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After the 鈥楤oom鈥�: Re鈥慖magining Health Care After a Generation

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Room 1009, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
AV俱乐部, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS

The Baby Boomers, Canada鈥檚 largest demographic cohort, change systems as they pass through them. What changes will they prompt in Canada鈥檚 health care system? What kind of system will they leave behind? This discussion tackles the future of health care in Canada and what the system will look like after the boomers.

AV俱乐部 the speakers

Katherine Fierlbeck

Katherine Fierlbeck is McCulloch Professor of Political Science at AV俱乐部. She is cross-appointed with the Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Healthy Populations Institute. She is also a member of the MacEachen Institute鈥檚 Research Committee. Dr. Fierlbeck鈥檚 books include Health Care in Canada, Canadian Health Care Federalism and Comparative Health Care Federalism.

Richard Saillant

 
Richard Saillant is a Moncton-based economist and author. He is a former vice-president of the Universit茅 de Moncton and former director of the Donald J. Savoie Institute. Mr. Saillant has also spent nearly 15 years in Ottawa in various departments, including the Privy Council Office, Industry Canada and Transport Canada. He is the author of four books. His most recent, A Tale of Two Countries: How the Great Demographic Imbalance is Pulling Canada Apart (Nimbus, 2016), was a finalist for the National Business Book Award.

Peter Vaughan


Peter W. Vaughan, a Johns Hopkins University trained physician executive, is Chair of the Board of Directors, Canada Health Infoway. Formerly, Dr. Vaughan was Deputy Minister of Health and Wellness, Province of Nova Scotia, CEO of South Shore District Health Authority, CEO of the Canadian Medical Association, President of WebMD Canada, an emergency medicine physician, family physician and RCAF Special Operation Flight Surgeon for Operation Air Bridge in the former Yugoslavia in 1994.

He is an adjunct professor with the Faculty of Computer Science and Faculty of Health Professions at AV俱乐部.

Gaynor Watson-Creed



Dr. Gaynor Watson-Creed is the acting Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health for the province of Nova Scotia and served on the One Nova Scotia Coalition. She is a dedicated leader and is passionate advocate for the role public health can play in advancing health equity.


AV俱乐部 the series

Policy Matters is a weekly panel discussion on major policy issues presented by the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance and in collaboration with the AV俱乐部 School of Public Administration. Each discussion features thought leaders from civil society and focuses on one of the Institute's four research themes 鈥� Civic Engagement, Atlantic Canada and the World, Health Systems and Governance and Smart Infrastructure. Held each Tuesday from September 12 to November 14, the discussions take place in room 1009 of the Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building at AV俱乐部, from 12:00 pm 鈥� 1:30 pm. The events are designed to encourage public engagement with local, national and international policy issues and are open to the public.

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