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Forum 2005 spans 2 days and includes presentations,
discussions, break-out sessions, feedback sessions, etc.
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Both days also include luncheon speakers. |
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Day
1 - March 3, 2005 9:00 am - 4:30 pm |
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Opening and Welcome |
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A Personal Story - Barbara Millit, Member of the Industrial Accident Victim's Group of Ontario (IAVGO) |
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Historic Perspective
on Occupational Disease - Dr. Linn Holness, Director,
Gage Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, University
of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital |
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Recognition and Compensation of Occupational
Disease - Dr. Terry Ison, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode
Hall Law School |
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Emerging Occupational Diseases of
the 21st Century - Dr. John Howard, Director, National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) |
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Lunch Speaker - Demographics and Occupational Disease - David Baxter, Executive Director, Urban Futures Institute |
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ILO List of Occupational Diseases - Shengli Niu, Senior Specialist Occupational Health, International Labour Office |
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Workplace Studies |
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Feedback and Recommendations |
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Day
2 - March 4, 20059:00 am - 5:00 pm |
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Welcome Back - Review of Day 1 |
| | Stress - An International Perspective - Dr. Kevin Kelloway, Director of the CN Centre for Occupational Health and Safety and Management Professor in the Sobey School of Business, both at
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax NS |
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Occupational Disease Issues
- Two concurrent tracks |
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| Track A -
| Survey Current Body of Knowledge |
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Respiratory Diseases - Dr. Moira Chan-Yeung |
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Occupational Cancer - Dr. Jack Siemiatycki |
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| Lessons Learned - Have we learned from experience? |
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Infectious Diseases - Dr. David Butler-Jones |
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Workplace Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) - Dr. Donald
Cole |
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Connecting Occupational and Environmental
Health, Bridging Research into Practice - Dr. Annalee
Yassi, Director of the Institute of Health Promotion Research
at the University of British Columbia. |
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Recognition and Prevention Strategies |
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Five
concurrent workshops designed for interactivity |
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- Respiratory Diseases
- Occupational Cancer
- Infectious Diseases
- Stress
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Where Should Canada
Be Going? Identifying Gaps and Goals |
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Government, employer and labour leaders
in a panel discussion:
- Dave Bennett, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
- John McKennirey, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
- Otto Peter, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers Association (CVMA)
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Closing Remarks
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