Conferences

Accountability, Innovation and Coherence
in G8 Health Governance:
Seizing Canada's G8 Opportunity

Program
January 25, 2010
Munk Centre for International Studies
Seeley Hall, Trinity College
University of Toronto
[Version française]

Prospectus • Speakers • Background Papers • Sponsors

Introduction: Seizing Canada’s G8 Opportunity for Global Health

• John Kirton, Global Health Diplomacy Program and G8 Research Group [Remarks]

Current Global Health Challenges and G8 Opportunities

• Chair: John Dirks, Gairdner Foundation
• Peter Singer, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health [Remarks]

Why G8 Governance Counts: Innovations in Compliance and Accountability

• Chair: John Kirton, Global Health Diplomacy Program and the G8 Research Group
• Halfway to Muskoka: The 2009-10 Interim Compliance Report
  Erin Fitzgerald, G8 Research Group
• Improving Compliance with G8 Health Commitments, 1980-2010
  Jenilee Guebert, G8 Research Group
• Accountability Innovations for Muskoka
  John Sloan, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Opportunities for Innovation: Stakeholder Perspectives and Proposals

• Chair: Jillian Kohler, Initiative for Drug Equity and Access and Transparency International Canada
• June Webber, Canadian Nurses Association [Remarks]
• Will Postma, Save the Children Canada
• Tanjina Mirza, Plan Canada [Remarks]
• Lisa Forman, Comparative Program on Health and Society
• Jeff Sturchio, Global Health Council [Remarks]

Innovations for Economic-Health Coherence (Insights from the 2009 Think Tank of the McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence)

• Chair: Louis Pauly, Centre for International Studies
• Global Health Diplomacy, Policy Coherence and Public Health
  Nick Drager, London School of Hygiene, McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence
• Harnessing the Power of Business for Public Health (B4H)
  Laurette Dubé, McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence

Innovations for Food-Health Coherence

• Chair: Andrew F. Cooper, The Centre for International Governance Innovation
• Working across Sectors for Safe, Nutritious Food for All
  Janet Beauvais, McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence
• On the Nexus between Nutrition, Health and Food Security
  Sheri Arnott, World Vision

Innovations for Climate-Health Coherence

• Chair: Mel Cappe, Institute for Research on Public Policy
• Gordon McBean, University of Western Ontario [Remarks]
• Thomas Chandy, Save the Children India

Innovations for Security-Health Convergence

• Chair: Sioban Nelson, Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
• Andrew Price-Smith, Colorado College [Remarks]

Making Integrated Innovations Work in the G8

• Chair: James Orbinski, Global Health Diplomacy Program, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Minami Tsubouchi, Health Policy Institute, Japan
• Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Garry Aslanyan, World Health Organization
• Meg French, UNICEF Canada
• Meera Shekar, World Bank

Concluding Reflections

• James Orbinski, Global Health Diplomacy Program, St. Michael’s Hospital

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