[NormanBethune] Upcoming events related to the G8/G20

[andrew.pinto at utoronto.ca]

Dear all,
A number of health and social justice events are occurring around the  
G8/G20 meetings. I hope that you are able to attend some of them.  
Also, it would be great to have a "Norman Bethune Social" event in  
July! These parties have been an nice way to get to know one another  
outside of meetings, clinics and hospitals. If anyone is able to  
volunteer to host let me know. Take care,
Andrew


1. Toronto Street Medics are volunteers providing first aid and  
support during the demonstrations.  
http://g20.torontomobilize.org/node/210. They are having
training sessions during the People's Summit (see below) from 10 am -  
5 pm in Student Campus Centre 310, Ryerson University.


2. 18-20 June: 2010 People's Summit
Ryerson University. http://peoplessummit2010.ca/

a. Creating Health for All - From the Ground Up
June 20th, 10-noon
Student Campus Centre - Room G. 55 Gould St.
Despite Canada's perceived 'universal' health cre system, thousands of  
people residing in Canada are actively excluded from health care  
access on the basis of 'immigration status'. This interactive  
participatory workshop facilitated by the local migrant justice group  
Health For All explores the causes of forced migration and discusses  
the systemic denial of healthcare access to migrants in Canada.

b. Emancipatory Healthcare: Local Resistance to Global Neoliberalism
June 20th, 1-2:50pm
VIC 209- Victoria Building, 285 Victoria St.
 From moves to privatization of medicare, to cuts in the Special Diet  
Allowance in Ontario, to the systemic denial of healthcare access to  
migrants- the deep and broad undermining of public services to further  
profit motives is being met by significant resistance from an emerging  
radical left health sector within Canada. Join local organizations-  
Health Providers Against Poverty, Justicia For Migrant Workers, Health  
For All and Students For Medicare in a discussion.

c. Globalization, the G20, and the Attack on Healthcare as a Human Right
June 19th, 10 am - 12 pm
VIC 204- Victoria Building, 285 Victoria St.
This panel focuses on the impact of globalization and the policies of  
the G20 as they link to forces supporting privatization. We will  
further discuss why privatization can lead to negative consequences in  
our health system, and what better solutions we can find within the  
public system, as well as how best to organize around these issues.