This session will explore perspectives on power, and specifically the various ways that power influences, frames or directs public health efforts. We will unpack the many shapes that power can take and the mechanisms through which power reasserts itself following disruptions to maintain the status quo. We will discuss how power affects population health via healthcare decisions and health policies and reflect on the power of community. We will also explore topics such as accountability for those in positions of power, opportunities to address power imbalances in Public Health moving forward and speaking truth to power.
Presenters
Jonathan Cagampang Heller (he/him)
Visting Scholar
Dr. Smita Pakhalé
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine University of Ottawa
Matthew Herder
Director, Health Law Institute, Dalhousie University, CIHR Applied Public Health Chair