CANO/ACIO Annual Conference 2012


Call for Abstracts

Now accepting abstract submission for 2012 Conference!

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Conference first announcement

The CANO/ACIO first announcement is available here.

Key Highlights

The keynote presenter for the conference are:

Samantha Nutt, Humanitarian
Dr. Samantha Nutt (Sam) is a medical doctor with more than fifteen years of experience working in war zones. Committed to peace, human rights and social justice, she has worked in some of the world’s most violent flashpoints with War Child, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Burundi, northern Uganda, Ethiopia and the Thai-Burmese border.

Barbara Mildon, President Elect, CNA
Barbara Mildon’s nursing experience spans the health-care continuum, from hospital to home care, regulation to research, and bedside to boardroom. She is currently vice-president of professional practice and research and chief nurse executive at the Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in Whitby, Ontario.

Josh Cassidy, Olympic Athlete

Just weeks after his birth, Josh was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, cancer in the spine and abdomen. Given a very low chance of surviving the condition and two bouts of major surgery by age 7 months; Josh’s parents, friends, and family feared the worst... fortunately, Josh didn’t! Through the hand of fate, age 15, he was approached by a Canadian Team coach in a small restaurant, lending him his first racing chair. Fast forward to 2008, when, aged 23, Josh entered the Bird’s Nest Stadium, Beijing to represent Canada in the 2008 Paralympic Games. In front of 90,000 people, he finished with the 4th fastest 5000m time in Paralympic history. On the road and track, Josh’s is now ranked in the world’s ‘top five’.

IMPORTANT DATES

The CANO/ACIO 2012 conference is scheduled for October 11 to 14, 2012 in Ottawa, ON.

The early registration fee will end on July 31st, 2012.

SPONSORSHIP

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2012 Local Conference Planning Committee of the Champlain Chapter

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