[getsmart-l] Conference - Community Quality of Life: From Indicators to Action

[Andrew Schulz]

May 29-30, 2008
Great Northern Resort and Conference Centre
229 Great Northern Rd., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada P6B 4Z2
Phone: 1 705.942.2500 Toll Free Direct: 1 800.563.7262 Fax: 1 705.942.2570
Limited Registration – Don’t Miss Out!
Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition, Community Quality Improvement, 
Algoma University College
and Garden River First Nation have put together an exciting two-day 
conference in Sault Ste. Marie,
Ontario.
"Community Quality of Life: From Indicators to Action" will bring 
together private, public and notfor-
profit sector leaders in the common challenge of improving human well 
being within their
communities.
The main focus of the conference will be on indicator initiatives, which 
are being developed by many
communities across Canada to address a range of community issues. It 
will provide opportunities for
sharing information about approaches to measuring community quality of 
life and ways of making
indicator initiatives more effective, systematic and relevant. It will 
also provide an impetus for moving
indicator initiatives from data collection to becoming catalysts for 
community change.
Five key note addresses will be given by acclaimed leaders and renowned 
experts on various aspects
of community quality of life. Sixteen workshops will be provided by 
practitioners, researchers and
academics from a diverse range of programs and initiatives, organized 
into four themes:
1. Using indicators to improve community quality of life
2. Building healthy environments
3. Quality of life challenges and opportunities among First Nations
peoples
4. Innovative approaches to improving community quality of life
For more information or to register, please visit www.qualitycommunity.ca
To request information on registration and travel subsidies, please 
contact Lorna Heidenheim,
Executive Director of Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition at 
lorna at ohcc-ccso.ca.