Couchiching 69th Annual Summer Conference 2000
August 10–13 at Geneva Park, Orillia, Ontario, Canada

Proceedings of the Conference (pdf file)
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• Suggested Conference Reading List
• Thursday, August 10
• Friday, August 11
• Saturday, August 12
• Sunday, August 13
• CIPA Executive Committee, 1999–2000
• CIPA Board of Directors, 1999–2000
• Government and Corporate Sponsors 
• Kurt Swinton Scholarship Winners
• Aczel Scholarship Winners

 
Conference Audio/Video Tapes

Audio tapes of the 2000 conference can be ordered from:
Audio Archives
Tel: 905.889.6555
E-mail: archives@idirect.com

Video tapes can be ordered from:
CPAC
Tel: 1.877.287.2722
Website: www.cpac.ca

 
Suggested Conference Reading List

Please contact us with any suggestions you may have for background reading.

Do We Care? Renewing Canada's Commitment to Health.
Edited by Margaret A. Somerville
Publisher: McGill - Queen's

Strong Medicine: How to Save Canada's Health Care System
By Michael Rachlis, M.D., Carol Kushner
Published by Harper Collins

Plunder
By Donald H. Bunker
Published by Undermounth, Lachute, QC

Operating in the Dark, The Accountability Crisis in Canada's Health Care System
By Lisa Priest
Published by DoubleDay Canada

Toward a Healthy Future
Second Report on the Health of Canadians
Prepared by the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Advisory Committee on Population Health for the Meeting of Ministers of Health, Charlottetown, PEI, September 1999

Code Blue, Reviving Canada's Health Care System
By David Gratzer

 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000

Opening Keynote Session:
Prospects for a Healthy Future:
Comparing Canada with the U.S. and the U.K.
7:30–10:00 p.m.

Speakers:
J. FRASER MUSTARD, MD
Head and Founding President, The Founders’ Network
Canadian Institute for Advancement Research
ALVIN R. TARLOV, MD
Rice University, Houston
SIR MICHAEL MARMOT
Director, International Centre for Health and Society, Head, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London
Moderator:
MARGARET LEFEBVRE
Director, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs,
Chair, 2000 Couchiching Conference

 
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2000

Breakfast
8:00–9:00 a.m.

Session I: What is Health? What exactly are we striving for?
9:30 a.m.

Speakers:
PROFESSOR DONALD BATES, MD, Department of Social Studies in Medicine, McGill University
MICHAEL DECTER, Founder and Chair, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Session II: How Healthy are Canadians? What recent research tells us.
2:00–4:00 p.m.

Speakers:
PROFESSOR ROBERT EVANS, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
PROFESSOR NORALOU ROOS, Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, University of Manitoba
DR. MICHAEL WOLFSON, Director, Social and Economic Studies Division, Statistics Canada
Moderator:
STEVE PAIKIN, Broadcaster

Session III: Medicines in our Future
7:00–7:30 p.m.

Speaker:
ANDRÉ MARCHETERRE, President, Merck Frosst Canada
Moderator:
DAVID LAKOFF, Vice-President, Communications & Marketing,
Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs

Session IV: The Personal Impact of Technological Possibilities:
How will technology change our lives? What issues will it raise?
7:45–10:00 p.m.

Speakers:
VERN DALE-JOHNSON, Director, Neurological Department, Medtronic Canada
MICHAEL GUERRIERE, MD, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer,
University Health Network, Toronto
ANTHONY PAWSON, PhD, Head of the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Moderator:
GLORIA BISHOP, Member, Executive Committee, Canadian Advisory Committee on Biotechnology

 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2000

Session V: Passing By on the Other Side
9:30 a.m.

Speakers:
PATRICIA BACKLAR, Research Associate Professor of Bioethics, Departments of Sociology and Philosophy, Portland State University
DR. ANN GOLDEN, President and CEO, The United Way of Greater Toronto (author of The Golden Report on Homelessness)
DAVID (DAN) OFFORD, MD, Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Head of Child Psychiatry, McMaster University
Moderator:
MADELINE-ANN AKSICH, The International Children's Institute,
Director, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs

Session VI: Mental Illness in the Family: A Personal View
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Speaker:
MICHAEL WILSON, Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking, Royal Bank
Moderator:
JOHN HARBRON, Director, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs

Lunch: CIPA Annual Members Meeting
12:30–2:00 p.m.

Discussion Groups
2:30 p.m.

Alternative health care. The fountain of youth. Ethical issues in health care. Science in our food: impact on health. Children's mental health: what can schools do? Other subjects specified by participants.

Awards Dinner: In honour of the 2000 National Essay Competition Winners
6:00–7:30 p.m.

Moderator:
MATTHEW GLOGOWSKI, Chair, Youth Affairs, Canadian Institute on Public Affairs

Session VII: The Citizen and the Health System: Rights and responsibilities
7:30–10:00 p.m

Speakers:
PROFESSOR PATRICIA ARMSTRONG, Department of Sociology, York University
NUALA KENNEY, MD, Director, Bioethics Education & Research, Dalhousie University
Moderator:
PAMELA WALLIN, Broadcaster

Social Evening
10:00 p.m.

 
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000

Session VIII: What Promotes and Sustains Good Health?
Lifestyle, Interventions and Evidence
9:30 a.m.

Speakers:
NATACHA JOUBERT, PhD, Head, Mental Health Promotion Unit, Health Canada
MICHAEL SMITH, ND, Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
Moderator:
ALAN PEARSON, Director, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs

Closing Keynote:
"To Our Very Good Health"
1:00–2:30 p.m.

Speaker:
THE HON. ALLAN ROCK, Minister of Health, Government of Canada
(open forum question period following the Minister's comments)
Moderator:
PAMELA WALLIN, Broadcaster

Closing Comments
2:30 p.m.
MARGARET LEFEBVRE, Director, Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs,
Chair, 2000 Couchiching Conference

 
CIPA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1999–2000

Trevor Bartram, President

F.W. Orde Morton, Vice-President, Program

Margaret Lefebvre, Chair, 2000 Conference

Cameron Campbell, Vice-President, Fundraising

Mark Boudreau, Vice-President, Finance & Treasurer

David Lakoff, Vice-President, Communications & Marketing

Elizabeth Waight, Chair, Year Round Programming

Tasha Kheiriddin, Chair, Marketing

Matthew Glogowski, Chair, Youth Affairs

Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Secretary

Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie, Chair, Western Canada

Stephen Probyn, Chair, Nominations

Ruth Abrahamson, Executive Director

 
CIPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 1999–2000

Madeline-Ann Aksich

Jan-Marie Divok

Gordon Floyd

Alex Frame

Karen Goldenberg

John Harbron

Megan Harris

Duncan Jackman

Dr. John Kirton

Eric Koch

Madeline Koch

Eliane Labendz

David McGown

Adam Ostry

Alan Pearson

Alexander Rose

Bobbi Speck

Barbara Thompson

 
THANKS TO OUR GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE SPONSORS
(confirmed as of July 2000)

Summer Conference


www.hc-sc.gc.ca


www.astrazeneca.com

Bank of Montreal

BDO Dunwoody LLP, Healthcare Advisory Services

Bombardier Inc.

Canada Lands Company Limited

Canada Post Corporation

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Certified General Accountants of Canada

Donner Canadian Foundation

The Fulcrum Investment Group

Glaxo Wellcome Inc.

Henry of Pelham Estate Wineries

Industry Canada (SchoolNet)

Institute for Research on Public Policy Development

Hill and Knowlton

Jackman Foundation

Janssen-Ortho Canada Inc.

Liberty Health

Marjorie & Gerald Bronfman Foundation

National Public Relations Ltd.

Probyn & Company Inc.

Royal Bank of Canada

Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation

Stikeman Elliott

The International Children’s Institute

Universal Medical History & Information (UMED) Inc.

Vancouver/Richmond Health Board

National Essay Competition
Canada Post Corporation
Certified General Accountants of Canada
Canada Lands Company Limited

 
KURT SWINTON SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Ruchika Arora, Concordia University

Chris Buckle, McGill University

Sommer Buttu, University of Western Ontario

Michelle Dagnino, York University

Jill Daley, Dalhousie University

Justin Johnson, University of Ottawa

Mekalai Kumanan, Dalhousie University

Andrea Martin, McGill University

Natalie Moalem, York University

Mark Stewart, University of Guelph

Jordan Velestuk, University of Saskatchewan

Erica Zarkovich, University of Toronto

 
ACZEL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Farah Malik, University of Toronto

Marleen Morris, Vancouver/Richmond Health Board

Tamara Trottman, Humber College of Applied Arts & Technology