Conference Archives
For your reference, we have archived some of the presentations and program overviews from previous conferences. Click on the year below to view the information of interest to you.
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002
2009 Conference
This year's conference was held jointly with OPHA's 11 Constituent Societies on November 1-4, at the Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The theme this year was: Building for the Future. It was also a special conference in that it celebrated OPHA's 60th year anniversary as the Voice of Public Health in Ontario.
To download various conference presentations, visit the OPHA Conference website.
Read up on the Student Essay and Video Contest Winners.
Read reflections in University of Waterloo's Community Calling magazine [PDF] on the conference by Carly Heung, co-winner of OPHA's Student Essay Contest (Video section).
2008 Conference
This year's conference was held jointly with Niagara Region Public Health and the Association of Local Public Health Agencies on October 26-29, at the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It was called "A Public Health Summit" and the theme this year was: Making Healthy Communities Count.
To download various conference presentations, visit the OPHA Conference website.
2007 Conference
This year's conference was held jointly with Toronto Public Health on November 18-21, at the Toronto Eaton Centre Marriott Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. The theme this year: Public Health: Who's at Risk? What's at Stake?
To download various conference presentations, visit the OPHA Conference website.
2006 Conference
This year's conference was held jointly with the Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit on October 25-27, at the Nav Canada Conference Centre in Cornwall, Ontario.
- 2006 Conference Program [PDF, 5.0MB]
The sub-themes this year were:
- Working Together Towards a Healthy Environment
- Empowering Marginalized Communities and Serving Vulnerable Populations
- Community Mobilization
- Healthy Weights / Chronic Disease Prevention / Public Policy
- Theory Behind Practice
The following presenters have made their presentations available for the web:
NOTE: These are very large files and can take several minutes to load.
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Andrew Pipe, A Regional Approach to CVD Prevention [PPS, 8.4MB]
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Lawrence Frank, Built Environment and Enabler or Disabler of Health Promoting and Environmentally Sustainable Behaviour [PPS, 24.5MB]
Keynote Speaker - Dr. David Swann, Public Health and Politics: Finding the Balance [PPS, 9.6MB]
2005: Determining Health Through Public Health Action
This year's conference was held jointly with the Association of Local Public Health Agencies on November 22 - 23, at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto.
Visit the conference website to download presentations of speakers and concurrent sessions.
2004: Public Health: The Best Health Investment
Thinking Fast | Thinking Smart | Thinking New
This year's conference was held jointly with the Public Health Research, Education, and Development (PHRED) on November 23 - 24, at the Toronto Marriott Eaton Centre in Toronto.
- 2004 Conference Program [PDF, 465kb]
Tuesday - November 23
Keynote Speaker - Lt-General (Ret.) Roméo Dallaire, "Thinking Human Leadership and Not Only Management"
Keynote Speaker - Diane Lynn Dupuy, Founder and Director of Famous People Players
Town Hall Meeting, Opening Remarks [PDF, 44kb] - Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-term Care
Wednesday - November 24
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Keynote Speaker - Dr. Sheela Basrur, Chief Medical Officer of Health & Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Long-term Care, "Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives" [PPS, 976kb]
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Keynote Speaker - Dr. Peter Monette, "Ethical Challenges in Public Health" [PPS, 145kb]
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Chaviva Hošek, "Early Childhood: The Best Investment"
2003: Environment . Partnership . Innovation
This year's conference was held jointly with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit on November 2 - 5, at the Cleary International Centre in Windsor, Ontario.
Monday - November 3
Keynote Speaker - Dr. David Swann, former medical officer, Palliser Health Authority, Alberta.
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Matthew Boulton, Chief Medical Epidemiologist and Director of the Bureau of Epidemiology, Michigan Department of Community Health.
Tuesday - November 4
Keynote Speaker - Dr. Jurgen Rehm, Senior Consultant and Head of the Working Group on Comparative Risk Assessment for Alcohol, World Health Organization.
Wednesday - November 5
Keynote Speaker - Wendy Mesley, Senior Journalist, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
2002: Partners Moving Beyond Borders
This year's conference was held jointly with the York Region Health Services on November 18-20, at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel & Conference Centre, Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Tuesday - November 19
Keynote Speaker - The Honourable Tony Clement [PDF, 31kb], Minister of Health and Long-Term Care