Learning from the past to improve Aboriginal health outcomes today

November 28, 2014

The 2014 Toronto Public Health annual Charles Hastings Lecture will focus on Aboriginal Health: Truth, Reconciliation and Healing. This year the keynote speakers are Dr. Evan Adams, Deputy Provincial Health Officer for Aboriginal Health in British Columbia and Duncan McCue, CBC News journalist and University of British Columbia professor. The topic of Aboriginal health was chosen in recognition of the City of Toronto’s declaration of 2014 as the Year of Truth and Reconciliation.

Date: Monday, December 1
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St. W.

In Canada, Aboriginal people fare worse than non-Aboriginal people on a myriad of health and social indicators, from diabetes and infant mortality, to poverty and homelessness. To improve health outcomes, we must learn from the past and create positive health conditions for Aboriginal people today.

Since 2008, the annual Hastings Lecture celebrates public health in Toronto and recognizes the legacy of Dr. Charles Hastings, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, who served from 1910 to 1929. Dr. Hastings was a visionary leader who transformed the practice of public health in Canada’s largest urban centre. More information about the Charles Hasting Lecture is available at .

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Lenore Bromley
Toronto Public Health
416-338-7974
lbromle@toronto.ca

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