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SUMMARY:CanWaCH Academy 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join us for CanWaCH Academy! Sessions will be held virtually daily from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm EDT from May 2-5\, 2022. Under the theme\, “Recovery\, Renewal and Resilience\,” a wide range of practical workshops and training sessions will be available for members working in finance and operations\, communications and public engagement\, gender equality and programming\, and monitoring and evaluation. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/canwach-academy-2022/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Events and Conferences,Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220504T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220506T160000
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SUMMARY:Restoring Indigenous Midwifery and Birth Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our Virtual Forum and take part in three days of virtual presentations\, panels and discussions focused on supporting your work of restoring Indigenous midwifery and birth. \nOpening and closing prayers with Elder midwife Darlene Birch. \nKeynote with Elder midwife Katsi Cook. \nHear from Elders\, Indigenous midwives\, lifegivers and educators. \nGather information\, knowledge\, and resources to advance your work\, and make new connections. Unlimited access to recorded content and a virtual exhibitor’s hall will be available for the entire month of May 2022 on the same virtual platform! \n\nRegister Now!
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/restoring-indigenous-midwifery-and-birth-forum/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220510T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220510T110000
DTSTAMP:20220502T203726Z
CREATED:20220502T203651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220502T203726Z
UID:10001751-1652173200-1652180400@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:Gairdner GPP- Navigating Transitions: Current Global Challenges in School-Age and Adolescent Health
DESCRIPTION:Following closely on the launch of The Lancet Series “Optimizing Child and Adolescent Health and Development” on April 28\,  Gairdner\, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are hosting a two day Global Perspectives Panel event on May 10-11\, 2022. Speakers will delve further into the challenges\, interventions and opportunities  for school-age and adolescent well-being. \nKeynotes given by David Ross\, Gita Sen\, Purnima Menon & Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli \nMay 10\nWelcome Remarks: Dr. Janet Rossant (Gairdner Foundation) & Dominique Charron (IDRC) \nSession 1: State of the Field\n9:00-10:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta\, 2022 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureate; Chief\, Centre for Global Child Health\, The Hospital for Sick Children\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Global Adolescent Health and Well-being”\nProf. David Ross\, Professor Extraordinary in Epidemiology and Public Health\, Institute for Life Course Health Research\, Stellenbosch University\, Stellanbosch\, South Africa \n“Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia”\nDr. Aatekah Owais PhD\, MPH\, Research Associate\, SickKids’ Centre for Global Child Health\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Sub-Saharan Africa and the future of adolescent health and wellbeing”\nDr. Alex Ezeh\, Dornsife Professor of Global Health\, Dornsife School of Public Health\, Drexel University\, Philadelphia\, PA\, USA \nSession 2: Risks and Challenges\n10:00-11:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Sabine Kleinert\, Senior Executive Editor\, The Lancet\, London\, UK \nGender Equality\nProf. Gita Sen\, Director & Distinguished Professor\, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health (RCESDH)\, Public Health Foundation of India\, Bangalore\, India \n“FOXY & SMASH: Arts-based sexual and mental health education with Indigenous and Northern youth”\nDr. Candice Lys\, Executive Director\, FOXY. Yellowknife\, YT\, Canada \n“Adolescent health in humanitarian settings: challenges\, data gaps and lessons learned from the middle east”\nHala Ghattas\, PhD\, Associate Research Professor and Director\, Center for Research on Population and Health\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, American University of Beirut\, Beirut\, Lebanon \nMay 11\nSession 3: Current Interventions\n9:00-10:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Tina-Marie Assi\, Director\, Global Health Innovation\, Grand Challenges Canada \n“Nourishing adolescents and young people in South Asia: Insights from the Lancet Series on Adolescent Nutrition (2021)“\nDr. Purnima Menon\, Senior Research Fellow\, IFPRI/CGIAR\, New Delhi\, India \n“A global perspective on child and youth mental health”\nDr. Peter Szatmari MD FRCP\, Dept. of Psychiatry\, Hospital for Sick Children; Director\, Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression\, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor\, Dept .of Psychiatry\, University of Toronto; Toronto\, ON\, Canada \nYouth Reintegration after trauma\nMercedes Castañeda\, Co-Founder\,  Reinserta Un Mexicano AC\, Mexico City\, Mexico \nSession 4: Strategies for the Future\n10:00-11:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Stan Zlotkin\, Chief\, Centre for Global Child Health\, The Hospital for Sick Children\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Progress on adolescent sexual & reproductive health & rights Which groups are being left out\, why & what can be done about it ?”\nDr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli\, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH)\, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research\, WHO\, Geneva\, Switzerland \n“Climate change and youth wellbeing: Lessons learned from water insecurity & wellbeing research with refugee youth in a humanitarian context in Uganda”\nDr. Carmen Logie\, PhD\, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations Associate Professor\, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work\, University of Toronto\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)  in South Africa”\nProfessor Shane Norris\, University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, South Africa \nClosing remarks: John Dusabe-Richards\, IDRC & Janet Rossant\, Gairdner Foundation \nRegister NOW
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/gairdner-gpp-navigating-transitions-current-global-challenges-in-school-age-and-adolescent-health/2022-05-10/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220511T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220511T110000
DTSTAMP:20220502T203726Z
CREATED:20220502T203651Z
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UID:10001752-1652259600-1652266800@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:Gairdner GPP- Navigating Transitions: Current Global Challenges in School-Age and Adolescent Health
DESCRIPTION:Following closely on the launch of The Lancet Series “Optimizing Child and Adolescent Health and Development” on April 28\,  Gairdner\, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) are hosting a two day Global Perspectives Panel event on May 10-11\, 2022. Speakers will delve further into the challenges\, interventions and opportunities  for school-age and adolescent well-being. \nKeynotes given by David Ross\, Gita Sen\, Purnima Menon & Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli \nMay 10\nWelcome Remarks: Dr. Janet Rossant (Gairdner Foundation) & Dominique Charron (IDRC) \nSession 1: State of the Field\n9:00-10:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta\, 2022 John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Laureate; Chief\, Centre for Global Child Health\, The Hospital for Sick Children\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Global Adolescent Health and Well-being”\nProf. David Ross\, Professor Extraordinary in Epidemiology and Public Health\, Institute for Life Course Health Research\, Stellenbosch University\, Stellanbosch\, South Africa \n“Impact of COVID-19 pandemic and response in South Asia”\nDr. Aatekah Owais PhD\, MPH\, Research Associate\, SickKids’ Centre for Global Child Health\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Sub-Saharan Africa and the future of adolescent health and wellbeing”\nDr. Alex Ezeh\, Dornsife Professor of Global Health\, Dornsife School of Public Health\, Drexel University\, Philadelphia\, PA\, USA \nSession 2: Risks and Challenges\n10:00-11:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Sabine Kleinert\, Senior Executive Editor\, The Lancet\, London\, UK \nGender Equality\nProf. Gita Sen\, Director & Distinguished Professor\, Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity & Social Determinants of Health (RCESDH)\, Public Health Foundation of India\, Bangalore\, India \n“FOXY & SMASH: Arts-based sexual and mental health education with Indigenous and Northern youth”\nDr. Candice Lys\, Executive Director\, FOXY. Yellowknife\, YT\, Canada \n“Adolescent health in humanitarian settings: challenges\, data gaps and lessons learned from the middle east”\nHala Ghattas\, PhD\, Associate Research Professor and Director\, Center for Research on Population and Health\, Faculty of Health Sciences\, American University of Beirut\, Beirut\, Lebanon \nMay 11\nSession 3: Current Interventions\n9:00-10:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Tina-Marie Assi\, Director\, Global Health Innovation\, Grand Challenges Canada \n“Nourishing adolescents and young people in South Asia: Insights from the Lancet Series on Adolescent Nutrition (2021)“\nDr. Purnima Menon\, Senior Research Fellow\, IFPRI/CGIAR\, New Delhi\, India \n“A global perspective on child and youth mental health”\nDr. Peter Szatmari MD FRCP\, Dept. of Psychiatry\, Hospital for Sick Children; Director\, Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression\, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor\, Dept .of Psychiatry\, University of Toronto; Toronto\, ON\, Canada \nYouth Reintegration after trauma\nMercedes Castañeda\, Co-Founder\,  Reinserta Un Mexicano AC\, Mexico City\, Mexico \nSession 4: Strategies for the Future\n10:00-11:00 am\nCHAIR Dr. Stan Zlotkin\, Chief\, Centre for Global Child Health\, The Hospital for Sick Children\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Progress on adolescent sexual & reproductive health & rights Which groups are being left out\, why & what can be done about it ?”\nDr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli\, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH)\, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research\, WHO\, Geneva\, Switzerland \n“Climate change and youth wellbeing: Lessons learned from water insecurity & wellbeing research with refugee youth in a humanitarian context in Uganda”\nDr. Carmen Logie\, PhD\, Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity and Social Justice with Marginalized Populations Associate Professor\, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work\, University of Toronto\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada \n“Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)  in South Africa”\nProfessor Shane Norris\, University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, South Africa \nClosing remarks: John Dusabe-Richards\, IDRC & Janet Rossant\, Gairdner Foundation \nRegister NOW
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/gairdner-gpp-navigating-transitions-current-global-challenges-in-school-age-and-adolescent-health/2022-05-11/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220517T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220517T110000
DTSTAMP:20220516T152350Z
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SUMMARY:Using New Country Data on Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Incidence for Maximum Advocacy and Policy Impact
DESCRIPTION:The Guttmacher Institute\, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) recently released new estimates of unintended pregnancy and abortion incidence for 150 countries. This includes 87 countries that never have had reliable evidence on these measures from official statistics or scientific studies. This new study illuminates major disparities in access to sexual and reproductive health care between countries of all income levels around the world. \nThe Guttmacher Institute will hold a 60-minute virtual briefing on Wednesday\, 17 May\, 2022 \, at 10:00 a.m. ET to highlight key findings of the study\, related policy recommendations and the use of the new evidence for advocacy purposes. \nThe discussion will be moderated by Guttmacher’s Vice President for Research\, Dr. Aletha Akers\, and will feature María Mercedes Vivas\, Executive Director of Fundación Oriéntame in Colombia. Top-line insights from this study will be presented by Dr. Bela Ganatra\, Head of the Prevention of Unsafe Abortion Unit at WHO\, and Dr. Jonathan Bearak\, Senior Research Scientist at the Guttmacher Institute; policy recommendations will be shared by Irum Taqi\, Consultant Global Policy Advisor; dissemination and advocacy recommendations will be shared by Veronika Cernadas\, Associate Director of Global Communications \nThis event will include a question-and-answer session and simultaneous interpretation into French and Spanish. To RSVP for this event\, please register here: RSVP for Virtual Briefing  \nIf you have any questions about the event\, please contact: guttmacher_events@guttmacher.org
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/using-new-country-data-on-unintended-pregnancy-and-abortion-incidence-for-maximum-advocacy-and-policy-impact/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220518T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220518T103000
DTSTAMP:20220516T152857Z
CREATED:20220516T152816Z
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UID:10001037-1652864400-1652869800@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:PMA IPUMS Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss an excellent introduction to longitudinal analysis as PMA and IPUMS use PMA data to examine whether the COVID-19 pandemic impacted contraceptive use. This webinar introduces the longitudinal PMA data and study design\, followed by a workshop in data analysis using Stata and R. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/pma-ipums-webinar/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220519T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220519T200000
DTSTAMP:20220502T204003Z
CREATED:20220502T204003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220502T204003Z
UID:10001753-1652986800-1652990400@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:Chat & Connect with an inspiring global health leader - Eva Slawecki
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us on May 19\, 2022\, as Eva Slawecki\, an inspiring global health leader\, shares her wisdom with the global health community! She is the current Executive Director of the Canadian Association for Global Health and has 15 years of experience in global health and international development focused on health systems strengthening and institutional capacity-building. \nChat & Connect provides you with an opportunity to ask questions directly to Eva whether it is on finding and/or navigating a global health career or learning more about a certain global health project that she worked on that interests you. Please feel free to come prepared with your questions! \nWe look forward to seeing you there! \nRegister here
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/chat-connect-with-an-inspiring-global-health-leader-eva-slawecki/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220525T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220525T150000
DTSTAMP:20220512T161121Z
CREATED:20220512T160959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220512T161121Z
UID:10001757-1653485400-1653490800@canwach.ca
SUMMARY:Equal Futures 2022 Incubator Session: Youth Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Join the Equal Futures Network\, a CanWaCH initiative\, for an interactive incubator session exploring meaningful youth engagement in the lead up to our first-ever gender equality summit\, Equal Futures 2022\, from June 7-8\, 2022 in Ottawa. \nRepresentatives from the Canadian chapter of the International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP) will present preliminary findings from an environmental scan of youth activities within the international cooperation sector and a draft framework for an organization-wide youth engagement strategy. \nParticipants will have the opportunity to share their insights on meaningful youth inclusion within CanWaCH initiatives\, such as the Equal Futures Network and its gender equality summits. This session will also explore opportunities to connect local youth movements in Canada with like-minded youth movements around the world. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/equal-futures-2022-incubator-session-youth-engagement/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events,CanWaCH Events,Youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220526T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220526T130000
DTSTAMP:20220509T193521Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar COVID-19 Vaccination in Pregnancy and Postpartum - BORN Ontario
DESCRIPTION:OBJECTIVES: \n1.     To present the latest research on COVID-19 vaccination coverage across Ontario. \n2.     To discuss the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period\, with a focus on how to support families navigating vaccination decisions. \n3.     To support those working with pregnant and expectant families in making informed COVID-19 vaccination-related decisions throughout pregnancy and postpartum. \nTARGET AUDIENCE:  \n·        Care providers and administrators of services for pregnant individuals  \n·        BORN Information System users and data contributors \nGUEST SPEAKERS: \nDr. Deshayne Fell (PhD) \n\nAssistant Professor\, School of Epidemiology and Public Health\, University of Ottawa\nScientist\, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute & BORN Ontario\nAdjunct Scientist\, ICES\n\nDr. Tali Bogler (MD\, CCFP\, MScCH) \n\nAcademic family physician and family medicine obstetrics provider\, St. Michael’s Hospital\, Toronto\nAssistant Professor\, University of Toronto\nChair of Family Medicine Obstetrics at St. Michael’s Hospital\n\nMODERATOR: \nDr. Darine El-Chaar (MD\, FRCS(C)\, MSc) \n\nMedical Staff – Division Maternal-Fetal Medicine\nDepartment of Obstetrics\, Gynecology and Newborn Care\, TOH\nOMNI Research Group & Clinical Epidemiology Program – Ottawa Hospital Research      Institute (OHRI)\n\n* The webinar will be recorded and available on the BORN Ontario website. \n\nJoin Zoom Webinar
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/webinar-covid-19-vaccination-in-pregnancy-and-postpartum/
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220527T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220527T110000
DTSTAMP:20220525T165022Z
CREATED:20220525T165022Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220525T165022Z
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SUMMARY:Menstrual Health in Crisis Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Pandemic Periods and Girls Health Ed are partnering to bring you a thought-provoking and action-orientated discussion in observance of Menstrual Health Day on May 27. This discussion will highlight the challenges experienced by women\, adolescent girls\, transmen\, and non-binary individuals when menstrual health programmes are fragmented or excluded from emergency responses. \nWe welcome a range of speakers from sexual and reproductive health (SRH)\, water\, sanitation\, and hygiene (WASH)\, education\, gender equality\, and the decolonizing global health movement to discuss the complexities of menstrual health in emergencies. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://canwach.ca/event/menstrual-health-in-crisis-webinar/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Webinars and Online Events
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