For anyone interested, there is a special world affairs colloquium (WAC) at Trent today (Friday, March 19th) titled "The Value in Maintaining a Good Health Care System". It will be a panel discussion on Canada’s current health care challenges, opportunities and threats with local examples from Peterborough County and the Kawarthas. The talk starts at 1pm is taking place in the Gathering Space, First Peoples House of Learning, Gzowski College.
In terms of the details, the colloquium will explore some of the current challenges and opportunities that exist in the health care sector in Canada’s urban and rural context. Given the current health care debates in the United States, Canadians are beginning to understand that we too have our own health care challenges. This colloquium will feature a national approach to health care but also a local approach focusing on Peterborough Country and the Kawarthas. Topics will include illness and health, the geography of aging, the evolving role of voluntarism in rural health and discussion around hospital wait times, funding and how we can move forward.
The panel if composed of three speakers. Our first, Dr. Rosana Pellizzari who is the Medical Officer of Health for the Peterborough County-City Health Unit. Our second speaker is Mr. Paul Rosebush, the CEO of Haliburton Highland Health Services. Our final panelist is Dr. Mark Skinner, Trent Professor of Health, Rural and Social Geography.
It looks to be a highly insightful dialogue concerning our health care system and how it is evolving.
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