The Department in Conversation

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode features Dr. Fiona Clement, Head of Community Health Sciences, and Dr. Pam Roach, a Metis Scholar and Director of Indigenous Health Education within the Indigenous, Local and Global Health Office. They discuss the upcoming Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) Indigenous Canada offered by the University of Alberta. This conversation will touch serve to remind faculty that racism towards Indigenous People is an everyday occurrence, contribute to understanding why building one’s own knowledge is foundational, and to reflect on why a community is useful to work through the MOOC.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode features Dr. Fiona Clement, Head of Community Health Sciences, and Lisa Chicules, Strategic Planning Consultant as they reflect on the journey of CHS' strategic plan development. This conversation will touch on contributions to the launch of the strategic plan, reflecting on the journey of its development, and reminding faculty of the role of students in the process of the plan's development. 

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Todd Anderson, Vice-Dean in the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM). This year faculty members received a mass email outlining that all academic staff would receive a definitive merit assessment this year, a different process than past assessment cycles. For some, this was surprise so as Vice-Dean, Todd was invited to share how that decision was made. This conversation will touch on who was involved in the conversation (TUFCA and Dr. Marshall on behalf of the Board of Governors – underscore that this wasn’t CSM or Department Head decision), and it will also touch on inequities identified due to COVID and the need for a compassionate response.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Lianne Tomfohr Madsen, Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and cross-appointed with Community Health Sciences. Lianne's research focuses on identifying relationships between physical health and psychosocial variables. This discussion will focus on kindness and compassion. We hope to shed light on helping faculty understand how kindness and compassion affects others and ourselves, highlight need to practice kindness and compassion, and highlight Lianne’s work planting the seed for possible collaboration with CHS faculty members.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Fabiola Aparicio-Ting, Senior Instructor and Co-Director of the Health and Society Program (HSOC) in the Bachelor of Health Sciences (BHSc) at the Cumming School of Medicine. This discussion will bring attention to the BHSc HSOC as a pillar of CHS educational programming, highlight the BSHc HSOC students, highlight the continued push for educational excellence and opportunity for creative educational design for faculty, and to plant seeds about how faculty members could better integrate to achieve the “we are all CHS” vision.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Jenna Slobozian, Manager, Grant Development Office, Office of the Associate Dean Research (OADR), highlighting the operational side of submitting grants. This discussion will profile the OADR, help faculty understand what happens within the grant submission process, and highlight the support and resources available through OADR.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Tara Beattie, Associate Dean of Graduate Science Education, profiling the leadership opportunity presented within the MDCH graduate program director role. This conversation will help faculty understand the GPD role as part of the leadership team of GSE, frame the GPD role as an opportunity for leadership and professional development, and grow the interest in faculty members to apply for the GPD role.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Tom Stelfox, Scientific Director of the O'Brien Institute for Public Health. The focus of this discussion was to share granting strategies with faculty members, to highlight the wide range of supports and resources available to support grant strategy within the O'Brien Institute, and reflect on how COVID-19 and the current context may have affected the granting landscape as well as grant strategy.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Andrew Szeto, Director of the Campus Mental Health Strategy for the University of Calgary. The focus of this discussion was to bring attention to the importance of re-energizing over the winter break, remind faculty and students about how important their mental health is, share approaches and strategies to re-energize and de-stress, and highlight the University Mental Health Strategy and the wide range of supports and resources available.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Elizabeth Oddone-Paolucci, Graduate Program Director for the Department of Community Health Sciences and the MDCH Program. The focus of this discussion was to profile the MDCH graduate program director role and help faculty understand what it encompasses, share that Elizabeth is ending her term and reflect on the impressive achievements, frame the GPD role as an opportunity for faculty growth, and grow the interest in faculty members to apply for the GPD role once Elizabeth finishes her tenure.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Joanna Rankin, Undergraduate Program Director in the Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies Program within the Department of Community Health Sciences. The focus of this discussion was to bring attention to the Bachelor of Community Rehabilitation as a pillar of CHS educational programming, help faculty and others understand CRDS as a field of study, highlight the community that CRDS serves and advocates for, and to plant seeds about how CRDS and non-CRDS faculty members could better integrate to achieve the "we are all CHS" vision.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Lisa Chicules, "an independent management consultant with over 20 years of experience withing with organizations to develop strategies that leverage their core strengths and build actionable implementation plans that deliver results". Our Department Head, Dr. Fiona Clement, met Lisa while working together on the Board for the Drop-In Centre and have built a blossoming professional relationship leading Fiona to ask if Lisa would come on board to help develop a 4-year strategic plan for the Department of Community Health Sciences. The focus of this discussion was to “soft-launch” the strategic plan process (reminding folks that we are moving forward and there is ongoing activity), build people’s understanding of what a strategic plan is and why they are important, share what people can expect during a strategic plan process, and plant seeds about how people can be involved and provide input throughout the process.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Val Martin, an administrative assistant who has been with the University of Calgary since 2002. Together, they touch on bringing attention to the administrative staff who are vital to the function of the Department, share the successes and challenges that admin staff may be experiencing with the transition to remote work, and plant seeds about how faculty members could better support their admins during this time.

This is a series of recorded conversations to continue to build community and cohesion within the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. Sharing knowledge about different components of the Department, the faculty and students within and the broader academic life.

This episode will focus on Dr. Jason Cabaj and the Population Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Programme. We would like to bring attention to the residency programme as a pillar of CHS educational programming, help faculty members understand the role that our graduate courses play in the programme and the synergy that is required to facilitate the success of PHPM, and plant seeds about how faculty members could better support the programme and residents.