Surrey, BC

CINI 2014

Canada India Network Initiative 2014

Canada India Network Initiative 2014, again organized by Canada India Network Society and cohosted by Fraser health, Simon Fraser University and joined by other major partners in British Columbia Inst of technology, the University of British Colombia and Medtronic Canada, to   build on its predecessor and theme of healthy civil society was the focus of the conference. Based on knowledge and wisdom sharing, action for transformation. The healthy society pillars are education, justice and health. The sessions covered Human resources especially in Nursing and allied health, Emerging technology and its links to economy and health, transformation of primary acre in chronic diseases and role of integrative principles of body and mind in health.

Recommendations & Plans

CINI 2014 >> Recommendations and Action Plans In Progress

2014 Community Greetings:

Greeting from Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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Greeting from Premier Christy Clark

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Terry Lake

Greeting from Minister of Health, Terry Lake

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Greetings from Parliamentary Secretary Larson

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Minister Kenney

Greetings from Minister Kenney

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Mayor Watts

Greetings from Mayor Watts

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Stephen Toope

Greetings from Stephen J. Toope President and Vice-Chancellor The University of British Columbia

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Senator Seth CINI Greetings

Greetings from Senator Seth

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2014 Sponsors and Community Partners:

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2014 Advisory & Scientific Committee:

  • Ravishankar Aisola, Consul General of India, Vancouver
  • Dr. Nemkumar Banthia, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Stephen Brown, Government of British Columbia
  • Dr. Arun Chokalingam, Global Health Program, University of Toronto
  • Dr. N. Chidambaram, Annamalai University, India
  • Dr. Allan Davis, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Neil Fraser, Medtronic Canada
  • Shiv K. Garg, Dr. K. L. Garg Memorial Trust (India)
  • Dr. Arvind Gupta, MITACS
  • Dr. Devendra K Gupta, King George Medical University, India
  • Dr. John Hepburn, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Ramanan Laxminaryan, Public Health Foundation of India
  • Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch, Indian Council of Medical Research, India
  • Kathy Kinloch, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Arden Krystal, Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Indian Council of Medical Research, India
  • Dr. Patrick McGowan, University of Victoria
  • Dr. Nigel Murray, Fraser Health
  • Ian Parfrement, Roche Diagnostics
  • Dr. Sunil Patel, Canadian Association of Physicians of Indian Heritage
  • Dr. Andrew Petter, Simon Fraser University
  • Dr. Anthony Phillips, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Mario Pinto, Simon Fraser University
  • Dr. Srinath Reddy, Public Health Foundation of India
  • Honourable Senator Dr. Asha Seth, Government of Canada
  • Dr. Simon Sutcliffe, Institute for Health System Transformation and Sustainability
  • Dr. Stephen Toope, University of British Columbia
  • HW Dianne Watts, City of Surrey

2014 Scientific Program Committee

  • Satwinder Bains, Fraser Valley University
  • Georgia Bekiou, BC Medical Association
  • Dr. Gulzar Cheema, University of British Columbia/iCON
  • Dr. Susan Dahinten, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Bakul Dalal, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
  • Dr. Ryan D’Arcy, Simon Fraser University
  • Lane Desborough, Medtronic of Canada
  • Dr. Raymond Dong, Fraser Health
  • Bill Dow, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Michael Emery, Medtronic of Canada
  • Tru Freeman, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Dr. Hirekatur Gopinath, PISA and Fraser Health
  • Dr. Milan Gupta, McMaster University
  • Dr. Kendall Ho, University of British Columbia/iCON
  • Dr. Gordon Hoag, Vancouver Island Health Authority
  • Dr. Amanda Hoogbruin, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
  • Dr. Nadia Khan, University of British Columbia
  • Alexander Ku, British Columbia Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Dan MacCarthy, British Columbia Medical Association
  • Dr. Bruce McManus, PROOF Centre of Excellence, University of British Columbia
  • Rebecca Merriman, Medtronic Canada
  • Dr. Soumyo Mukherji, Indian Institute of Technology, India
  • Dr. Kavita Narayan, Public Health Foundation of India
  • Dr. John O’Neil, Simon Fraser University
  • Dr. Nimal Rajapakse, Simon Fraser University
  • Jeet Sivia, Fraser Health
  • Dr. Gavin Stuart, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Tricia Tang, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Oncar Tripathi, Indian Hypertensive Society, India
  • Dr. Laxmi Yatham, University of British Columbia
  • Dr. Patrick McGowan, University of Victoria
  • Dr. Mark Blinkhorn, Surrey – North Delta Division of Family Practice
  • Dr. Narsingh Verma, King George Medical University
  • Dr Andrew Webb, Fraser Health