CIHR Team in Child and Youth Injury Prevention

Nicole Ruest of the University of Calgary took the prize for the Best Student Oral Presentation at the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference in Vancouver (Nov 2011) for her presentation titled Environmental Determinants of Bicycling Injuries.

Alana Harington from York University won Best Student Poster at the CIPSPC for her poster titled System saving lives: A structured review of pediatric trauma systems. We are proud of our STAIR C&Y students!

Protect your Melon: Snow Sport Helmets – Round Two will continue the discussion from the 2009 Café Put a Lid On It. Warm drinks and light refreshments will be served at Café style tables designed to set an “après ski” ambiance. A local media celebrity will introduce our panelists: Alison Macpherson, York University; Brent Hagel, University of Calgary; and Shelina Babul, University of British Columbia who will discuss the research related to helmet use, from both an engineering and behavioural perspective. This will be followed by a short Q & A from the audience, before breaking out into a World Café style discussion of powerful questions that will tap divergent thinking and allow for generation of collective wisdom. (Room Stanley Park 2 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver)