[NormanBethune] November 2009 events & articles

[andrew.pinto at utoronto.ca]

Dear Norman Bethune subscribers,
Please find below some upcoming events. Particularly check out the  
event on Nov 12, featuring Stephen Lewis and Dr. Jeff Turnbull. Please  
pass on and recommend others to join this group. Take care,
Andrew


* ?Canadian professionals and social activism:  an option or an obligation?"
Thursday, November 12 @ 7:30 pm
Stephen Lewis, Dr. Jeff Turnbull & the music of Soul Influence
Markham Theatre for the Performing Arts
Admission $20
For tickets, call *905 305 SHOW (7469)* or 1 866 768 8801
Or order online https://secure1.tixhub.com/markham/procurement/
Give a Day to World AIDS http://www.giveaday.ca

* Human Insecurity and Social Suffering: The Consequences of  
Structural Violence
Public Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Dr. Rita Giacaman, Director of the Department of International  
Community Health at Birzeit University in Ramallah, West Bank.
November 17, 7:00 p.m.
Health Sciences, Room 106
155 College Street, University of Toronto
Sponsors: Science for Peace, Health Studies, Educators for Peace and  
Justice, NECEF.

* Medical Reform Group
Meeting
Nov 19 @ 8 pm
51 Hilton Ave
Contact: janet.maher at utoronto.ca

* Campaign 2000 Vigil
20th anniversary: House of Commons resolution to end child poverty in Canada
Tuesday, Nov 24 @ 5:30 pm
Outside Ontario Legislature.

* Crossing the Borders in Health: Creating a just healthcare system  
for migrants and refugee
Organized by Health For All
Thursday November 26 @ 6:30-8:30 PM
Will feature a Nell, a woman working in Canada for many years without  
status, who is now pursuing a court case challenging her exclusion  
from Interim Federal Health, and other panelists.
Location: TBA
Contact: nankyrai at gmail.com

* Harambe 'Party with a Purpose'
Join Residents without Borders at the Gladstone Hotel to celebrate  
World AIDS Day as a fundraiser for the Give a Day Campaign.
1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Saturday, November 28, 2009 - 8pm onwards
Tickets: $10
www.giveaday.ca
More info: saterkuile at yahoo.ca


TO READ:
* Current issue of Health Affairs - on HIV/AIDS & Neglected Diseases
http://content.healthaffairs.org/current.shtml

* Zachariah R, Harries AD, Ishikawa N et al. Operational research in  
low-income countries: what, why, and how? Lancet Infect Dis.  
2009;9(11):711-7.

* Grais RF, Luquero FJ, Grellety E et al. Learning lessons from field  
surveys in humanitarian contexts: a case study of field surveys  
conducted in North Kivu, DRC 2006-2008  
http://www.conflictandhealth.com/content/3/1/8 Conflict and Health  
2009;3:8.