Health in the City

Examining Social Determinants of Health

See the photos from the
Health in the City
November 2005 event

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George Brown College's 2nd Health in the City event's theme was "Social Determinants of Health," which is a focus of the World Health Organization (WHO). On November 23, 2005, former Health Minister and WHO Commissioner Monique Bégin addressed an audience comprising middle and high school guidance counsellors, community partners and health-care professionals about current health-care climates in relation to interprofessional education and the social determinants of health.

Read Monique Bégin's Health in the City presentation.

Health in the City is an annual educational forum presented by the George Brown College Health Sciences and Community Services and Development programs. This year more than 500 Grade 7 and 8 students from the GTA participated in Health in the City and were exposed to education and career options available at George Brown College.

Another highlight of Health in the City was the formal opening of George Brown's unique $350,000 "living lab," the Interprofessional Learning Clinic. This lab draws together a select number of George Brown health programs, including oral health care, hearing instrument specialist, fitness and lifestyle management, dental office administration, and health information management, with unique opportunities for hands-on nursing education. It is a demonstration of George Brown's vision for a one-of-a-kind environment where health sciences students combine competency development within their own discipline with new shared approaches to primary health care, public health, health promotion and prevention, and multicultural health.

George Brown gratefully acknowledges the support of our Health in the City sponsors:

Revised: August 22, 2006