Training Session: Theory and Key Concepts in Gender, Sex, and Health Research
The Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in partnership
with MedIT, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, presents:
Theory and key concepts in gender, sex, and health research: a research training session
Tuesday, July 6, 9:00AM-12:00PM (Pacific Standard Time)
Join leading experts for a foundational introduction to the field of gender, sex, and health
research! Available online or live in Vancouver!
Participants will expand their understanding of
1. The differences between sex and gender, while taking into account the complexities of each
category (Dr. Joy Johnson);
2. How paradigms inform definitions and designs in gender, sex, and health research (Dr.Blye
Frank);
3. The concept of intersectionality, and how other markers of social difference intersect with
gender and sex (Dr. Olena Hankivsky); and
4. How gender and sex can be integrated in health research, as well as best practices and
emerging innovations in the field (Dr. Gillian Einstein).
Schedule
-9:00AM-9:40AM - Dr. Joy Johnson, Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Gender and Health
-9:40AM-10:20AM - Dr. Blye Frank, Chair, Institute Advisory Board, Institute of Gender and
Health; Professor and Head of Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University
-10:20AM-10:30AM - Break
-10:30AM-11:10AM - Dr. Olena Hankivsky, Associate Professor, Public Policy Program, Simon
Fraser University
-11:10AM-11:50AM - Dr. Gillian Einstein, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and
Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
A. ONLINE WITH WEBEX
Overview
To participate in the web-broadcast of this session, you will need a computer with an internet
connection and a telephone. Connecting to WebEx is a two step process. First, you must login to
the WebEx site online. Then, you will use your telephone to connect to the audio portion either
by providing a phone number where the WebEx system can call you back or by dialling into a
teleconference. You will be able to view the presentation slides on your screen and hear the
audio through your telephone. Please note that the audio portion will be one-way only; that is,
you will be able to hear the session presenters, but they will not be able to hear you. Participants
are asked to please submit their questions via the online chat feature. Questions will then be
dictated to the presenters.
Login instructions
From your computer:
1. Visit https://ubcfom.webex.com/ubcfom/onstage/g.php?d=964722437&t=a
2. Enter the required information (first name, last name, email)
3. A dialogue box will prompt you to enter your telephone number. Entering your telephone
number allows the WebEx system to call you back at that number and connects you to the audio
portion. **Please note: if you have an extension in your phone number, the call-back feature will
not work. Please proceed to step #4 to dial in to the audio portion. You may also choose the dial
in option if this is what you prefer.
From your telephone:
4. Dial into the teleconference
* Toll-free from Canada and the US: 1-866-699-3239
* From around the world:
https://ubcfom.webex.com/ubcfom/globalcallin.php?serviceType=EC&ED=134100397&tollFre
e=1
5. Enter access code: 964 722 437
Posing questions using the chat feature
* Questions will be fielded on an alternating basis from both the online and live audiences as
time permits.
* To ask a question, please type your question into the chat feature of WebEx.
Troubleshooting
* If any difficulties should arise during your use of WebEx, please use the chat feature to type a
question to our session moderator.
B. LIVE IN VANCOUVER
Participants in the Vancouver area are welcome to attend the training session in-person at:
Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Room 182
University of British Columbia
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
Map:
http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?show=y,n,n,n,n,y&bldg2Search=n&locat1=51
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RSVPs to ea-igh@exchange.ubc.ca are kindly appreciated by Monday, July 5, 2010 by 12:00PM
Pacific Time. Please indicate if you will tune in via WebEx or in person.
For more information, please direct your queries to the email address above or call (604) 8274470.