BC Office

Come hear from four panelists with direct experience in organizing and delivering more integrated care to frail seniors in their community:

• Shannon Berg, Executive Director, Home and Community Care, Vancouver Coastal Health
• Dr. John Sloan, Home Vive, family physician
• Michele Jessop, Manager, Choice/ Day Programs, Alberta Health, Edmonton
• Anne Chrisholm, Director, Community and Residential Services, Northern Health Authority

Free, but registration required. To register, contact Danny Li: danny@policyalternatives.ca or 604-801-5121 x222.

Unitarian Church - 949 West 49th Ave, at Oak St
Getting there: Parking available. By transit, on #49 and #17 bus routes; walk or short bus ride from Langara/49th skytrain station on the Canada Line

Presented by the CCPA-BC/Remaining Light Seniors Project, Integrated Care Advocacy, and Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver

Supported by United Way of the Lower Mainland

Next Up taking applications for 2012/13 programs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon

Next Up -- A leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice

Next Up is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between the ages of 18 and 32. The program, co-founded by the CCPA's BC Office, is now offered in four cities across three provinces. (The Vancouver and Saskatoon programs are co-hosted by CCPA's local provincial offices there. Next Up in Edmonton and Calgary are co-hosted by the good folks at Alberta's Parkland Institute.)
 
In each province, a group of young people will be selected for an intense seven month program. Participants will develop life-long relationships, explore different leadership styles, meet some of the province’s leading change-makers, learn new leadership and organizing skills, and be exposed to current and topical social justice issues and progressive governance.
 
The deadline to apply for Next Up BC is Friday September 14, 2012 (deadlines vary for each province). The program runs between October 2012 and May 2013. Please forward this call far and wide -- to individuals, organizations, institutions and your progressive networks. Thank you in advance for helping us find the fabulous young leaders for Next Up 2012/13!
 
Application forms and more information can be found at:  http://www.nextup.ca/index.php/how-to-apply/

Or read about the program in this great feature on TheTyee.ca, Grooming Generation Activist.

Next Up is a project of genius (the global youth education network society), in partnership with the Columbia Institute Centre for Civic Governance, The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Parkland Institute.

We are proud to present, in partnership with UBC's Department of Economics, the Gideon Rosenbluth Memorial Lecture. Economist Bob Allen will present "Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction," based on his book of the same name. Professor Allen is a leading economic historian and was a close friend of Gideon Rosenbluth, also a highly respected economist and long time research associate at the CCPA.

UBC Robson Square, Room C150/C180

For more information and registration, go to http://bit.ly/rosenbluth-lecture

Our latest study shows that BC seniors' access to home and community care continues to decline. Home and community care includes services like home nursing, residential care and home support that help keep seniors healthy and independent. Without these services, more seniors end up in hospital, taking up beds that could be used by others.

Find out more: Caring for BC's Aging Population: Improving Health Care for All

Listen to author Marcy Cohen today on CBC Radio's Early Edition at 7:40 AM, CKNW's Bill Good Show at 10:40 AM, or CFAX's Dave Dickson Show at 2:05 PM, and check out the article and opinion piece about the study in The Province.