Injury Free - The 2003 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference

The 2003 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference

Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2003 to Tue, Nov 25, 2003

Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Organizer/Sponsor: SMARTRISK, Safe Kids Canada and the Safe Communities Foundation

SMARTRISK, Safe Kids Canada and the Safe Communities Foundation are pleased to announce the... Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference 2003, November 23-25th, 2003, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario.

Designed to build on the Kananaskis 2000 National Conference, the 2003 Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference will focus on unintentional injury, violence and suicide prevention and will:

Highlight the latest science and best practices in policy and programs;

Actively bridge the gap between research and practice by highlighting specific policy and practice recommendations stemming from Canadian research and targeted research needs identified through community practice;

Encourage networking and collaboration between different sectors to promote action and policy change;

Facilitate participation from stakeholders representing vulnerable populations;

Build momentum for sustained action from stakeholders at the municipal, regional, provincial and national levels.

Further the activities of the Canadian Injury Research Network and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research in building capacity in injury research and knowledge translation fields.

Conference Structure
The overall theme for the conference is Evidence to Action: Injury, Violence and Suicide Prevention, with the following sub-themes Defining the Problem; Risk and Protective Factors; Prevention and Promotion Strategies; and, Research and Evaluation.

Program Highlights
The conference program is currently being developed and will be built around the call for abstracts, to be announced in March 2003. Below please find just some of the highlights and plan to visit the conference website regularly for more information- www.safekidscanada.ca/CIPC/default.html.

Opening Key Note Speaker: Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire

Plenary Topics: Evidence to Action; Risk and Resiliency; Measuring Success

Workshop Topics: Injury Indicators; Assessing and Managing Risk; Linking Research, Policy and Practice; Community Readiness; Challenges in program evaluation; Best Bets for Action

Who Should Attend?
Plan to join other community practitioners; health care providers; mental health workers, law enforcement and fire prevention; evaluators; researchers; planners and policy makers at the municipal, regional, provincial and national levels at this important event.

Save the Date!
Mark November 23-25, 2003 in your calendar and stay tuned for more information, including the Preliminary Conference Program, Call for Abstracts and Registration Details, to be added to the website in early 2003.

Contact Information

Contact Shelley Callaghan at purpledog@sympatico.ca or (613) 798-8029 for more information.