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This event is presented by the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers and Adrian Matadi

Join the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers and Adrien Matadi for a Q&A session about community health navigation refugees and newcomers.

I am Adrien Matadi and I was born in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then known as Zaire. I served under Mobutu’s regime as a Peace Officer in the Special Unit and was posted in Egypt and Sudan for 6 years.

I used to be a Care Navigator at Denver Health for 9 years, and now I am a Project Specialist. As a Care Navigator, I focused much of my work on in the Denver Health Refugee Clinic as a refugee intake and scheduling specialist. Now, I work in developing standard work for different projects such as Latent Tuberculosis Infection known as LTBI, Linkage to care, Covid 19 Outreach, etc. I have been in Colorado for 17 years and I have been working with refugees since my arrival in March 2006. I started working with refugees in 1997 when I became a refugee myself. Back in Ethiopia, I earned different positions in the refugee communities such advisor to field director of Jesuit Refugee Service, Urban Refugee Coordinator with UNHCR, ARRA (Administration for Refugees and Returnees Affairs), and all NGOs dealing with refugees. While in exile, I earned a law degree in Humanitarian and Human Rights Law and associate degree in Auto-Mechanics in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I also hold CCNA certificate in Computer Science and several other public heath related certificates.

This session will be an informal, discussion format. There will be no slides or presentation, but an opportunity for participants to ask any questions they have about community health navigation for newcomer populations. Please submit your questions ahead of time through the registration form or by emailing sarah@refugeesociety.org

This event is hosted by the CSA Group.

Canada’s healthcare system is under significant strain. The lasting impacts of the pandemic, and an aging and growing population, are putting additional pressure on the system. Despite the promise of universal health care, nearly a quarter of Canadians do not have access to a primary care physician, prolonged wait times are increasingly the norm, and some services such as treatment for mental health aren’t covered at all for many.

Canadian health care should be held to a higher standard. Canada needs a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to build a modern system that prioritizes patients’ overall wellbeing.

CSA Group’s inaugural policy conference will bring together thought leaders, practitioners, researchers, and industry experts to advance solutions to the current and looming stresses facing Canada’s healthcare system. CSA’s healthcare conference will address several areas including:

• Building a robust primary care system
• Modernizing the Canada Health Act
• Accelerating healthcare innovation
• Addressing the social determinants of health
• Envisioning the future of health care

JOIN US on Friday, September 27 at 12 p.m. for a very special one-hour launch party webinar for Community Health and Wellbeing Month 2024 – The Future of Community: Primary Health Care As the Foundation of the Health System. 

# What to expect

Come dressed as your favourite sci-fi or futuristic character, if you feel like it!  And get ready to PARTY (as much as a webinar will allow), as we share:

• Resources available to you for the month to deliver messages about your organization’s amazing work, why it’s so vital, and why governments need to do more to support it.
• Reflections from Marie-Lauren Gregoire Drummond, the Alliance's Director of Communications and Stakeholder Relations, about this year's theme and why #CHWM is important to Alliance members this year.
• A primer on the Alliance’s upcoming Queen’s Park Lobby Day. This event, which will take place on November 26, will focus on the incredible impact of our members' work as well as the need for sufficient and stable funding to sustain it.

Since it's a party, we'll also have music and dancing to help us connect, celebrate, and build excitement. If you want lunch, you'll have to bring it yourself.  

# What to bring

Please bring your event details and shareable content with you, plus any questions, comments, suggestions or complaints! We want to hear them all, and help you make this an amazing month of advocacy for health equity and community health and wellbeing!

This conference is presented by Parachute and KITE (Knowledge. Innovation. Talent. Everywhere.)/University Health Network. . 

The first in-person Canadian Fall Prevention Conference in six years will be held April 9 and 10, 2025 at the bright and spacious Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library in downtown Toronto. 

Parachute is hosting this conference along with co-host KITE (Knowledge. Innovation. Talent. Everywhere.)/University Health Network. We are pleased to invite you to join colleagues from across Canada to attend this event that will highlight new research and knowledge, explore the implementation of promising practices, and learn about cross-cutting issues to prevent and mitigate the impact of falls and falls-related injuries on diverse populations.  Supported by CIHR’s Institutes of Aging and Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis, the 2025 Canadian Fall Prevention Conference will bring together healthcare professionals, academics, researchers, government representatives, public health/injury prevention and industry leaders working in fall prevention.

The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon is a beautiful public venue is located at the crossroads of Bloor Street and Yonge Street, close to restaurants, sporting events, shopping, museums and attractions.    Information on early bird registration, a preliminary program, accommodation and an exciting tour of the KITE lab can be found through this link - https://parachute.ca/fallconference2025 . 

# Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts has been released and abstracts are being accepted until October 31, 2024. Abstracts are to address seniors’ fall or injury prevention, either as research studies or practice/community initiatives. Abstracts will be accepted as:

• Digital poster presentations with 3-min oral presentation
• Individual (oral) presentations
• Panel presentations
• Workshops

For more details and to submit your abstract, visit https://site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEBKTKSVLODK/abstracts   For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Pamela Fuselli at pfuselli@parachute.ca.