CHSSN Exchange Conference 2011 CHSSN Exchange Conference 2011 The objective of this conference is to review the three initiatives sponsored by the CHSSN and funded by Health Canada: the Adaptation of Health and Social Services Initiative,the Enhancing Knowledge Initiative, andthe Networking and Partnership Initiative. These initiatives are currently underway and will remain in effect until March 31, 2013. The symposium aims to bring together the key figures in these initiatives in order to share information and experiences related to their implementation. The new information provided and the knowledge of the participants involved will undoubtedly prove useful between now and the end of the projects currently being implemented. The symposium has three objectives: To review the implementation of health initiatives aimed at English-speaking individuals and communities in Quebec;To share new information and experiences relating to those initiatives currently underway;To identify best practices. This event was made possible by the financial contribution of Health Canada. Agenda Day 1 Day 2 - Enhancing Knowledge Day 1 Opening Remarks: Ron Creary, President, CHSSN 9:30 am - 9:40 am Access to Health and Social Services for English-Speaking Individuals in Quebec 9:40 am - 9:50 am Dyane Benoît, Interim President and Executive Director, Agence de la santé et des services sociaux Chaudière-Appalaches Federal Road Map for Minority Linguistic Communities 9:50 am - 10:00 am Roger Farley, Executive Director, Official Language Community Development Bureau, Health Canada Results of 2010 CROP Survey and 2005-2010 Longitudinal Study 10:00 am - 10:45 am Joanne Pocock, Department of Sociology, Carleton University Linguistic Barriers in Access to Health Services: State of Knowledge and Best Practices 11:00 am - 11:20 am Sarah Bowen, Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta French-Speaking Individuals and Health Outside of Quebec 11:20 am - 11:40 am Claudine Côté, Director General, Société Santé en français Participant Discussion Period 11:40 am - 12:00 pm Sarah Bowen, University of Alberta and Claudine Côté, Société Santé en français Adaptation of Health and Social Services Projects - Remote Regions 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine - Jean-François Cassivi & Brad McDonald, ASSS Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine Abitibi-Témiscamingue - Annie Vienney, ASSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue Chaudière-Appalaches - Peter Whitcomb, MCDC and Lise Gervais, ASSS de Chaudière-Appalaches Nunavik Territory - Michel Pruneau, Cégep Marie-Victorin and Jean-Pierre Charbonneau & Daniel Michaud, Régie régionale de la santé du Nunavik Panel discussion 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Moderated by Jim Carter, Policy and Program Advisor, CHSSN and Richard Walling, Executive Director, Jeffery Hale Community Partners Adaptation of Health and Social Services Projects - Intermediary and Urban Regions 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Lanaudière - Francine Lavoie, ASSS Lanaudière Montérégie - Michèle Domingue, ASSS Montérégie Laval - Liette Dubord, CRDI Normand - Laramée and Gina Persechino, Sir Wilfred Laurier School Board Outaouais - Brigitte Massé, CSSS de Papineau and Lise Lessard, ASSS de l'Outaouais Montréal - Heather Clarke & Iannick Martin, ASSS de Montréal Panel Discussion 4:30 pm - 5:00 am Moderated by Jim Carter, CHSSN and Richard Walling, Jeffery Hale Community Partners Day 2 - Enhancing Knowledge Welcoming Remarks and Presentation of the Enhancing Knowledge Initiative 8:30 am - 8:45 am Pierre Joubert, Associate Expert, Institut national de santé publique du Québec What We Know about the Demographics and State of Health of Linguistic Minorities in Quebec 8:45 am - 9:30 am Marie-Hélène Lussier, Planning, Programming, and Research Officer, INSPQ Amadou Diogo Barry, Planning, Programming, and Research Officer, INSPQ Normand Trempe, Project Manager, INSPQ Access to Services for Linguistic Minorities: What Have We Learned? 10:15 am - 11:00 am Amadou Diogo Barry, INSPQ and Normand Trempe, INSPQ Minority Linguistic Communities in Quebec and Myocardial Infarction: Language Barrier or Access Problem? 11:30 am - 11:50 am Catherine Drouin, M.Sc. Doctoral candidate in clinical sciences (community health) Université de Sherbrooke Member of the PRIMUS Group Centre de Recherche Clinique Étienne-Lebel at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CRC-CHUS) Concluding Remarks 11:50 am - 12:00 pm Pierre Joubert, INSPQ Community Networks and Action Strategy 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director, CHSSN Presentation of Specific Community Networks Townshippers’s Association Kate Murray, NPI Coordinator Lower North Shore Coalition for Health Kimberly Buffitt, NPI Coordinator East Island Network for English-languages Services (REISA) Fatiha Gatre Guemiri, NPI Coordinator Janet Forsyth Developing Communities 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm Mary Richardson, Ph.D, Anthropologist, INSPQ Concluding Remarks and Thanks 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Roger Farley, Executive Director, Official Language Community Development Bureau, Health Canada Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director, CHSSN