The Role of Co-operatives in Health Care

National and International Perspectives

30 October 2008 - TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

8:30 - 9:00

	Introductions (Lou Hammond Ketilson, Director, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, and Conference Chair)
	Welcome (Peter MacKinnon, President, University of Saskatchewan)
	Greetings (Jose Carlos Guisado, Chairperson IHCO)
	Greetings (Joanne Thiessen, Executive Director, Prince Albert Co-operative Health Centre)

9:00 - 9:30

The Co-operative Health Care Movement (Jean-Pierre Girard)

9:30 - 10:00

ESPRIU Foundation (Spain) (Dr. Jose Carlos Guisado del Toro)

10:00 - 10:30

Refreshment Break

10:30 - 11:00

Medicoop (Sweden) (Mr. Per-Olof Jonsson)

11:00 - 11:30

Japanese Health Co-operative Association (Nobumasa Kitajima) 1 of 2, 2 of 2

11:30 - 12:15

Co-operative Clinics in Saskatchewan: Reflections on the Relationship of Governance and Innovation (Brett Fairbairn, Provost and VP Academic, U of S)

12:15 - 1:15

Working Lunch

12:30 - 1:00

Co-operative Clinics in Saskatchewan: Their Evolving Role in Primary Health (Anne Doucette, President, Community Health Co-operative Federation)

1:15 - 2:00

Health Care Co-ops in Canada and the USA (Jean-Pierre Girard)

2:00 - 2:30

User Participation and Quality of Care in Home Care (Catherine Leviten-Reid, Post Doctoral Fellow, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives)

2:30 - 3:00

Refreshment Break

3:00 - 3:45

Looking Ahead: Co-operative Health Care and Public Policy (Gregory Marchildon, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina)

3:45 - 4:30

Wrap-up (Beth Horsburgh, Associate VP Research, U of S, and VP Research and Innovation, Saskatoon Health Region; and Patrick Lapointe, Administrator, Saskatoon Community Clinic)

The Role of Co-operatives in Health Care

We would like to once again thank the sponsors whose generous support made this event possible.