BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250513T040204EDT-6843a43LiW@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250513T080204Z DESCRIPTION:Canada’s universal health system is facing an unprecedented cri sis: one in six Canadians lack a primary care provider and health needs po st-pandemic are surging. Knowledge and know-how to overcome this crisis ha ve never been in greater demand.\n\nJoin us for the fourth seminar in the 3rd edition of the Global Primary Health Care seminar series “Health worke rs and frontline care in the post-COVID-19 context” which draws on evidenc e and insights\, both local and global\, on how to revitalize Canada’s hea lth workforce and primary care. This seminar series is a collaboration bet ween the Department of Family Medicine and the School of Population and Gl obal Health at ϲ University.\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, October 18\, 2023\, from noon to 1 p.m.\n\nWhere: Online on Zoom\n\nRegister now!\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n Margaret Walton-Roberts | Professor\, Department of Geography and En vironmental Studies\, Wilfrid Laurier University\n\n Bukola Salami | Profes sor\, Cumming School of Medicine\, University of Calgary\n\n Panelist bios \n\n Margaret Walton-Roberts is a professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University\, and affiliated t o the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo. Educated in t he UK and Canada\, she has published widely in issues related to gender an d migration\, immigrant settlement in mid-sized cities and global health p rofessional migration. Her current research focuses on the international m igration of health care professionals within Asia and from Asia to North A merica and Europe. She is the migration\, mobility and integration theme l ead for the Canadian Health Workforce Network. She edited Global Migration \, Gender and Health Professional Credentials: Transnational Value Transfe rs and Losses which was published by University of Toronto Press in 2022. Her latest book\, Global health worker migration: problems and solutions w as published with Cambridge University Press in 2023.\n\n Bukola Salami is a professor in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary . Professor Salami’s research program focuses on policies and practices sh aping migrant health as well as Black people’s health. She has been involv ed in over 80 funded studies totalling over $200 million\, including match ing funds. She founded the African Child and Youth Migration Network\, a n etwork of 42 scholars and the Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Progra m at the University of Alberta. Her work on Black youth mental health info rmed the creation of the first mental health clinic for Black Canadians in Western Canada. She has presented her work to policy makers (including tw ice to the Prime Minister of Canada and once to the House of Commons Stand ing Committee on Health). In addition to being an Editor for the Canadian Journal of Nursing Research\, she is an Associate Editor of the Canadian M edical Association Journal (CMAJ) and on the Editorial Board of Nursing In quiry and Qualitative Health Research. She is an advisory board member of the CIHR Institute for Human Development\, Child and Youth Health.\n\n Semi nar series on “Health workers and frontline care in the post-COVID-19 cont ext”\n\n Across the country and globally\, there are visible cracks in the primary healthcare system. In Canada alone\, millions lack access to a ded icated family physician or equivalent frontline provider\, and unsurprisin gly visits to emergency rooms are increasing\, further straining an over-s tretched system. Central to an effective primary health system is a suffic ient number of empowered and satisfied health workers. Instead\, shortages of key health personnel\, grievances\, burnout and turnover have been see n across the country\, and globally not only placing the general populatio n at risk but also aggravating working conditions for other health workers . These challenges are due to many factors\, including choices about the h ealth workforce and the broader contexts within which health systems funct ion. Learn more about the series.\n\n DTSTART:20231018T160000Z DTEND:20231018T170000Z LOCATION:Online SUMMARY:How can migration of health workers strengthen the health system? URL:/spgh/channels/event/how-can-migration-health-work ers-strengthen-health-system-351518 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR