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On Sunday, March 24th and Monday, March 25th, 2013, the McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project’s hosted a research conference entitled Breaking the barriers: Overcoming language and cultural barriers to the delivery of equitable health care services to linguistic minorities—Bringing together research and practice. The focus of the conference was to discuss the challenges encountered in attempting to address language and cultural barriers in the delivery of equitable healthcare services to linguistic minorities and to find ways to bring together research and practice in this area. The goal of the conference was to articulate the nature of the newly emerging field "the study of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural barriers in healthcare communication" by bringing together leading thinkers and scholars from various complementary disciplines. Please scroll down to view videos, presentations and posters. Click here to view a complete online slideshow. |
OPENING REMARKS |
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André Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, McGill University Click here for video. |
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Roger Farley, Executive Director, Official Language Community Development Bureau, Health Canada Click here for video. |
FEATURED SPEAKER |
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Antonia Maioni, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, and Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University Click here for video. |
IDENTIFYING INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH |
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The Contribution of Wealth and Poverty to Life Expectancy of Anglophones in Montreal Principal Investigator: Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de santé publique, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Neighbourhood Risk Factors for Poor Fetal Growth in Anglophone Montrealers Principal Investigator: Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de santé publique, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
RETENTION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES |
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The Development and Retention of Health Professionals in Aboriginal Communities through Information and Communication Technologies Presented by Amélie Lampron, Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Université Laval, and member of the CHUQ Research Centre, St-François d’Assise Hospital: Research Axis for Knowledge Transfer and Health Technologies Assessment Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES |
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Assessing Language Barriers to Mental Health Services in a Multi-ethnic Patient Population Presented by Rana Ahmed, Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Laurence J. Kirmayer, Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, and James McGill Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Supporting Community Literacy for Improved Health and Literacy Outcomes in Urban and Rural Quebec Principal Investigator: Robert Savage, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Development of an Online Multi-Module Elective Telehealth Course for Nurses Principal Investigator: Antonia Arnaert, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, and Faculty Member, McGill Programs in Whole-Person Care Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
DEVELOPMENT OF SECOND LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES |
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Assessing and Overcoming Second Language (L2) Semantic Barriers in Health Professionals: Phase III Principal Investigator: Norman Segalowitz, Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Formative On-Line Assessment Instrument for Nurses Learning ESL Principal Investigator: Michel Laurier, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, and Professor, Department of Educational Foundation and Administration, Université de Montréal Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Modelling Health-Care Giver/Patient Task-Specific Dialogues: Phase III Principal Investigator: Henrietta Cedergren, Honorary Professor, Department of Linguistics, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Task-based Language Teaching Modules and Input Frequency: Training Francophone Nurses in Quebec Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Gatbonton, Associate Professor, Department of Education, Concordia University Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Creating Linguistic Corpora for Second Language (L2) Training of Health Professionals: Phase III Presented by Stephanie Lapointe, Research Assistant Principal Investigator: Leif French, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC) Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
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Assessing Second Language (L2) Productive Vocabulary in Health Professionals: Phase III Principal Investigator: Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for video, presentation, and poster. |
CLOSING REMARKS |
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André Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, McGill University Click here for video. |
Main Partners |
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Associated Partners |
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The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project is funded by Health Canada |
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OPENING REMARKS |
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André Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, McGill University Click here for video. |
FEATURED SPEAKER |
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Laurence Kirmayer, Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, and James McGill Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Click here for video. |
ROUND TABLE MODERATOR |
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William Floch, Manager of Research, Official Languages, Canadian Heritage |
ROUND TABLE I: REALITIES AND MYTHS OF LINGUISTIC BARRIERS IN HEALTH CARE |
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Nathalie Auger, Surveillance specialist and epidemiologist at the Institut national de santé publique (INSPQ), and Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Montreal's School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Click here for video. |
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Richard Bourhis, Professor, Department of Psychology (Intercultural Relations), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM) Click here for video video. |
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Eric Jarvis, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, and Researcher, Institute of Community and Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital Click here for video. |
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Question & Answer PeriodModerated by Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for video. |
ROUND TABLE II: CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF LINGUISTIC BARRIERS IN HEALTH CARE |
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Anne Leis, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Click here for video and presentation. |
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Joanne Pocock, Research Consultant, JPocock Research Consulting and Adjunct Researcher, Carleton University, Expert in Quebec's linguistic minority communities Click here for video. |
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Elma Moses, Faculty Member, First Peoples Studies Program, Concordia University Click here for video and presentation. |
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Question & Answer PeriodModerated by Eva Kehayia, Director, Graduate Program, and Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, McGill University, and Scientific Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR) Click here for video. |
ROUND TABLE III: OVERCOMING BARRIERS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS AND COMMUNITY |
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Jennifer Johnson, Executive Director, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) Click here for video. |
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Estelle Chamoux, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and Member of the Psychological Health and Well-being Research Cluster, Bishop's University Click here for video and presentation. |
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Gwerfyl Roberts, Senior Lecturer, School of Healthcare Sciences, Bangor University Click here for video. |
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Question & Answer PeriodModerated by Andrew Ryder, Director, Culture, Health and Personality Lab, and Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for video. |
WRAP-UP AND CLOSING |
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Past, Present and Future of Research in Access to Health Care for Linguistic Minorities in QuebecNorman Segalowitz, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Click here for video. |
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Linguistic DiversityAndré Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP), Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, McGill University Click here for video. |
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Closing RemarksSarah Stroud, Associate Vice-Principal, Humanities and Social Sciences (Research and International Relations) - Oversees the strategic direction of the Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project at McGill University, and Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, McGill University Click here for video. |
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The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project is funded by Health Canada |
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Organizing CommitteeAndré Costopoulos, Principal Investigator, Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Dean of Students, McGill University Norman Segalowitz, Director, Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team, and Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University James Carter, Program and Policy Advisor, Community Health and Social Services Network (CHSSN) Estelle Chamoux, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, and member of the Psychological Health and Well-being Research Cluster, Bishop's University french [at] shsu.edu (Leif French), Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, and member of the Health-Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (H-CALM) research team Eva Kehayia, Director, Graduate Program, and Associate Professor, School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, and Scientific Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation (CRIR) Andrew Ryder, Director, Culture, Health and Personality Lab, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University Main Partners |
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The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project is funded by Health Canada |
Downloadable ProgramFor questions related to the Research Development Program or conference, you may contact: Melissa J. Bahamonde Research Coordinator, Research Development Program Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project McGill University - Faculty of Arts P 514.398.3197 l F 514.398.2627 e-mail: melissa.bahamonde [at] mcgill.ca Main Partners |
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The McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project is funded by Health Canada |
