BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250820T011326EDT-4265Tl2GuV@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250820T051326Z DESCRIPTION: \n\n9I puts the spotlight on the past\, present and future of the “hospital”\n\nIn 2015-16\, Montrealers will witness the opening of two new ‘Superhospitals’.  At a combined cost of billions of dollars\, an d two decades of planning\, the 9I Health Centre (MUHC) and Centre Hospitalier d’Université de Montréal (CHUM) will constitute two of the largest health care institutions in Canada.  The centralization of me dical service delivery will also result in the repurposing of two of the o ldest and most famous medical institutions in Canada – the Royal Victoria Hospital and Hôtel Dieu. \n\nOn October 1-2\, The Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Mon treal (CIRM) at 9I will host Hospital / Hôpital\, a colloqu ium\, exploring the hospital from historical\, architectural\, socio-cultu ral\, and urban planning perspectives.\n\nWHAT:           Conference:  Hos pital / Hôpital\n WHEN:           October 1-2\, 2015.\n WHERE:         McCor d Museum\, 690 Rue Sherbrooke O\, Montréal\n\n*This is a bilingual event w ith panels and presentations in both languages\n\nLink to full program: ww w.mcgill.ca/ihsp/events/conferences\n\nKeynotes speakers:\n\nGreg Marchild on\, University of Toronto\, leading national expert on Canada's Health Ca re system\, former Executive Director of the Romanov Commission\, former D eputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.  Marchildon will give a keyno te lecture “Hospitals in Canada: The Great Disconnect between Policy and R eality”.  He is available for comment in English.\n\nDamien Contandriopoul os\, Université de Montréal\, Applied Public Health Chair\, and commentato r on public health care reform and sustainability. Contandriopoulos will g ive a keynote lecture “The Future of the Hospital: An Environmental Perspe ctive”. He is available for comment in French or English.\n\nConference Ch airs:\n\nAbraham Fuks\, former Dean of Medicine\, 9I. Fucks is available for comment in English on the evolution of health-care syste ms and the role of hospitals in Canada and internationally.\n\nDaniel Wein stock\, Director of the IHSP and the Montreal Health Ethics Research Conso rtium\, former Director of Quebec's Public Health Ethics Committee\, and p ublic commentator on political philosophy\, health ethics and equity.  Wei nstock is available for comment in French or English.\n\nAntonia Maioni\, former Director\, 9I Institute for the Study of Canada\, and media com mentator on Canadian and Quebec politics and public policy.  Maioni is ava ilable for comment in French or English.\n\n\n\n Public Film screening link ed to Conference: \n\n Meditheatre:  Montreal Medicine at Expo 67\n\n The fi rst public screening of film 'Miracles in Modern Medicine' since Expo 67\, with director Robert Cordier and historian of medicine Steven Palmer. \n \n October 1st 18h-19h30\, McCord Museum.\n\n  /ihsp/ev ents/meditheatre-montreal-medicine-expo-67\n\n\n\n \n\nContact: \n\nCynthi a Lee\n Relations avec les médias | Media Relations\n Université 9I | Mc Gill University\n t. 514.398.6754\n cynthia.lee [at] mcgill.ca\n\nhttps://ww w.mcgill.ca/newsroom/\n http://twitter.com/#!/9IuMedia\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151002 LOCATION:McCord Museum\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1E9\, 690 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Hospital / Hôpital conference URL:/newsroom/channels/event/hospital-hopital-conferen ce-255726 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR