‘Coming together to share, listen and learn’: A conference with a vision
Abstract
The inaugural collaborative Canadian Prison‐Academic‐Community Health and Education was organized by the Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education and supported by the University of British Columbia (UBC), Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) and Simon Fraser University (SFU) on 4th and 5th December 2008. The conference objective was to encourage and facilitate collaborative opportunities for enhancing health, education, research, service and advocacy, for the social well‐being and (re)integration of individuals in custody, their families and communities. Four conference goals were articulated: (1) To share promising practices, current evidence and scholarship in health and education related to prison populations. (2) To bring together prison, academic and community members to create collaborative opportunities for partnerships and reciprocal learning. (3) To discuss and develop policy initiatives to promote positive change within prison health and education. (4) To explore the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of prisoner health and education.
Citation
Smith Martin, M. and Elwood Martin, R. (2009), "‘Coming together to share, listen and learn’: A conference with a vision", International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 256-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200903343423
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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