Women’s Health Matters Forum & Expo

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2008 Program-At-a-Glance

The theme of the 2008 Forum & Expo is Linking environmental impacts and women’s health issues. To plan your visit, choose from: 40 educational sessions, 50 stage presentations and 150 exhibitors. For detailed descriptions of the presentations, click here.

Our program is colour-coded to make your selection easier.

	Health Issues
	Environmental Health Factors
	Empowered Choices
	ZOOM Room (for focused discussion of specific topics)
	Stage Presentations and Shows

Special Event Features with separate tickets:

Friday Luncheon & Featured Speaker Dr. James Orbinski
Friday Evening Keynote Presentation Dr. Devra Davis

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008

(click here for Saturday’s line-up)

9:30 - 10:30 am

Room 803 A

Patient/Caregiver Solutions: The value of integrating natural medicine in disease prevention and treatment, - Christine Matheson, B.A., N.D. Sponsor: Sun Life Financial

Room 803 B

Everything You Want to Know about Sex, but would Rather Not Ask. Bay Centre for Birth Control & Planned Parenthood Toronto

Room 801 A & 801 B

Canada's Arctic: a Holistic Approach to Health and Healing (Nunavut Minister of Health Social Services & Status of Women, Leona Aglukkaq )

Vista Stage

Hot Hot Hoopers, Sadie Yancey; Tai Chi (University Settlement Recreation Centre Seniors)

Close-Up Stage

Meals that Heal, Julie Daniluk; Small Steps for Fitness Success, Susan Sommers

11:00 - 12:00pm

Room 803 A

Canada’s Arctic: We are all Learners
Dr. Nancy Doubleday & Student Panel; Carleton University

Room 803 B

He/She loves me, loves me not: Exploring the relationship issues - Dr Robin Mason WCH & panel

Room 801 A & 801 B

HPV Vaccination & Prevention of Disease - Dr.Nancy Durand; sponsored by Merck Frosst

Vista Stage

Choose your own Ending, Rosedale Heights Physical Education Program; Fencing Demonstration, Beaches Sabre Club; Every Child is a Champion, O.I.S.E./UofT health and Physical Education

Close-Up Stage

The Benefits of Strength Training, Edna Levitt. 50+ Fitness; Healthy Lunches to Go, Mary Sue Waisman (Canadian Women’s Health Network); Everyone Deserves Cookies, Eden Herzog (New Moon Kitchen)

11:30

Room 802

The Right Choice of Oil/Fats for your Health (Cantonese, with Mandarin translation)

12:00 - 2:00 pm Luncheon

INVITED LUNCHEON SPEAKER

Diseases without Borders - A Call for Humanitarian Action. Dr. James Orbinski Sponsored by CARA. Luncheon tickets: $85

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Room 803 A

Exercise Matters: how to promote brain health in the golden years Dr. Sandra Black SB

Room 803 B

Food Empowers: What you buy can affect your health and the sustainability of our local food supply Ellen Desjardins, MHSc, RD Sponsored by Chatelaine

Room 801 A & 801 B

Toxic Trespass, documentary film screening. Filmmaker Barri Cohen, Film Distribution: Women’s Healthy Environments Network and the NFB

Room 802

Self defense for Girls: at Home and on the Street, Realistic Self Defense for Women

Vista Stage

Talkin’ Sex, Toronto Public Health; Survivor story, Laura Pagano (Sun Life Financial); A Latin Beat for Tiny Feet, Jennifer Torres, Salsa Babies and Salsa Tots

Close-Up Stage

How to Pick the Best Olive Oil, Acropolis Organics; What’s Under Your Sink? Kay Valley (White Glove Cleaners); Cancer: 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic, Liz Armstrong; 6 Easy Steps to Eat Local – Now! Madeleine Greey (Ontario Foodland); The Infinite Flavours of Toronto Meals, Vida Stephens (Peer Nutrition, Toronto Public Health)

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Room 803 A

Occupational and Environmental medicine: What is it? Dr. Alice Dong, MD; FCBOM, St. Michael's & Right To Know, Nancy Bradshaw, Enviro Clinic, WCH

Room 803 B

Thinking Outside the Scale: Cultivating Healthy Attitudes about Weight, Eating and Body Image
Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, Bariatric Medical Institute

Room 801 A & 801 B

Looking in the Arctic Mirror: Polar Perspectives on Resiliency in Health and Well-being, Dr. Nancy Doubleday, Carleton U

Room 802

Sugar and Spice and Not so Nice: Securing Your Way to Healthy Relationships,
Anne Paré R.N., B.A. and Tatjana Singer M.S.W., R.S.W. Scarborough Sexual Assault / Domestic Violence Care & Treatment Centre

Vista Stage

Urban Poling: Make Your Walk a Full-Body Workout, Barb Gormley (Urban Poling); Hot Hot Hoopers, Sadie Yancey; Fencing Demonstration, Beaches Sabres

Close-Up Stage

Wake-up Workout, Katarina Simons; The Perfect Sports Bra, Carolenna Lingerie; Weight Works, Gayle Whaley (TDSB Continuing Ed); Everyday Weights & Measures, Katarina Simons

3:30 - 4:30 pm

Room 803 A

The L Word: Insights on Lesbian Health. Anna Travers & panel Sherbourne Health Centre

Room 803 B

Diabetes – a modern epidemic
Dr. Lorraine Lipscombe (WCH)

Room 801 A & 801 B

Cancer 101 Solutions to a Preventable Epidemic, Liz Armstrong

Room 802

An Olive Oil Tasting, Acropolis Organics; Green Shift into Healthier Living, Jennifer Wright (Green Shift)

Vista Stage

Kimono Girls Jiu-Jitsu & Self Defence, Angie Low; Healthy & Efficient Homes, Stephen Collette (Your Healthy House); Ecoholic, Adria Vasil

Close-Up Stage

Survivor story, Laura Pagano (Sun Life Financial); Balancing Hormones, Julie Daniluk; Tea and Tinctures: Healing with Medicinal Herbs, Linda Rose; Have you ever felt unsafe? Realistic Self Defense for Women

5:00 – 6:00 pm

Vista Stage

Urban Traditional Music with Anne Lederman (Fiddle), October Browne (Guitar, cittern) and Kelly Hood (Irish pipes)

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Room 801 A & 801 B

Linking Environmental Impacts and Women’s Health, Dr. Devra Davis, head of the world's first Center for Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute $30 ticket includes an autographed copy of Dr. Davis’ NEW book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer.