Feature Friday PDF - Ontario Public Health Association

News in Brief: Feature Fridays
Job postings, volunteer opportunities, other events, and more!
December 13th 2013
1. Job Posting: Full-Time Program Manager, Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit
Job Description
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has an opening for a permanent full-time Program Manager of Public Health.
This position reports directly to the Director of Public Health. The Program Manager leads a team of staff, guiding
and inspiring a dedicated workforce in the efficient delivery of public health services, and shapes a workplace
culture founded on trust and transparency. The Program Manager provides public health leadership to a
multidisciplinary team of professionals, para-professionals, and support staff, working collectively to achieve the
goals and objectives of the organization. All public health competencies apply to the planning, development,
implementation, evaluation, supervision, and management of public health programs and services supporting the
requirements of the Ontario Public Health Standards and the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
Closing Date
12/16/2013 - 4:30 PM
Click here for full details
2. Job Posting: Temporary Full-Time Public Health Dietitian, North Bay Parry Sound District
Position Summary
The Public Health Dietitian will work collaboratively on the multidisciplinary Healthy Living Team to meet the
Chronic Disease Prevention requirement of the Ontario Public Health Standards. The Public Health Dietitian will
research, plan, implement and evaluate a range of nutrition health promotion programs, specific to the adult and
community populations. Areas of focus will include workplaces, food security, community based food skills
programs, Diabetes type 2 prevention and other community food initiatives.
Closing Date:
December 16, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Click here for full details
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3. Event: Pre and Probiotics Sessions, Dietitians of Canada
Register now for Dietitians of Canada’s pre and probiotics sessions
coming this January 30th and 31st
Leading expert Natasha Haskey will be presenting on pre and probiotics in Ontario in the
new year. Register by January 10th for the early bird rate and save!
This popular session is coming to Ontario live in Toronto on January 30th and in Sudbury
on January 31st and across the province via OTN. This session has already been presented
to dietitians in the West, and 85% of attendees have rated this session as above average to
excellent and strongly agree that the information is current, balanced and supported by
evidence. All have agreed that the presentation had practical value for their practice.
Here is a sample of the feedback received from previous presentations:
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A very thorough review of the topic that included regulation and current evidence based products. A good
balance of science and information I can use in practice.
 Natasha was extremely well-organized, clear and practical. I loved how she took an educational approach with
her interactive elements to get us thinking about how to use the information. I can see how her months of
preparation really paid off in her slides. She saved me hours and hours of reading, evaluating and summarizing
research.
Natasha Haskey, MSc, RD is a leading expert in the field of pre and probiotics and she will provide you with a
deeper understanding of the research supporting the use of pre and probiotics in the prevention and management of
GI diseases like IBS, IBD and H. pylori infection. She will explain the Canadian regulations that impact product
availability, dosage, packaging, storage and use in high-risk populations. For more details, go to
www.dietitians.ca/events
The session is being offered twice in Ontario:
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January 30th in Toronto at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Centre and to OTN sites in Ontario & 1 in
Montreal QC
January 31st in Sudbury at the Ramsey Lake Health Centre and to OTN sites in Ontario
The Ontario sessions are offered by OTN videoconference to sites throughout the province and to Montreal. Check
the posting at Knowledge Centre, Live Events to see which sites are confirmed.
Don’t see an OTN site near you? Email [email protected] with your OTN site and system number to get
included.
LEARN MORE & REGISTER
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4. Updates: HC Link Conference & Webinar
Post-conference resources are now available from our Linking for Healthy Communities 2013 Conference
Thank you to everyone who participated and was involved in HC Link’s 2013 conference, Linking for Healthy
Communities: Collaborating for Change – it was a big success! We want to invite you to check out presentation
slides and video recordings from the conference, which are now up on the website.
Whether or not you attended the conference, we encourage you to check out these resources. There is an
excellent assortment of topics related to healthy communities, and an abundance of expertise to glean from
professionals and community members across the province. A sampling of topics covered include: social
innovation, community engagement, healthy schools, community gardens, the Canadian Index of Wellbeing,
policy development as well as many innovative community projects!
Are there topics or themes covered at this conference that piqued your interest and you would like to explore
further? We can work with you to help meet your needs! We deliver consultations that are funded by the
Government of Ontario and would be happy to support your work in healthy communities. Contact us at 416 (or
1-855) 847-1575 or [email protected] to talk with us about this opportunity!
Watch our website for these additional post-conference resources to be released in the new year:
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Conference highlights slide show
Summary of conference proceedings
Special interviews with conference speakers, Tonya Surman, Bob Gardner, François Boileau, and Mary
Lewis
Ressources de la conférence 2013 Se rassembler pour des communautés en santé maintenant disponibles
Merci à tous ceux qui ont participé et se sont impliqués dans la conférence 2013, Se rassembler pour des
communautés en santé – Collaborer au changement. L’événement fut un grand succès! Nous vous invitons à
accéder aux diapositives et enregistrements vidéo de la conférence, maintenant disponibles sur notre site web.
Nous vous prions de noter qu’ils sont dans la langue (français ou anglais) dans laquelle ces présentations ont eu
lieu à notre conférence.
Que vous ayez assisté ou non à la conférence, nous vous encourageons à consulter ces ressources. Vous y
trouverez une excellente gamme de sujets liés aux communautés en santé ainsi qu’une mine d’expertise de
professionnels et d’organismes communautaires de partout dans la province. Au menu, entre autres : innovation
sociale, engagement communautaire, écoles saines, jardins communautaires, Indice canadien du mieux-être,
élaboration de politiques et plusieurs projets communautaires novateurs!
Les sujets et thèmes traités à la conférence ont-ils piqué votre curiosité? Vous voulez les explorer davantage?
Nous fournissons des consultations financées par le Gouvernement de l’Ontario et serions heureux de vous
soutenir dans vos initiatives de communautés en santé. Contactez-nous au 416-847-1575 ou au 1-855-847-1575,
ou à [email protected] pour en discuter!
Surveillez notre site web pour les ressources additionnelles de la conférence ci-dessous, qui seront publiées dans
la nouvelle année :
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un diaporama des points saillants de la conférence
un résumé de la conférence
des entretiens avec les conférenciers Tonya Surman, Bob Gardner, François Boileau et Mary Lewis
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Registration is now open for the following webinar hosted by HC Link!
Why diverse leadership matters in the health care sector
Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 10:00 - 11:00
Leadership in health care institutions plays a critical role in setting mandates and priorities, and shaping services to help meet
the needs of patients and providers alike. DiverseCity Counts, in partnership with Mount Sinai Hospital, examined leadership
diversity in local health integration networks (LHINs), hospitals and community care access centres (CCACs) in the Greater
Toronto Area (GTA). The report looked at sex, gender identity, visible minorities, disability and sexual orientation in senior
management and on governance boards of these institutions.
Join us for a free webinar featuring a panel discussion on the findings of this report, why diverse leadership is important, and
what institutions can do to diversify their leadership teams.
Register here! (Registration closes January 9 at 5pm)
DiverseCity Counts is an initiative of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project, a project of Maytree and
CivicAction, funded in part by the government of Ontario. With its practical initiatives, the project is changing the face of our
region's leadership. Learn more at www.diversecitytoronto.ca.
PRESENTERS
Ratna Omidvar
Ratna Omidvar is president of Maytree, a private foundation known for its work on poverty reduction, immigrant integration,
diversity and inclusion. Ratna is the chair of the board of directors of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council
(TRIEC) and of Connect Legal, and the co-chair of DiverseCity. She also serves as a director of the Canadian Club of Toronto,
Samara and the Environics Institute. In 2006, Ratna was appointed to the Order of Ontario. In 2010, the Globe and Mail
profiled Ratna as its Nation Builder of the Decade for Citizenship. In 2011, she was appointed to the Order of Canada.
Dr. Samir Sinha
Dr. Samir Sinha is a passionate and respected advocate for the needs of older adults. Dr. Sinha currently serves as the
director of Geriatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital and the University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto. In 2012, he was
appointed by the Government of Ontario to serve as the expert lead of the Ontario's Seniors Strategy. He is also an assistant
professor in the departments of medicine, family and community medicine, and the Institute of Health Policy, Management
and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine. He also serves as the chair of the Health Professionals Advisory Committee of the Toronto Central LHIN, and is a
medical advisor to the Toronto Central CCAC.
HC Link | 1-855-847-1575 | hclinkontario.ca | @HC_Link
Réseau CS | 416 847-1575 | 1 855 847-1575 | reseaucs.ca | @ReseauCS
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