Health Literacy: The Whole Community Approach

A Lunch Hour Symposium by one of Canada’s Leading Experts on Literacy:

 

Health Literacy in Alberta

 

“Finding ways to improve the health literacy of citizens, patients and front-line health workers is central to realizing productivity growth in the health sector.”

T. Scott Murray

Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy (CRISP)

Former Director General of StatsCan

 

Monday, Nov 23

12:00 – 2:00 pm

John Dutton Theatre

Calgary Public Library,

616 Macleod Trail S.E.

 

Who should come?

Healthcare providers, researchers, educators, policy makers, information providers, community members, students.

 

$20 registration includes keynote talk, reactor panel, lunch and door prizes. Payable at the door.

 

To register:

Contact Shauna May at 403-260-2664 or shauna.may@calgarypubliclibrary.com

Registration closes Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:00 noon

 

In partnership with Literacy Alberta, Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association, and the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources