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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Registration and Coffee |
8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Opening Welcome
Allon Reddoch Conference Scientific Chair, Past President, Canadian Medical Association
Andy King United Steelworkers of America - Canada
Jack Richman AssessMed Inc.
Marc White Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability |
Moderator Morning Session Jan Mitchell Healthcare Benefit Trust |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Joe Leutzinger Academy for Health & Productivity Management
Health and Productivity Management: The New Paradigm
for Addressing Employee Health |
9:30 am - 10:00 am |
Benjamin C. Amick III
University of Texas
Organizations, Health and Productivity: Missing Links or Links Missing? |
10:00 am -10:15 am |
Q & A |
10:15 am - 11:00 am |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Terry Bogyo WorkSafeBC
Demographic effects: Implications for the workplace?
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Jane Petruniak Towers Perrin
Highlights of Towrs Perrin's "Global Engagement" Study |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Colleen McKinnel Watson Wyatt
Highlights of Watson Wyatt's "Staying at Work" Survey |
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm |
Q & A |
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
Moderator Afternoon Session: Peter Coleridge (Provincial Health Services Authority) or Ken Hemphill |
1:30 pm - 2:10 pm |
Early Recognition Mental Health, Addictions and Substance Abuse
Merv Gilbert Moderator Gilbert Acton Consultants
Thomas F. Beasley Coutts & Pulver
Paula Cayley Interlock
Elayne Preston Employee First Health and Safety Consulting
Margaret Tebbut Canadian Mental Health Association
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2:10 pm – 2:30 pm |
Q & A |
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Poster Exhibition |
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
Networking Break in Exhibit Area |
3:15 pm- 3:40 pm |
John Beckett
Vancouver Airport Authority
Case Study YVR: Creating a Healthy Culture
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3:40 pm - 4:05 pm |
Bill Meechan Washington Marine Group
Case Study: Making OHS Work
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4:05 pm - 4:30 pm |
Paul Farnan Drs. Farnan & O'Driscoll Inc.
Good communication is associated with good medicine as well as good business.
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| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Q & A |
5:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Reception |
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7:00 am - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 am - 8:45 am |
Welcome |
Moderator Morning Session: Mieke Koehoorn Department of Helath Care and Epidemiology, UBC |
8:45 am - 9:15 am |
John Perry National Quality Institute
Elements that make up a healthy workplace
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| 9:15 am - 9:40 am |
Renée-Louise Franche Institute for Work and Health
Results of the literature review on workplace-based return to work interventions
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| 9:40 am - 10:00 am |
Andrew Clarke Clarke Brown Associates
Practical aspects of moving research into practice
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| 10:00 am - 10:15 am |
Q & A |
| 10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Poster Exhibition |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 pm |
Patrick Loisel Sherbrooke University
From evidence to community practice in work rehabilitation: The Quebec experience
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| 11:30 am - 12:00 am |
Doug Kube Purolator
Creating competitive advantage through investment in our employees
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| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm |
Q & A |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
Moderator Afternoon Session Jane Petruniak (Towers Perrin) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm |
Psychologically Healthy Workplaces - Case Presentations
Jennifer Newman Moderator Newman & Grigg Psychological and Consulting Services
Horace Armoogum Petro-Canada
John Beckett Vancouver Airport Authority
Rose Weber VanCity
Sandra Ciparis VanCity
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| 2:10 pm – 2:30 pm |
Q & A |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Academia Meets Popular Press: An Uneasy Truce or Match Made In Heaven?
Jennifer Newman Moderator R.Psych and Vancouver Sun Columnist
Andre Picard The Globe and Mail
Jason Osler Chum Television
Patrick Loisel
Sherbrooke University
Marc White Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability
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| 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm |
Q & A |
| 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Linking Research to Practice Presentations |
| 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
Museum of Anthropology
Ticket - Private Tour
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| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
Salmon BBQ Dinner
Ticket - Student Union Building
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| 7:00 am - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 8:35 am |
Welcome |
Moderator Morning Session Jack Richman President, Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability |
| 8:35 am - 9:00 am |
John Millar
Provincial Health Services Authority
A Healthier Workplace = A Healthier Bottom Line
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| 9:00 am - 9:25 am |
Liz Scott
(Organizational Solutions Inc)
How to Link Disability Management to the Bottom Line and Disability Management Programs: Costs, Trends and Solutions
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| 9:25 am - 9:45 am |
Q & A |
| 9:45 am - 10:25 am |
Labour Management Partnerships
Andy King Moderator United Steelworkers of America - Canadian National Office
Gerry Smith United Steelworkers of America
Catherine Fast Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Annalee Yassi OHSAH
Mona Sykes BCGEU
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| 10:25 am – 10:45 am |
Q & A |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am |
Poster Exhibition |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm |
Panel: Societal Trends: Forecasting from Insurance Data
Nan Bennett Moderator Healthcare Benefit Trust
Roberta Ellis WorkSafeBC
Sue Reibel Group Benefits, Manulife
Brad Fedorchuk Great-West Life
Ken Martin Pacific Blue Cross
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| 12:10 pm – 12:30 pm |
Q & A |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
Moderator Afternoon Session Cathy Rambarran Manulife |
| 1: 30 pm - 1:45 pm |
Allon Reddoch Chair
Disability Prevention and Management Collaborative
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| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm |
Moving Research into Training: Best Practices in Leadership Training for Labour, Business, and Education:
Ali Dastmalchian Moderator University of Victoria
Angela M. Downey University of Ottawa |
| 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Q & A |
| 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm |
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall |
| 3:30 pm - 4:10 pm |
T. Larry Myette (Canceled)
Healthcare Benefit Trust
Using an Integrative Model to Manage Chronic Disease in the Workplace
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| 4:10 pm – 4:20 pm |
Q & A |
| 4:20 pm – 4:30 pm |
Summation and Closing Remarks |
Conference Speakers, Topics and Biographies
Download Conference PDF Brochure and Preliminary Program
The conference is using the following conceptual framework to create the scientific program.
Conceptual Framework
Business Health – Employee Health:
Creation, Retention and Renewal
Connecting Research to Training and Practice |
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