Symposium

The Healthy Living Symposium took take place in Toronto on June 16 and 17, 2003. The Symposium brought together key stakeholders to discuss a Healthy Living Strategy Framework with short-, medium- and long-term objectives, overall priorities and directions, short-term actions and partnerships for integrated action.

Specific objectives of the Symposium were to present and invite input on:

• the context in which the Strategy is being developed;
• the proposed framework, including the vision, goals, foundational approach, guiding principles, strategic directions, and areas of emphasis of the Strategy;
• an overview and key findings of the consultation processes; and
• proposed elements of an action plan addressing physical activity, healthy eating, and their relationship to healthy weights, as the initial area of emphasis of the Strategy.

Presentations

A number of presentations were given in the morning session of Day 1 of the Symposium. The Symposium was opened by Minister McLellan, Federal Minister of Health, and Minister Purves, Minister of Health for Nova Scotia.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. John Frank, Scientific Director, Institute for Population and Public Health, Canadian Institutes for Health Research - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 1.81MB)

Dr. David Katz, Associate Clinical Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health and Medicine and Director of Medical Studies in Public Health, Yale University, School of Medicine

Panel Presentations on Healthy Living

Panelists discussed an integrated approach to Healthy Living and each of the four (4) strategic directions from the perspective of their representative area (Private Sector, Government, non-governmental organizations, Aboriginal Peoples, Academia)

Dr. Andrew Pipe - Chair
Health Strategy and Physical Activity Coordinating Committee of the College of Family Physicians of Canada - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 1.14MB)

Madeleine Dion Stout - Cree speaker involved in Aboriginal health development and non-government Advisory Committee on Population Health and Health Security ( ACPHHS) member - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 928KB)

Dr. Elinor Wilson - Steering Committee Member for the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada, and Chief Science Officer, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 99KB)

The Honourable Chester Gillan - Minister of Education and Environment for Prince Edward Island - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 1.18MB)

Cathy Loblaw - President and Chief Operating Officer, Concerned Children's Advertisers - Click here to view the presentation (PowerPoint - 1.41MB)

Showcase Event

Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care for Ontario, hosted a reception and showcase event on Day 1 of the Symposium that provided an opportunity to showcase a cross-section of community, provincial/territorial and national integrated healthy living initiatives. Delegates were encouraged to meet the representatives of the showcased initiatives and join in an important networking opportunity.

• Showcase programs PDF - HTML

News Release

• Symposium News Release
• Discussion Document PDF - HTML (PDF - 427KB)
  A discussion Document for the Healthy Living Symposium

List of Symposium Participants

For a listing of the delegates who attended the Healthy Living Symposium, please click here. (PDF - 463KB)

Agenda and Final Report of the Healthy Living Symposium

• Symposium Agenda PDF - HTML (PDF - 225KB)
• Final Symposium Report. PDF - HTML (PDF - 236KB)
• Annex to the report PDF - HTML (PDF - 366KB)