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| 2008 Program-At-a-Glance |
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Our program is colour-coded to make your selection easier. |
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Health Issues |
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Environmental Health Factors |
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Empowered Choices |
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ZOOM Room (for focused discussion of specific topics) |
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Stage Presentations and Shows |
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| SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
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(click here for Friday’s line-up) |
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| 10:00 am |
Room 802
Women Wading Through the Web
Sheryl Mitchell, Women's Health Matters |
Vista Stage
Get Fit with Your Baby, FITMOM; Pedometer Power: Walk Your Way to Fitness, Barb Gormley (StepsCount); The East Side Cloggers, Pat Gamble |
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Close-Up Stage
Meals that Heal, Julie Daniluk; Ultimate Foods for Ultimate Health and don’t forget the chocolate! Mairlyn Smith |
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| 11:00 - 12:00pm |
Room 803 A
The Science & Ethics of Stem Cell Research
Dr. Mick Bhatia McMaster + Dr. Lisa Schwartz, McMaster |
Room 803 B
Herbal Remedies & Your Prescriptions, Talk to your pharmacist first, Dr. Heather Boon, U of T |
Room 801 A
How to change the world in which we live and work to make cancer history. Dr. Devra Davis, Ctr for Enviro Oncology at the U. of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute |
Room 801 B
The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap
Susan Pinker, Psychologist, Globe & Mail Columnist |
Room 802
Breastfeeding tips in an age of environmental awareness Dr. Jack Newman, Hospital for Sick Kids |
Vista Stage
Kwanzaa Yoga, Elisa Hatton (The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention); Whining & Dining, Esha Mott & Emma Waverman; Tahira’s Desert Gypsies and Troupe Shevine, Tahira's Bellydance Studio, Burlington |
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Close-Up Stage
Yes, You CAN Do a Marathon! Jean Marines; The Benefits of Honey, Anne Burke; “100% Fair Trade” Quinoa, Coffee, Tea, Sugar, Cocoa & Chocolate, Nettie Cronish |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
Room 803 A
Beat the Break! Take Charge of Osteoporosis and Your Bone Health, Dr. Jamal (WCH) Sponsored by Alliance for Better Bone Health |
Room 803 B
Protecting your Fertility, and Getting Help if you are Infertile,
Jan Silverman & Dr. Cliff Librach WCH |
Room 801 A
Parent Alert: Environmental risks in Child Development.
Dr. Riina Bray WCH |
Room 801 B
Osteoarthritis & Pain Management - Dr. Gillian Hawker WCH |
Room 802
Overcoming Social Phobia, Earla Dunbar
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Vista Stage
Raising Our Game: Women and Sport for Sustainable Living,
Ann Duffy, Program Director, Sustainability, Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Games Sponsored by General Motors of Canada |
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Close-Up Stage
Redefining Retirement: New Realities for Boomer Women. Elizabeth Shilton, Dr. Margret Hovanec; Gardening for Life, Margaret Nevett |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 pm |
Room 803 A
Learn to Juggle: Multiple roles are good for your health
Heather Maclean (WCHRI), Sponsored by Janssen-Ortho |
Room 803 B
Sleep: We all we need it and why don't we get enough?
Dr. Anu Tandon WCH & SB |
Room 801 A
Tiny Doses, Immense Consequences: Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment,
Loren Vanderlinden, Toronto Public Health Sponsored by Glen Bernard Camp |
Room 801 B
Mould & Sick Building Syndrome,
Dr. Om Malik, ECOH, Sponsored by ETFO |
Room 802
Redefining Retirement, Elizabeth Shilton & Dr. Margret Hovanec
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Vista Stage
Chicks that Kick, Sofia Ramirez and Friends; NIA: An Expressive Fitness & Awareness Program (NIA Instructors Association of Canada) |
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Close-Up Stage
It may be January but Hummus is Still Summer Fresh, Theresa Albert Ratchford; Live Well Program, Andy Kovacs & Andrew Garfinkle, (Sun Life Financial); Flavour-First: Delicious Food to Bring the Family Back to the Table, Mary Sue Waisman |
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| 3:30 - 4:30 pm |
Room 803 A
Acting Locally: Linking health and environment in your community.
Caryn Thompson & Paul Young, South Riverdale Community Health Centre |
Room 803 B
Toxic Toronto – toxic you Lina Cino, Toronto Environmental Alliance and Anne Wordsworth, Canadian Environmental Law Association |
Room 801 A
What's in the Air we Breath,
Dr. Miriam Diamond PhD UofT |
Room 801 B
Towards a Healthier Home
Stacey Fruitman & panel of experts: Gord Cooke, Andrea Kantelberg, Lisa Borden, Sponsored by Tridel |
Room 802
Clear Heat, Relieve PMS, Improve Fertility and Manage Menopause with Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dr. Mary Wu |
Vista Stage
Tahira’s Desert Gypsies and Troupe Shevine, Tahira's Bellydance Studio, Burlington; Live Well Program, Andy Kovacs & Andrew Garfinkle (Sun Life Financial); Fencing Demonstration, Beaches Sabre Club |
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Close-Up Stage
Making Your Home Healthy, Stephen Collette; Fighting Inflammation with Diet, Julie Daniluk |
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