENG 103
Ryerson University, 245 Church Street – Toronto, ON
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Closest Subway Station: Dundas (on Yonge Line)
- Parking and Subway locations:
View the Event Agenda - Updated Feb. 16th
Registration
- Registration Fee: $100
- Registration included access to the symposium, continental breakfast, lunch, and all hard copy materials.
- Please note that to facilitate attendance from community organizations and parent groups, the registration rate has been substantially subsidized by symposium organizers. This enabled a lower registration fee ($100) for all participants.
Live Web Cast of Symposium
Due to the national perspective of this symposium, it has been web cast live. This allowed audiences throughout Canada to view the symposium and presentations in real time.
The live web cast and its archive has been complimentary provided by CRNCC and Ryerson University.
To view the web cast from the February 20th symposium, please click here.
For further information or inquiries, please contact
Silvia Carfora, CRNCC Coordinator
Event Organizers
Canadian research network for care in the community (CRNCC) /
Réseau canadien de recherche pour les soins dans la communauté (RCRSC)
~ Leading knowledge exchange on home and community care ~
CRNCC / RCRSC is an international network of researchers, providers, citizen groups, community organizations, consumers and policy makers. Its goal is to share knowledge and research evidence about the crucial role of community support services within the broader continuum of health and social care. CRNCC / RCRSC is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Ryerson University.
The Children and Youth Home Care Network (CYHN)
CYHN, funded by SickKids Foundation, was established to foster and exchange research, policy, and practical expertise in the under-researched, under-resourced area of paediatric home care. More than 400 researchers, practitioners, parents and policy-makers from Canada, the USA, and Europe have joined CYHN to help develop, exchange and utilize knowledge to improve home and community care for children and families. CYHN's grants program is a key part of its mandate to broaden the body of knowledge in this area by funding both established researchers and research trainees including masters, doctoral and post-doctoral students interested in this field.
