Apply today! Deadline for Applications is Friday, September 13th. 

PHANS awards the Public Health Champion Award each year at the PHANS AGM. This is an honour intended to recognize an individual or organization who has demonstrated excellence in leadership, innovation and commitment to improving the health of Nova Scotians. The Marie McCully Collier Public Health Student award is presented to a part time or full time student who demonstrates a passion for public health as well as leadership in the field.

Wednesday, October 3
6 pm -9 pm
Paul O'Regan Hall
Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Rd, Halifax, NS B3J 1E9

Cost: Free

Please join Ingrid Waldron for her Halifax book launch From Africville to Alton Gas: A Pop-Up Book Launch for There's Something in the Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities. Ingrid will be joined by friends and colleagues who will read passages from the book and contribute their own experiences and perspectives on the issues and stories documented in the book. The following speakers will be joining Ingrid to deliver talks:

Geri Musqua-LeBlanc, Elder, Dalhousie University Elders in Residence Program
Lenore Zann, Nova Scotia NDP Party
Ellen Sweeny, Atlantic PATH
Mikiko Terashima, School of Planning, Dalhousie University
Irvine Carvery, Africville Genealogy Society
Michelle Paul, Environmental Activist
Louise Delisle, South End Environmental Injustice Society
Dorene Bernard, Grassroots Grandmothers Circle

Free refreshments
Ingrid will be signing copies of her book, which will be available for purchase.

https://halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/5b80461e22ba0524009ac3f8

Organized by Fernwood Publishing and the ENRICH Project

As Nova Scotians, it is important to stay healthy and well. When we have a health concern, we visit our family practice. Our health needs are changing and family practice is changing too.

Collaborative family practice teams have doctors, nurse practitioners, family practice nurses and other health providers working together to provide primary care in communities.

We know that accessing a family doctor or nurse practitioner can be a challenge for some people. Nova Scotia Health Authority is creating more and strengthening existing collaborative family practice teams across the province to improve access to the primary care you need.

We would like to share more about collaborative family practice teams, hear your thoughts, and learn what we need to know to make these teams a success in Nova Scotia.

Please join us for a conversation on collaborative family practice teams. There are two options to participate:

1. Community Conversations:

Attend a conversation in a community near you. Upcoming sessions are listed on https://www.engage4health.ca/cfpt-community-conversations

Space is limited. You can register by calling 1-833-682-5988 or emailing register@nshealth.ca.

2. Participate Online:

We invite you to watch the three videos at https://www.engage4health.ca/cfpt-community-conversations, and then join the conversation on collaborative family practice teams by answering a few questions on the website. 

Toronto, Canada 

October 21-24, 2018

Early bird registration deadline: February 18, 2018

LEPH2018 is a must attend conference for you. Be part of this biennial conference exploring the complex and diverse intersections of law enforcement and public health, involving practitioners, policy makers and researchers from these and other related sectors.

Understanding this common ground is critically important, with many current social, humanitarian, security and broad public health issues requiring an inter-sectoral approach. In this emerging field it is important to bring together practitioners, policymakers and academics to explore the nature of the myriad interactions between police and public health.

Register at https://leph2018toronto.com/registrations/

Have an event coming up? We can help promote it! Send us your webinars, meetings, information sessions, or fundraisers relating to public health and health equity to info@phans.ca. We'll post it on our website, Facebook, and Twitter. Submissions must contain a picture in order to be posted, and should be sent in roughly a month before the event date. Lets help get the word out about all of the wonderful initiatives taking place across Nova Scotia!