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The February 2012 of Issues to Watch is now available online. In this article, we discuss the Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages in Canada and Another Call for Stronger Impaired Driving Policies Please visit the following link for details.

 

Registration is now open for the 9th annual Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity Forum!

The 9th annual forum will focus on Influencing Alcohol Policy: Affecting Change through Research, Media, and Advocacy. Please join us February 27, 2012 for an exciting evening session of presentations and panel members discussing influencing alcohol policy at both provincial and regional levels.

February 28, 2012 is a full-day session focusing on the important role of media influencing alcohol policy with a keynote address by award-winning journalist and 2010 recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, Ann Dowsett Johnston. You can follow Ann’s series on alcohol policy in November, 2011 at www.thestar.com.

Other dynamic speakers confirmed for the Forum include:

  • Andrew Murie of MADD Canada
  • Dr. Heather Manson of Public Health Ontario
  • Dr. Matthew Young of the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
  • Patricia Hajdu of the Thunder Bay District Health Unit
  • Jason Chapman of Cancer Care Ontario
  • Dr. Marvin Krank of the University of British Columbia

To register and for further details, please visit: http://www.cvent.com/d/dcq8b1

 

 

We are pleased to share that our research paper, Alcohol and Community-based Violence, has been accepted and published in the McMaster University Medical Journal (Spring 2011 edition). Please visit www.mumj.org for details and to download the free manuscript.

 

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NOTE: Most of the ARAPO resources have been relocated to the Information Pack on Alcohol Advertising.

 

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