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<b class="">2017 HCALM International Conference<br class="">
</b><b class="">Language and Health – Ethical and Policy Issues (with special focus on consent)</b><b class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class="">
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<div class="">September 28-30, 2017<br class="">
Hôtel de l’ITHQ, Montreal <br class="">
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For almost a decade Health Canada has been funding important and innovative research on linguistic issues in healthcare provision, through HCALM (Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities) Network – an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional community of
researchers. The project comprises the research capacity of the larger Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), based at the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University.<br class="">
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The HCALM network will hold its 2017 annual conference on the topic of ‘language and health – ethical and policy issues’ in September 28-30. Language and health are interrelated in myriad ways, ranging from issues of physical and mental healthcare provision
in multilingual societies, to health literacy and communication among patients, practitioners and policymakers, and to discourses of health and wellbeing. In accordance with the strong interdisciplinary nature of HCALM’s community of researchers, the conference
brings together theories, frameworks, concepts and methods from a broad range of disciplines in the medical sciences, social sciences and the humanities. Similarly, it addresses the significant ethical and policy issues at the interface of public health and
language (including sign language) policy, broadly interpreted. The third day of the conference is dedicated specifically to the topic of consent in the context of language and health.</div>
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<div class=""><b class=""><u class="">Plenary speakers:</u></b><br class="">
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<li class="">Chad Katsenhakeron Diabo, MHFA youth trainer and first responder (Kahnawake)</li><li class="">Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, bioethicist (Gallaudet)</li><li class="">Marc Zaffran, M.D., physician-writer (Montreal)</li></ul>
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<div class="">For further details concerning the event program, registration and accommodation please see the conference webpage (<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/2017-hcalm-international-conference-0" class="">https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/2017-hcalm-international-conference-0</a>). </div>
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Dr. Yael Peled<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="">
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Research Associate in Language and Health<br class="">
The Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (HCALM) Network<br class="">
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Institute for Health and Social Policy<br class="">
McGill University<br class="">
Charles Meredith House <br class="">
1130 Pine Avenue West<br class="">
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3<br class="">
Tel.: 514-398-1236 <br class="">
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Faculty of Medicine<br class="">
McGill University<br class="">
3605 Mountain St.<br class="">
Montreal, Quebec <br class="">
Canada H3G 2M1<br class="">
Tel.: 514-398-1768<br class="">
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Website: <a href="http://www.peledy.com" class="">www.peledy.com</a></div>
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