Symposium Executive Committee
Christina Zarowsky l University of Montreal l Canada
Duncan Saunders l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
Fadi El-Jardali l HSG Board; American University of Beirut l Lebanon
George Gotsadze l Health Systems Global; Curatio International Foundation l Georgia
Abdul Ghaffar l Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research l Switzerland
Gloria Wiseman l Director, Global Health Division, Global Affairs Canada l Canada
James Fitzgerald l Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization l USA
Kabir Sheikh l HSG Board; Public Health Foundation of India l India
Kate Dickson l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
Lucy Gilson l HSG Board; University of Cape Town and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Marie-Paule Kieny l World Health Organization l Switzerland
Roman Vega l People’s Health Movement l Colombia
Sara Bennett l HSG Board; Johns Hopkins School of Public Health l USA
Sarah Brown l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
Sharmila Mhatre l International Development Research Centre l Canada
Marie-Gloriose Ingabire l International Development Research Centre l Canada
Programme Working Group
Christina Zarowsky l University of Montreal l Canada
Daniel Maceira l Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES); National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET); Economic Department, National University of Buenos Aires l Argentina
George Gotsadze l Health Systems Global; Curatio International Foundation l Georgia
June Webber l University of Ottawa; World Bank Group l Canada
Kopano Mabaso l HSG Board; Oxford University l United Kingdom
Lucy Gilson l University of Cape Town and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine l South Africa
Pascale Allotey l SEACO; School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Monash University l Malaysia
Shehla Zaidi l Aga Khan University l Pakistan
Logistics Committee
George Gotsadze l Health Systems Global; Curatio International Foundation l Georgia
Sarah Brown l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
Sea to Sky Conference Management l Canada
Fundraising Committee
Kabir Sheikh l HSG Board; Public Health Foundation of India l India
Kate Dickson l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
George Gotsadze l Health Systems Global; Curatio International Foundation l Georgia
Sara Bennett l HSG Board; Johns Hopkins School of Public Health l USA
Ghaffar Abdul l Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research l Switzerland
Sharmila Mhatre l International Development Research Centre l Canada
Robert Marten l The Rockefeller Foundation l USA
Communications Committee
Jamie Guth l Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) l Switzerland
Kabir Sheikh l HSG Board; Public Health Foundation of India l India
Marg Buchanan l Canadian Society for International Health l Canada
Stephanie Ngo l Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research l Switzerland
América Valdés l Pan American Health Organisation l United States
Andrew McColgan l Canadian Institutes of Health Research l Canada
Candelaria Araoz l Pan American Health Organisation l United States
Donna Eberwine l Pan American Health Organisation l United States
George Gotsadze l HSG Executive Director; Curatio Foundation l Georgia
Gisele Almeida l Pan American Health Organisation l United States
Seye Abimbola l School of Public Health, University of Sydney l Australia
Tom Barker l Institute of Development Studies l United Kingdom
Scientific Committee
We are grateful to the many Scientific Committee members who have contributed their time to review the thousands of submissions for the Fourth Global Symposium. Please see the full list of the Scientific Committee members.
Canadian Coordinating Committee
Abena Mireku l Global Affairs Canada
Ayah Nayfeh l International Development Research Centre
Charles Larson l Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
Christina Zarowsky l University of Montreal
Donald Sutherland l Canadian Society for International Health
Erica Di Ruggiero l Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Eva Slawecki l Canadian Society for International Health
Frank Markel l Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research
Gloria Wiseman l Global Affairs Canada
Janet Hatcher Roberts l Ottawa University
Kate Dickson l Canadian Society for International Health
Duncan Saunders l Canadian Society for International Health
Mark Tyndall l British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
Sharmila Mhatre l International Development Research Centre
Zoe Boutilier l IDRC
Satellite Session Organizers
General sessions: John Warriner l Alliance for Health Policy and System Research (HSR), World Health Organization
Skill building sessions: Garry Aslanyan and Olumide Ogundahunsi l Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization
Multimedia Planning Committee
Pascale Allotey l Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia
Radhika Arora l Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Leanne Brady l Health Policy and Systems Divsion, University of Cape Town
Walter Flores l Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in Health Systems
Shehla Zaidi l Aga Khan University
Sabine van Elsland l Stellenbsoch University | Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation
Ary Silva l Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
Local Organizing Committee
Mark Tyndall l BCCDC
Kristy Kerr l BCCDC Foundation for Population & Public Health
Christina Zarowsky l University of Montreal
Sea to Sky Meeting Management
Sarah Brown l CSIH
Gina Ogilvie l UBC
Duncan Saunders l CSIH
John O’Neil l SFU
Donald Sutherland l CSIH
Nicola Toffelmire l SFU
Evan Adams l First Nations Health Authority
Michelle Anderson l BCCDC
Angela Kaida l Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University