Histoires de la santé publique

The Public’s Health: a symposium on public health histories


March 5th Afternoon Pedagogy Roundtable
March 6th Academic Conference 9 am – 5 pm
Reception 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
March 7th Public Day on Discovering the Public’s Health History 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm





March 6th Academic Conference Detailed Schedule

8:30-9:00 - Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:15 - Welcome and Greetings from the President of the University of Toronto, Professor Meric Gertler
9:15-10:00 - Keynote Address: ‘White Poison’: Public Health and the Pasteurization of Milk in Toronto, c. 1900-1929, Dr. David Wright
10:00-10:15 - Break
10:15-12:00 - The Power of the Needle: for good and evil

10:15The Ontario Veterinary College and the Rise of Veterinary Public Health in Canada, 1873 – 1907Lisa Cox

10:40Confusion, Rejection or Confidence? Torontonians’ Attitudes to H1N1 Immunization in 2009Heather MacDougall

11:05John G. FitzGerald & Robert D. Defries: The Lennon & McCartney of Canadian Public HealthChristopher Rutty

11:30Germ Warfare: Charles Hastings and the Crusade for TorontoDennis Duffy
12:00-1:00 - Lunch
1:00-3:00 - Defining the Public’s Health: Who’s in and Who’s Out

1:00‘Mad’ history, heritage policy, and urban development: Forgetting and remembering Toronto’s Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital CemeteryGregory Klages and Daniela Napoli

1:25Capitation Financing of Medical Care of an immigrant population . . . An early Toronto ExperienceIrving Rosen

1:50Sanitarianism in British North American Indian Departments in the mid-19th centuryElsbeth Heaman

2:15Inequalities in Canadian Dental HealthCatherine Carstairs and Lauren Lewitsky
3:00-3:15 - Break
3:15-4:45 - Power, Position, and Place in Public Health

3:15From Marketplace to Monopoly: The Role of the Legal System in Advancing the Interests of Physicians in Early Twentieth Century OntarioElizabeth Koester

3:40East of Eden: Origins of the Public Health Movement in New BrunswickJane Jenkins

4:05Scientific-Medical Practices in Toronto Forest and Open Air SchoolsPatty Kelly



March 6th Academic Conference & Reception - $60 General/$10 Student *Early Bird*
March 7th Public Day - $25 General/$7 Student *Early Bird*

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