Stakeholder Dialogues

Programs

To promote lively discussion and informed action, the Forum convenes a number of different types of events. Some are open to the public, while others are off-the-record. For all events, materials are made publicly available after the event to continue the discussion and promote action.

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Stakeholder Dialogues bring together policymakers, leaders, citizens and researchers for off-the-record deliberations about pressing health challenges. While discussions are off-the-record, materials produced before and after a specific dialogue are made publicly available on the Forum's website and promoted widely.

      Recent activities:

      Event name: Supporting quality improvement in primary healthcare in Ontario
      Geographic type: Provincial
      Topic: Primary healthcare
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Jun 21, 2010
      Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre;(MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Developing a rural health strategy in Saskatchewan
      Geographic type: Provincial
      Topic: Rural health
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Jun 17, 2010
      Location: Regina, Saskatchewan

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      Event name: Addressing housing challenges faced by people with HIV in Ontario
      Geographic type: Local
      Topic: Housing for people with HIV/AIDS
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Jun 01, 2010
      Location: (MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Strengthening primary healthcare in Canada
      Geographic type: National
      Topic: Primary healthcare
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Jan 08, 2010
      Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre;(MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Supporting chronic pain management in provincial and territorial health systems in Canada
      Geographic type: National
      Topic: Chronic pain management
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Dec 09, 2009
      Location: (MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Optimizing diabetes management in Ontario
      Geographic type: Provincial
      Topic: Diabetes management
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Nov 05, 2009
      Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre;(MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Strengthening chronic disease management in Ontario
      Geographic type: Provincial
      Topic: Chronic disease management
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: Oct 19, 2009
      Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre;(MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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      Event name: Strengthening primary healthcare in Canada
      Geographic type: National
      Topic: Primary healthcare
      Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
      Date: May 11, 2009
      Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre;(MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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    Citizen panels icon

    Citizen Panels engage groups of 15 to 18 people in off-the-record discussions about health challenges. Background briefs and summaries of the discussions are posted on the Forum's website.

      Faculty-led dialogue and debates icon

      Faculty-led Dialogue and Debates are directed by faculty and address scientific issues arising in the study of pressing health challenges. Events are open to the public and no specialized knowledge is required to understand and join the discussion.

          Recent activities:

          Event name: Engaging civil society in supporting research use in health systems
          Geographic type: International
          Topic: Civil society engagement
          Audience: Stakeholders, Researchers
          Date: Nov 23, 2009
          Location: (MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning

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        Student-led dialogue and debates icon

        Student-led Dialogue and Debates: Dialogues and debates, planned by students are public events that focus on highly topical health challenges of concern to students and the general public. These events are aimed at the lay public.

            Recent activities:

            Event name: The Impact of Media on Women's Health and Wellness
            Topic: Women's health
            Speaker Biography: Dr. Marla Shapiro is a family physician and a specialist in community medicine. She is also the medical consultant for CTV National News and Canada AM, hosts the show Balance: Television for Living Well, and has a column in The Globe and Mail. She is author of a book chronicling her battle with breast cancer, entitled Life in the Balance: My Journey with Breast Cancer. Dr. Shapiro received the 2005 Media Award from the North American Menopause Society for her work in expanding the understanding of menopause, and won the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada/Canadian Foundation for Women's Health Award for Excellence in Women's Health Journalism in 2006 for her documentary Run Your Own Race.
            Audience: Community, Stakeholders, Students
            Date: Mar 08, 2010
            Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre
            Event name: HIV/AIDS and Grass-Roots Activism
            Topic: Civil society engagement
            Speaker Biography: Ron Rosenes is vice-chair of the Canadian Treatment Action Council, a national organization serving the needs of people living with AIDS. He has been an active member of the HIV/AIDS community in Toronto since 1991, and previously served as chair of the AIDS Committee of Toronto. He is chair of the Community Network Advisory Committee of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, and has worked on the steering committee of the Canada AIDS Russia Program.
            Audience: Community, Stakeholders, Students
            Date: Nov 24, 2009
            Time: 15:00 -- 16:30
            Location: (HSC) Health Sciences Centre
          Public talks icon

          Public talks feature guest speakers from the frontiers of efforts to address pressing health challenges.

              Recent activities:

              Event name: Civil Society Engagement in Health Enquiries, Advocacy and Action to Strengthen Health Systems: Lessons from India
              Topic: Civil society engagement
              Speaker Biography: Thelma Narayan, a public health consultant at the Centre for Public Health and Equity (CPHE) in Bangalore India, has extensive international experience in research and policymaking for health care systems. She has a M.Sc. in epidemiology and a PhD in Public Health Policy Analysis from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She co-founded the Community Health Cell in India, and was instrumental in establishing the Society for Community Health Awareness and Research Action, of which CPHE is a unit. She has also been actively involved at the national and global levels of the Peoples' Health Movement.
              Audience: Community, Stakeholders
              Date: Nov 23, 2009
              Time: 17:00 -- 18:00
              Location: (MDCL) Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning
            Simulations courses icon

            Simulations Courses offer students the chance to participate in simulated hospital board meetings, cabinet meetings, and World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meetings, and interact with decision makers.

              Upcoming activities:

              Event name: Health Science 4YY3 - Health Forum Practicum - 2010-2011
              Description: Students will come to understand the types of decisions that can have an impact on health, the roles of different organizations involved in making these decisions, and the types of influences on these decisions. To accomplish this, students will organize, prepare for, and participate in a variety of simulations, including: hospital, Local Health Integration Network and WHO board meetings, as well as provincial and federal cabinet meetings.
              Prerequisite: Registration in Level III or above and permission of instructor. To obtain the permission of the instructor, please submit a brief (2-3 sentence) description of why you are interested in taking the course and a personal statement that you commit to registering in the course if granted admission to the course. An accurate understanding of who is planning to register for the course is required in order to allocate the roles for simulations over the entire semester and to plan for the set-up of the McMaster Health Forums new technology-enabled DialogueSpace where the course will take place . If you think that you may change your mind about taking the course, please do not ask to be considered for admission. Please forward the description / personal statement to Kerry OBrien (obriek@mcmaster.ca).
              Please note this course is being held in Term 1, on Thursdays from 11:30-2:20.
              Audience: Students
              Date: Sep 09, 2010
              Time: 11:30 -- 14:30
              Event name: Health Science 4YY3 - Health Forum Practicum - 2009-2010
              Audience: Students
              Date: Jan 07, 2010
              Time: 11:30 -- 14:20
            Fellows icon

            Our Fellows Program offers McMaster undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to spend a year at the Forum meeting and working with influential doers and thinkers on the frontiers of health research and action.

                Visiting leaders icon

                Visiting Leaders can spend a residency period at the Forum, and contribute to Forum events and conduct research on our Stakeholder Dialogues and Citizen Panels.

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