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Bloorview Research Institute

Events: Doing Research with Kids – Designs, Dilemmas, Directions (3D Workshop)

3D Workshop

October 22 & 23, 2009
Bloorview Kids Rehab Conference Centre
150 Kilgour Road, Toronto, ON

Description

This invitational workshop will focus on new theoretical foundations, innovative designs and ethical dilemmas pertaining to conducting research with children in disability/health-care contexts. It is organized around presentations by acclaimed European and Canadian clinical and social researchers and theorists. Participants will include senior and junior scientists, doctoral students, and postdoctoral fellows associated with the University of Toronto, Bloorview Research Institute and SickKids Research Institute.

The 3D workshop will afford a critical mass of interdisciplinary researchers unprecedented opportunities to share knowledge and skills, form innovative collaborations and provoke new lines of research for children who have a disability or chronic illness. Sessions will be videotaped for webcasting and an electronic bibliography of state-of-the-art methodological literature will be provided to participants.

Registration

Please note that this is an invitational workshop and space is limited to 40 invitees. Please register on or before September 14, 2009.

Fees

Scientists: $150
Gradutate Student/Post Doctoral Fellows/Research Associate: $50

If you have been invited and cannot attend please notify ccarter at bloorview dot ca ASAP, to release your space to someone on the growing wait list.

International Speakers

Pia Christensen: Professor, Anthropology and Childhood Studies, The University of Warwick, UK
Alan Prout: Professor, Sociology and Childhood Studies, The University of Warwick, UK
Parvaneh Rabiee: Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK
Tanya Stivers: Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijwegen, NL
Sylvia von Mackensen: Psychologist, Institute and Policlinic For Medical Psychology, University Hospital Hamburg- Eppendorf, DE

Canadian Speakers

Elaine Biddiss: Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Franco Carnevale: Associate Professor, Nursing, Pediatrics, Biomedical Ethics, Psychology, McGill University
Sean Doherty: Associate Professor, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Brenda Gladstone: PhD (C), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Coralee Maclaren: PhD (C), L. S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Amy McPherson: Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute
Stephen Ryan: Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute; Assistant Professor,
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto
Virginia Wright: Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy, University of Toronto and McMaster University
Hilde Zitzelsberger: PhD (C), L. S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto

Hosts

Patricia McKeever: Senior Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute; Bloorview Kids Foundation Chair in Disability Studies; Professor, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto
Colin Macarthur: Vice President, Bloorview Kids Rehab; Director, Bloorview Research Institute; Bloorview Children’s Hospital Foundation Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation; Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Tom Chau: Senior Scientist, Bloorview Research Institute; Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Rehabilitation; Associate Professor, Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto