[NormanBethune] Upcoming events: Oct 2010

[andrew.pinto at utoronto.ca]

Please feel free to send me events, and I will work to compile them  
for a monthly digest. Andrew

1. Cutting Deeper: The Age of Austerity and Implications for Health
September 29 at 7 pm
University of Toronto, Fitzgerald Building (150 College Street) Room 103
A panel discussion featuring:
Amina Ali - Organizing member of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty
David McNally - Professor of Political Science at York University
Ritika Goel - Organizing member of Health For All
http://health4all.ca/

2. Hot Planet/Cold Wars: Precriptions for a Healthy Planet in Troubled Times
Friday and Saturday, October 1-2, 2010 | Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto
Medical Science Building, 1 Kings College Circle, Toronto
JJR MacLeod Auditorium (Room 2158)  | Panel Discussion featuring
Metta Spencer, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at University of  
Toronto and editor of Peace Magazine, and Paul McKay, journalist and  
author of Atomic Accomplice
Saturday, October 2, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Room 3153  | Representatives  
from Canadian Pugwash, Corporate Knights, A Greener Toronto,  
Physicians for Social Responsibility and Canadian Department of Peace  
Initiative.
Admission: $120 for Physicians, $100 for PGS/CAPE members, $40 for all  
others; Students: pay what you can

3. Instigate 2010: An Interdisciplinary & Community-Based Antipoverty  
Conference
Kingston Ontario, October, 14-16th 2010.
http://povertyconference2010.wordpress.com/

4. Health Providers Against Poverty
Forum: Eliminating the Special Diet Allowance
Monday Oct 25 at 6 pm
Location: TBD
http://www.healthprovidersagainstpoverty.ca/

5. 2nd Annual Learning Forum on Global Health Research:
Using Knowledge for Program Planning and Implementation
Sat, Oct 30th 2010 in Ottawa, Canada
http://ccghr.ca/default.cfm?lang=e&content=ghrlf_2010&subnav=ghrlf

6.  Canadian Conference on Global Health 2010
(formerly Canadian Conference on International Health)
GLOBAL HEALTH: A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS?
Sunday, October 31st to Wednesday November 3rd, 2010
Crowne Plaza Ottawa Hotel 101 Lyon Street N, Ottawa, Ontario, K1R 5T9
http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/overview.asp