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Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health |
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 The Second Global Forum on Human Resources for Health (the Forum) is being convened by the Global Health Workforce Alliance, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference, the World Health Organization and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, supported by many other agencies, especially the Rockefeller Foundation, the China Medical Board and the World Bank.
The Forum will build upon the successes achieved in Kampala and will provide a platform to review progress made in fulfilling the commitments outlined in the Kampala Declaration and the Agenda for Global Action. It will be an opportunity to further galvanize and accelerate the global movement on HRH towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage.
Date: January 25 - 29, 2011
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
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Human Resources for Health Awards |
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 Awards for Excellence (for case stories)
A further category of awards will be made for HRH case studies that demonstrate success in addressing health workforce issues.
The Awards for Excellence will be given to case stories (preferably but not limited to those that commenced after February 2008), that demonstrate success in addressing health workforce issues based on one or more strategies of the Agenda for Global Action.
Date: January 25 - 29, 2011
Place: Bangkok, Thailand
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“Health Worker Migration in Canada: Histories, Geographies, Ethics” |
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 This one-day academic-policy workshop, “Health Worker Migration in Canada: Histories, Geographies and Ethics” aims to bring together graduate students, faculty, and policymakers from British Columbia and beyond to discuss the issue of health worker migration affecting Canada and the world. The day will be composed of a graduate workshop in the morning, followed by a policy roundtable in the afternoon and culminating with a keynote speech by Dr. Catherine Ceniza Choy from the University of California, Berkeley, author of the acclaimed book “Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History” (Duke University Press & Ateneo de Manila University Press 2003).
Date: September 30, 2010 from 800am-700pm
Place: The Social Lounge, St. John’s College
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Report Launch |
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 The Role of Immigrant Care Workers in an Aging Society: The Canadian Context & Experience
Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, CIHR/Health Canada Chair in Health Human Resource Policy and Scientific Director of the Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network, cordially invites you to attend the launch of her new report. Commentary from Elizabeth Ruddick, Director General of the Research and
Evaluation Branch at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Senior Program Officer in Governance, Equity and Health at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
Date: Monday, October 26, 2009 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. (light refreshments available from 10:00)
Place: Crowne Plaza Ottawa, Joliet Room, 101 Lyon Street, Ottawa
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Conference 2009 |
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 The CIHR/Health Canada Chair in Health Human Resources Policy and the Community Health Research Unit at the University of Ottawa hosted on Friday May 29th 2009:
The Migration Of Health Professionals & Its Impact on Health Human Resource Planning: A Comparison of Source Country and Destination Country Perspectives
The purpose of this conference was to bring together health policy researchers and decision-makers who have an interest in the migration of health professionals from either a destination country (e.g., Canada, U.S., & U.K.) or a source country (e.g., South Africa, the Philippines, India, the Caribbean & Poland) perspective to develop an explicitly comparative and context sensitive program of research.
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