May 2015

June 22-24, 2015. Halifax, NS. Volunteers Needed!! Student volunteers are wanted for an upcoming conference (Re)Building Inclusive Societies: Critical Reflections in Disability and Global Development on June 22-24, 2015, located at Mount Saint Vincent University and Dalhousie University.

Nov. 5-7, 2015. Montreal, Quebec. Capacity Building for Global Health: Research & Practice. The 22nd Canadian Conference on Global Health will provide a forum for practitioners, researchers, educators, students, policy makers and community mobilizers interested in primary health care to share knowledge, experience and promote innovation and collaborative action.

June 15, 2015 @ 12 pm. Location: Sir Charles Tupper Courtyard (exterior space). Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care is organizing a fourth National Day of Action on June 15th to take the facts directly to the streets and tell Canadians the consequences of the federal government’s cuts to refugee health care.

Conference Dates: November 19 - 21, 2015. Mexico City, Mexico. Theme: Co-producing High Quality People-Centered Integrated Care for ALL. The International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC), in partnership with The Secretaria de la Salud Mexicana, the National College for Especialist on Integrated Medicine (CONAEMI) and the University of Anahuac, is hosting the 3rd World Congress on Integrated Care.

Submission Deadline: June 18, 2015 Conference Dates: November 19 - 21, 2015 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Theme: Co-producing High Quality People-Centered Integrated Care for ALL The International Foundation of Integrated Care (IFIC), in partnership with The Secretaria de la Salud Mexicana, the National College for Especialist on Integrated Medicine (CONAEMI) and the University of Anahuac, is accepting abstract submissions for their upcoming Congress.

Date: June 11, 2015 Location: Penthouse at Northwood at The Harbour, Halifax Theme: Developing Culturally Competent Primary Health Assessment Approaches for LGBTQ Populations in Nova Scotia The Knowledge Sharing Workshop on LGBTQ Health will focus on sharing the findings of our research on LGBTQ health in Nova Scotia with key decision-makers and knowledge-users to inform the process of developing primary health priorities and consensus on: 1) what are the salient primary health issues to be measured 2) how best to measure these to help inform primary health practices and responses, and 3) how to develop culturally competent baseline primary health assessment approaches and tools, with, for and by the LGBTQ communities in Nova Scotia.

Wed. June 10 @ 12 pm. Halifax: Tupper Theatre A, Saint John: Rm. 105 Are you, or someone you know, interested in studying Medicine at Dalhousie? Come out and learn more about the application process. The session is available to both campuses and all prospective applicants are welcome!

Thursday, June 4 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm. Atlantica Hotel Halifax Building on last year’s success, the 2015 Primary Health Care Research Day will bring interested parties together to discuss how research can be leveraged to improve PHC in Nova Scotia.

Professor project proposals due: June 18, 2015, by 5 p.m. PDT. Globalink Research Internships dates: May to Sept. 2016. The Mitacs Globalink Research Internship is a competitive initiative for international undergraduates from Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Turkey and Vietnam. From May to September of each year, top-ranked applicants participate in a 12-week research internship under the supervision of Canadian university faculty members in a variety of academic disciplines.

Call for Papers deadline: May 30, 2015 Conference dates: June 10 - 12, 2015 Location: Barcelona, Spain The Association of Science, Education and Technology (TASET), Governors State University and Sakarya University are pleased to invite you to the 6th "International Conference on New Horizons in Education" to be held at Barcelona, Spain from 10-12 June 2015. International Conference on New Horizons (INTE) aims to provide a multinational platform where the latest trends in education can be presented and discussed in a friendly environment with the aim to learn from each other. Prospective presenters are encouraged to submit proposals for papers and posters/demonstrations that offer new research or theoretical contributions. Papers should be in Italian, Turkish, English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Arabic and should address both theoretical issues and new research findings. Abstract submitted to the conference must be in English.