Media advisory - Former Vancouver Mayors, Philip Owens and Senator Larry Campbell, receive 2006 CPHA National Public Health Hero Award31 May 2006
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) today presented former Vancouver Mayors Philip Owen and Senator Larry Campbell with the 2006 National Public Health Hero Award. This award recognizes their response to the public health emergency involving intravenous drug users in the Vancouver's downtown core.
The CPHA National Public Health Hero Award recognizes individuals outside the professional field of public health for their significant contributions and exceptional commitment to promoting and protecting the health of Canadians. This year's award will be presented at CPHA's 97th Annual Conference during the Public Forum event on May 29th from 19:00 to 21:00 in The British Columbia Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC.
CPHA National Public Health Hero Award - Philip Owen and
Senator Larry Campbell
Philip Owen was Vancouver's Mayor from 1999 to 2002. During his tenure,
Mayor Owen established the Four Pillar Approach to Drug Problems, which
integrates prevention, treatment, enforcement and harm reduction. He
focused Four Pillars on an understanding of addiction as a health problem
that affects all communities. Former Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell
(2002-2005) had an active role in bringing the issue of drug use to
national attention. He furthered Mayor Owen's policy through practical
application to become the Four Pillars Drug Strategy. During Mayor
Campbell's tenure, North America's first safe injection site was opened
in Vancouver.
Honourable Mention: Caroline Whitby
For the past 10 years, Caroline Whitby, a volunteer parent, has
demonstrated commitment and perseverance in her leadership of a
successful grassroots initiative to help students in Port Williams,
Nova Scotia make healthy eating choices and get more physically active.
Her initiative led to the development of The Annapolis Valley Health
Promoting Schools Project, which informs provincial health and education
policies on health promotion in Nova Scotia's schools.
In addition, CPHA, in partnership with the Canadian Institute for Health Information-Canadian Population Health Initiative, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Population and Public Health, and the Public Health Agency of Canada, will honour a number of public health professionals whose careers have helped to shape and transform the practice of public health in Canada. This year's honorary award recipients will be recognized on May 29th at the Annual Conference's Awards Luncheon from 12:00 to 14:00 in The British Columbia Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC.
R.D. Defries Award and Honorary Life Membership - Dr. John M. Last
Dr. John M. Last is emeritus professor of epidemiology at the University
of Ottawa. Born and educated in Australia, he graduated from the
University of Adelaide medical school in 1949. He is the author or editor
of 17 books, chapters in 49 books, articles in several encyclopedias,
80 original articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 200 other articles
and editorials, and numerous reports and official documents for the World
Health Organization, the Governments of Canada and Ontario and other
official agencies. He is the author of Public Health and Human Ecology
(1987, 1996) and a Dictionary of Public Health (2006). He was the
scientific editor of the Canadian Journal of Public Health 1981-1991,
editor of the Annals of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Canada 1990-1998, and interim editor of the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine in 1988-89. Dr. Last's honors include MD Honoris
Causa of Uppsala University, Sweden, 1993, and MD Honoris Causa of
Edinburgh University, Scotland, 2003.
Honorary Life Membership - Rosemarie Goodyear, RN
Ms. Goodyear is Vice President for Community Health and Primary Health
Care with the Central Regional Integrated Health Authority in
Newfoundland and Labrador. She has worked in community health nursing
since 1983, holding positions of public health/home care nurse, nurse
manager, and assistant chief executive officer. In addition, she is
involved in provincial/national initiatives related to primary health
care reform, wellness/health promotion, public health human resource
planning and networking/knowledge brokering.
Ron Draper Health Promotion Award - Government of British Columbia,
Population Health and Wellness, accepted by the Honourable George Abbott,
BC Minister of Health
By addressing the risk factors common to the most prevalent chronic
diseases, and supporting people to make healthy lifestyle decisions,
ActNow BC seeks to reduce the incidence of preventable chronic disease,
improve quality of life for British Columbians, and reduce demand on BC's
health care system. ActNow BC is a multi-sectoral initiative, engaging
all ministries of the BC Government in the development of a strategic
service plan, and more than 70 government, non-governmental, and private
sector partners. Minister of Health George Abbott will be accepting the
award on behalf of the BC Government at 10:30 am on May 31st in
The British Columbia Ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver,
900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC.
Certificate of Merit - Dr. Douglas Wilson
Dr. Wilson is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Public Health
Sciences and Medicine at the University of Alberta. From 1984-94, he was
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta, during a
time when the Faculty greatly increased its research capacity. Dr. Wilson
was instrumental in the development of the interdisciplinary Centre for
Health Promotion Studies. Most recently, he chaired the task force that
recommended the establishment of a new School (Faculty) of Public Health
at the University of Alberta.
Certificate of Merit - David Patterson (posthumously)
David Patterson was Assistant Director, Bruce-Grey Owen Sound Health
Unit. During the Walkerton Water Tragedy, in May 2000, Mr. Patterson was
the manager who led the investigation for the health unit. In order to
ensure legal chain of custody, he personally drove the initial
21 municipal water samples to the London Public Health Laboratory
overnight. He was lauded for his meticulous documentation of all his
conversations and actions during the outbreak, and his testimony at the
enquiry reflected his professionalism.
sanofi pasteur International Award - Neil Collishaw
Neil Collishaw brings over three decades of experience in public health
work, including twenty-four years of work on tobacco control, to his
duties as Research Director, Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada. As the
lead tobacco control expert with the World Health Organization's Tobacco
or Health Programme from 1991 to 1999, he supported WHO Member States to
implement comprehensive tobacco control programs, and initiated action to
create a Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Mr. Collishaw also
worked in the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare, where
from 1981 to 1991, he focused on improving Canada's tobacco control
policies.
Public Health Agency of Canada / Canadian Public Health Association
Health Human Resources Awards - Claudia Kurzac and the Community Health
Nurses Association of Canada
Claudia Kurzac is a Senior Environmental Health Officer with the
Vancouver Coastal Health region. She has worked in the Environmental
Public Health profession for 20 years. As National President of the
volunteer-operated professional association, the Canadian Institute of
Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI), she is involved in developing a program
that assesses competency for the Environmental Public Health profession.
The Community Health Nurses Association of Canada (CHNAC) was established
in 1987 as a voluntary association of public health nurses and home
health nurses. Membership comprises front-line staff, consultants,
managers, educators and researchers. CHNAC is the national voice of
Community Health Nurses to promote community health nursing and the
health of communities. The Association is working to develop
discipline-specific competencies and is planning the first national
Community Health Nursing Conference to be held May 3 -5, 2007 in Toronto.
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) is a national, independent, not-for-profit, voluntary association representing public health in Canada with links to the international public health community. CPHA's members believe in universal and equitable access to the basic conditions that are necessary to achieve health for all Canadians.
For further information: CPHA: Judy Redpath, (819) 827-3648, cell: (613) 371-4443, email: jnredpath@sympatico.ca; Full Conference Program: http://www.conference.cpha.ca/english/index.html; Internet: www.cpha.ca
Source: newswire
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