Refugee Health Symposium 2021: Refugee Youth Well-being and Resilience

Friday, October 15, 2021 - 10/16/2021


Topics and Speakers

Welcome and Introduction from the Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Indigenous Elder Land Acknowledgment
Welcome Remarks

High-level overview Refugee Health Collaborative and ANC services

Keynote Speaker: Haley Toll, Ph.D. Cand., RCAT, CCC, RP (inactive)
Community Corner (Lunch Break)
Youth Panel: Resilience and Mental Health

LGBTQIA+ Safe Space Diversity Discussion
End of Day 1
Welcome and Indigenous Elder Land Acknowledgment
High-level overview ANC services for Child and Youth Programming

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Brian Gushulak, MD
Community Corner (Lunch Break)
Common dermatoses in children and adolescent newcomers across the skin spectrum
Evaluation and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in the newcomer young adult refugee population
Closing Remarks


Planning Committee

Dr. Jill Allison
Ms. Libby Angel
Dr. Christine Aubrey-Bassler
Ms. Kari Brown
Dr. Pauline Duke
Dr. Francoise Guigne
Ms. Suzy Haghighi
Dr. Petra Joller

The Office of Professional & Educational Development (OPED), Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME), a subcommittee of the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). This standard allows OPED to assign credits for educational activities based on the criteria established by The College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.