SPECTRUM III Conference: Urban Poverty in Ottawa
SPECTRUM III Conference: Urban Poverty in Ottawa
Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 9:00am-4:00pm
If you are planning on attending the upcoming SPECTRUM Conference, you can still register! However, some sessions are close to capacity, so register soon for best availability! Registration is only $20, including lunch and refreshments.
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This year, SPECTRUM III – a conference organized by graduate students of Carleton’s School of Public Policy and Administration – explores the topic of urban poverty in Ottawa. Issues covered will include housing, health, gender, food security, homelessness and media, social enterprise, and income inequality, among others. The conference intends to provide a forum for learning and discussion with local participants in the poverty reduction community. All are welcome – and encouraged – to attend.
When: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 9:00am-4:00pm (Program Begins at 9:30am)
Where: Tory Building, Carleton University
Keynote Address:
“The Health Consequences of Poverty in Canada” by DR. JEFF TURNBULL, Ottawa Hospital Chief of Staff, co-founder of the Ottawa Inner City Health program, President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), and recipient of the Order of Canada
Closing Remarks:
YASIR NAQVI, Ottawa Centre Member of Provincial Parliament
Concurrent Session Speakers:
- RAY SULLIVAN, Executive Director, Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation: ‘Affordable and Sustainable Housing in Ottawa – The Beaver Barracks’
- MARC MARACLE: ‘Urban Aboriginal Realities and Myths’
- ELAINE MURKIN, City of Ottawa: ‘Food Security and Public Health’
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- ROB RAINER, Executive Director, Canada Without Poverty: ‘Income Inequality and Poverty in Ottawa’
- YVONNE GARVEY, Resource Development Manager, Cornerstone: ‘Gender, Housing, and Poverty’
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- DON PALMER, Executive Director, Causeway: ‘Social Enterprise’
- ‘Ottawa’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities’ - LINDA LALONDE, Co‐Chair, Ottawa Poverty Reduction Network & PAULINE DALING, Policy Research Analyst, City of Ottawa
- GINA GROSENICK, PhD, Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication: ‘Media and Homelessness’
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For more information, please email: spectrum@carleton.ca