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Séminaire de l'OMISS

 

Programme
June 7, 2002, at the Montreal Public Health Department

Moderator : Robert Perreault
Simultaneous translation available


9h00 - 10h00 OPENING SESSION
9h00 - 9h05 Marie-France Raynault, Director of OMISS
9h05 - 9h25 Richard Lessard, Director of the Montreal Public Health Department
9h25 - 9h40 Louise O'Sullivan-Boyne, Member of the executive committee, Ville de Montréal

9h40 - 12h30 THEMATIC SESSION 1
What is at stake in Montreal and in other large cities in Canada ?
9h40 - 10h00 Paul Bernard, sociologist - Université de Montréal
Is the social fabric being torn apart in Montréal ?
10h00 - 10h20 Annick Germain, sociologist
INRS - Urbanisation, Culture et Société
The Social Sustainability of Montreal - a local or a state matter ?
10h20 - 10h40 QUESTION PERIOD
10h40 - 11h00 BREAK
11h00 - 11h30 David Hulchanski, urbanist
Center for Urban and Community Studies. Faculty of Social Work - University of Toronto
Lessons to be learned from Toronto
11h30 - 11h45 QUESTION PERIOD
11h45 - 12h05 Michael Hayes, geographer
Institute for Health Research and Education. Simon Fraser University
Spatial distribution of health inequalities and localized policy impacts within Vancouver's Census Metropolitan Area
12h05 - 12h30

QUESTION PERIOD AND DISCUSSION
12h30 - 13h30 LUNCH

13h30 - 15h00 THEMATIC SESSION 2
Spatial distribution of social determinants of health : housing
13h30 - 14h00 Francine Dansereau, sociologist
INRS-Urbanisation, Culture et Société
Social housing and the fight against poverty and exclusion
14h00 - 14h10 QUESTION PERIOD
14h10 - 14h25 Commentary : Martin Wexler
Head of the "Division de l'expertise et du soutien au développement résidentiel"
Direction de l'Habitation, Ville de Montréal
14h25 - 15h00 DISCUSSION
15h00 - 15h15 BREAK

15h15 - 17h10 THEMATIC SESSION 2 (cont.)
Spatial distribution of social determinants of health :Food supply and asset ownership
15h15 - 15h40 Lise Bertrand, Coordinator of the working group on "food security"
Montreal Public Health Department
Social inequalities in access to food in Montreal
15h40 - 15h50 QUESTION PERIOD
15h50 - 16h00 Commentary : Marc Boucher
Chef de section - Division du développement social
Ville de Montréal
16h00 - 16h15 DISCUSSION
16h15 - 16h35 François Thérien, Planning and Programming Agent
Montreal Public Health Department
Asset building and the distribution of financial services in Montreal
16h35 - 16h40 QUESTION PERIOD
16h40 - 16h55 Commentary : Ruth Rose-Lizée
Economist
Université du Québec à Montréal
16h55 - 17h10 DISCUSSION

17h10

CLOSING SESSION
What is the next step

Marie-France Raynault
The Market Basket Measure of Poverty

 


17h30 COCKTAIL