Grant: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

The Manitoulin Central and Municipality of Assiginack Family Health Teams and Debajehmujig Storytellers are pleased to announce a series of CIHR Cafes. These Cafes will build on the growing public interest on Manitoulin Island for engaging talks involving leaders in their fields and regarding locally relevant health issues. Recent initiatives on Manitoulin have included The Many Day Talk - Academics and Anishnaabeg in Conversation, and the three seniors conferences recently held in Gore Bay, Little Current and Mindemoya. Like talks before, the Cafes will be easily understood. The CIHR Manitowaning Cafes will address Mysteries and Challenges: Seniors and Elders Care; and Healthier Living with Technology. For the 2013-14 season, researchers and Elders and audience members will compare notes. During the session on Seniors and Elders Care, topics for discussion will include memory loss, cancer and end of life care. In the Healthier Living with Technology session, topics will include cell phones and high blood pressure, Elders Gone AWOL and telemedicine. These subjects will spark many questions among us.... How can you become involved in research that may change the care of the elderly? How can technology help each of us to connect with others in new and exciting ways? How do we face the healthcare challenges as Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal citizens? What resources do we have locally and regionally to help us with these questions? If you are a student, will you consider a career in health research? We hope these talks will help you to lead a more balanced healthful and illness-free life, and understand how those in your community are working towards better health.