Please register if you wish to attend by clicking Eventbrite “Tickets”. You will not be charged if you are coming to the talk but not the dinner.

The Saskatoon branch of the Canadian International Council invites you an event on the following important international issue:

TOPIC: Adolescent Girls’ Nutrition and Reproductive Health in Uganda: Understanding the Factors that Influence Health and Flourishing

SPEAKER: Sarah Crawford and Susan Fowler-Kerry, University of Saskatchewan

DATE: Monday, September 18, 2023

PLACE: Saskatoon Club, 417 21st Street East, Saskatoon

TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

~~~ This is the third event of our 2023-24 program ~~~

[Come for the event, starts at 6:00 p.m.

For a fuller experience, come also to the 8:00 pm dinner. Read further below about joining the speaker for dinner.]

Join us for these insights into real person-based initiatives into improving the health outcomes of adolescent girls in Uganda.

Uganda adolescents do not experience the Western “teen experience” as many are seen as adults, have their own children, and are married before the age of 18 years. Little research has focused on the adolescent’s understandings and perspectives of their own health, well-being, and ability to flourish individually and within their communities. Involving Ugandan adolescents in research exploring their health understandings and perspectives will enable interventions to be designed that are more context appropriate, economically efficient, and more effective at targeting multiple areas of health.

About our speakers:

Sarah Crawford is a registered dietitian continuing her research career at the University of Saskatchewan through a Ph.D. in the College of Nutrition. Historically, her areas of interest are mental, sexual, and nutritional health of marginalized populations, including adolescents and Indigenous populations

Susan Fowler-Kerry, longtime friend of CIC, is a Nursing Consultant and- Full Professor at University of Saskatchewan. Well-respected globally, Susan has served as a consultant for the WHO, PAHO, MEC, George Soros Foundation, CIDA, AUCC, NIH, Albert Schweitzer Institute. Her research has focused on Paediatric Pain, Palliative Care Maternal & Child Health locally and globally.

Itinerary:

5:30 p.m. Doors open

6:00 p.m. Public presentation – free and open to the public

7:30 p.m. Event concludes

8:00 p.m. Dinner with the speakers (register online at the Eventbrite site, deadline Sept14)

9:30 p.m. Dinner concludes

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKERS:

Want to find out even more about the issues, and discuss them with the speakers and other internationalists? Consider buying a dinner ticket and joining us at 8:00 p.m., also at the Saskatoon Club, for dinner with the speaker.

Prices for dinner with the speaker, followed by presentation

$20 – Students

$35 – Non-student CIC members

$40 – Nonmembers

Register for dinner with the speaker before September 14, 4:00 p.m. Dinner registrants will be expected to pay even if they cannot or do not attend. Persons with dinner reservations who cannot attend are encouraged to find someone else to take their place.