LALONDE@50: How can we move the needle on equitable health promotion?

May 14-15 in a hybrid format, via Zoom and in person at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montréal, Québec

This event is free of charge and will include simultaneous French-English translation.

ABOUT:

Lalonde@50

The Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy (DEEP) of the McGill School of Population and Global Health welcomes you to our annual research to policy conference - Lalonde@50: How can we move the needle on equitable health promotion?

In 1974, Marc Lalonde, then Canadian Minister of Health and Welfare, released the authoritative A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians. He proposed a wide-ranging, holistic view of “health” that went far beyond traditional medical responses to acute conditions and chronic illnesses. His emphasis on preventive measures is widely hailed as ushering in the concept of “health promotion” as well as laying the foundations for a new interest in the social determinants of health both within Canada and internationally.

On the 50th anniversary of the publication of A New Perspective, this conference seeks to re-examine the impact and legacy of the Lalonde Report from multiple disciplinary perspectives - and look beyond the report to consider how public health has evolved and where it is headed.

Through a mix of keynote plenary presentations, break-out discussions, and a set of “policy workshops,” this conference will share the latest evidence and engage speakers and participants in identifying what it will take to address the causes of homelessness and exploring solutions to prevent it.

Why you should attend

Lalonde@50 will be a unique opportunity to engage with researchers, students, public health, community, and policy leaders to discuss the history and legacy of Marc Lalonde’s ground-breaking report, and to critically assess how far we have come in building a society that produces health, not sickness, The conference will feature a mix of keynote and panel presentations and discussions, sharing the latest evidence, best practice, and engage speakers and conference participants in proposing and assessing the feasibility of concrete strategies for moving the needle on equitable health promotion. Lalonde@50 will also engage future scholars from across disciplines in a unique experiential learning opportunity in moving research to policy and include policy project presentations by DEEP undergraduate and graduate trainees.

Confirmed Keynote speakers include (in order of appearance in the program):

  • The Honourable Dr. Carolyn Bennett, Ambassador-designate to Denmark
  • Dr. Luc Boileau, Québec National Director of Public Health
  • Dr. Mylène Drouin, Regional Public Health Director of Montreal
  • Katherine Frohlich, Scientific Director of the Institute of Population and Public Health Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Partner organizations

The event is being co-hosted by the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health, the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy, the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, the Montreal Regional Public Health Department, and the Association pour la Santé Publique du QC, and is sponsored by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and supported in parts thanks to funding from the Canada Research Chairs Program.

Lalonde@50 Conference Poster