*This is a past event. To view the special issue of the International Journal of Circumpolar Health on this event, please visit here. For an editorial of the conference, visit here.

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Northern, Rural, and Remote Health is an international forum dedicated to sharing knowledge, experience, and innovations in community health. This is an effort to promote and strengthen transdisciplinary dialogue on critical issues affecting the health and health care of rural, Northern, and Indigenous populations in Canada and abroad. The conference is being held in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada on October 6-9, 2017.

 

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Who should attend?

This meeting will bring together leaders in Indigenous health, health professionals, community workers, governmental representatives, policy and decision-makers, educators, researchers, students, and trainees with an interest in all aspects of health in northern, rural, and Indigenous communities.

 

Program

The Planning and Scientific Committees are organizing a dynamic scientific, clinical, and social program. The scientific program will include plenary sessions from some of Canada’s leaders in northern, rural, and remote health, panel dialogues addressing critical issues in health, clinical and skill-building workshops, and oral and poster presentations. There will be dynamic opportunities for networking and collaboration, along with learning sessions for students and early career investigators.

 

The conference is being planned in coordination with the 10th anniversary of the Trapline Marathon, a grassroots, heritage-oriented road race that brings together communities from across Labrador and beyond. All conference participants are encouraged to get involved in the event as runners, walkers, or volunteers.

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The conference with feature a keynote by Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Additional information about the keynote, plenaries, workshops, and the schedule will be posted on the PROGRAM page as it becomes available.

 

Keynote Lecture by Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

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Objectives

The overall objective of the conference is to provide a venue for Indigenous leaders, health professionals, community workers, policy-makers and administrators, researchers, educators, and trainees to share knowledge and collaborate in research and innovations in public health, clinical, and community-based care. More specifically, the conference will:

 

1. Examine the intersections and impacts of environmental, social, and political change on health;

2. Envision the future design of northern and Indigenous health systems, and health professional education;

3. Promote partnerships and knowledge sharing across health and social care sectors;

4. Explore local innovations and successes in community-based programming, health service delivery, and teaching and learning;

5. Foster dialogue on best practices in research methods and methodologies.

 

Conference Themes

NRRH will explore the intersections between key determinants of rural, northern, and Indigenous health, and highlight innovations in health services, policy development, and community-based programming. The conference themes include:

 

1. Climate Change and Planetary Health

2. Future Healers and Health Systems

3. Reconciliation and Indigenous Health

4. Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention

5. Innovations in Rural Care and Health Services

6. Community Well-being, Culture, and Resilience

7. Technology and Simulation as Clinical and Teaching Tools

 

Call for Abstracts

On behalf of the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health and the Society Rural Physicians of Canada-Atlantic, the Scientific Committee for the Northern, Rural, and Remote Health Conference invites the submission of original work relevant to conference themes, from any discipline. All abstract submissions will undergo peer-review by a local review group. The Scientific Committee will allocate accepted abstracts to one of four presentation formats, based on scientific merit and preference indicated by authors: (1) oral presentations, (2) poster presentation; (3) panel discussion; or (4) workshops.

 

Open for Submissions:        May 12, 2017

Deadline for Abstract:          DEADLINE EXTENDED - new date June 22, 2017 

Notification:                          Mid-July, 2017

Submit your abstract to:      info.NRRHConference@gmail.com

 

See the Call for Abstracts for details.

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Planning Committee & Collaborators

The conference is a collaborative effort by health organizations in Labrador. The Planning Committee includes representatives from the Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health, the Faculty of Medicine and the Labrador Institute of Memorial University, the Innu Nation, Labrador-Grenfell Regional Health Authority, Movember Canada, NORFAM, the Nunatsiavut Government, the NunatuKavut Community Council, the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, and the Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

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CSCH is a registered charitable organization (816889604RR0001), therefore GST/HST will not charged on registration.