BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6406996:Event:4104 DTSTAMP:20120528T054400Z SUMMARY:Students for Medicare - Fourth Annual Conference: Medicare in the Age of Austerity DESCRIPTION:Last December, the Harper government declared that it woul d limit future growth of the Canada Health Transfers to provincial gov ernments.  This month, in Ontario, Premier McGuinty commissioned bank er Don Drummond to recommend across-the-board spending cuts.  Within this budget-cutting climate, how will health care be affected? Most im portantly, what are the solutions to make universal healthcare sustain able?\n RSVP HERE   Preliminary Agenda:\n9:30 - 10:00 Registration and Coffee 10:00 - 11:15 Opening Speaker: Dr. Gordon Guyatt \nThe Publ ic Private Debate 101 - and what it means in today's economic climate. \n11:30 - 12:30 Small Group Sessions\nParticipants take part in facili tated roundtable discussions on emerging issues in Canada's healthcare . We have a fantastic bunch of facilitators from various backgrounds a nd community groups! \n12:30 - 1:15 Lunch\n1:15 - 2:15 Keynote Speake r: Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist \nAn economist's perspective on cuts and how health care will be affected.\n2:15 - 2:30 Closing Remark s Cost: Free! \nDr. Gordon Guyatt BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC Professor, Dep artment of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics Dr. Gordon Guyatt is an internationally renowned medical researcher who has published over 750 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals, many in the most well -known and widely read publications.  Dr. Guyatt has a long involveme nt in health policy issues.  He has made important contributions to C anadian health policy debates by applying the methodology of systemati c reviews to health policy issues, in particular the outcomes of priva te for-profit versus private not-for-profit health care delivery.  He has been a leading spokesperson for the Medical Reform Group, a docto r's group that advocates for high quality health care for all Canadian s.  In 2011, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. Arm ine Yalnizyan Senior Economist, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative s One of Canada's leading progressive economists, Armine Yalnizyan j oined the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in 2008 to advance t he work of the Inequality Project.  She is a regular panellist on the weekly Big Picture Panel of Canada's premier business and economics n ews show, CBC TV's Lang and O'Leary Exchange.  She is one of the orig inal and most read contributors to the Globe and Mail's online busines s feature, Economy Lab, and also writes columns for Canadian Business magazine. She is a founding member of the Progressive Economics Forum, and writes on their blog, Relentlessly Progressive.  Relentlessly co mmitted to getting the public back into public policy, Armine is inspi red by those all around her who also keep their eyes on the prize: a b etter world is possible. \n\nFor more information visit http://www.st udentsformedicare.com/events/students-for-medicare-fourth-conference DTSTART:20120331T133000Z DTEND:20120331T183000Z CATEGORIES:conference LOCATION:Steelworkers Hall WEBSITE:http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=map+25+cecil+street+toronto&um=1& ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x882b34c6c6d73c33:0x3c57eadea6ca731e,25+Cecil+St,+ Toronto,+ON+M5T+1N1&gl=ca&ei=QKchT-vqGcn00gHHwe3mCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_re sult&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ8gEwAA URL:http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=map+25+cecil+street+toronto&um=1&ie=U TF-8&hq=&hnear=0x882b34c6c6d73c33:0x3c57eadea6ca731e,25+Cecil+St,+Toro nto,+ON+M5T+1N1&gl=ca&ei=QKchT-vqGcn00gHHwe3mCA&sa=X&oi=geocode_result &ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCEQ8gEwAA CONTACT: ORGANIZER:studentsformedicare@gmail.com ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://api.ning.com:80/files/gdxlT1dcZ6PCP vHgT8A6jgxoFdudX*9vQfSXdtmdXxo4XYKq27RWhN-wjND*-w9LjYAuWTwhlnjUa2G2b9X DZ0E9HXv5ghGn/MediCare.Poster2.jpg ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Jillian Alston":http://www.studentsformedicare.com/profile/0wr287dszn29k ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Ritika G oel":http://www.studentsformedicare.com/profile/RitikaGoel ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Y K":htt p://www.studentsformedicare.com/profile/YK ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Timothy Roche":http://www.studentsformedicare.com/profile/TimothyRoche END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR