McMaster University Faculty of Health Science’s Gender and Health Education Initiative creates educational events that examine the impacts of gender on health, healthcare and wellness. The Federation of Medical Women of Canada is the voice of women physicians on issues such as women’s health, human trafficking and violence prevention.

Ohneganos Ohnegahdę:gyo-Water is Life– works with Six Nations of the Grand River, Oshweken, Ontario, Lubicon Lake Band of Little Buffalo, Alberta and McMaster University to address environmental health solutions on First Nations reserves. Its aim is to co-create sustainable water management pathways for holistic environmental and human wellness. CIHRTeamSV is a Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Gender and Health and Public Health Agency of Canada-funded team. Sex, gender, health, and resilience are the goals for Canadian intervention and innovations. These partners have developed a program of inter-linkages and intersectionality.

The 2020 May Cohen Lecture will be given by world renowned expert in child sexual exploitation, Dr. Jordan Greenbaum. The focus of this conference is on resilience, health, and gender-based violence. Importantly, we seek to integrate the Indigenous perspective of the integral linkages among water wellness, women’s health, youth resilience and solutions for positive change.

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. You may claim a maximum of 12.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).