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We’re excited to invite you to the Randomized Coffee Trials at the IHPME Cafe hub powered by Ten Thousand Coffees and supported by RBC Future Launch!

We know we’ve entered a new era in the world of work, where organizations are focused on the soft skills as well as new professionals’ abilities to always be learning. The best way to improve those skills and continually gain new knowledge is to meet others with diverse perspectives. Through the IHPME Randomized Coffee Trials, you will be introduced to our alumni, faculty, senior fellows and fellow students  to meet up for career conversations or networking opportunities, in-person or online. We invite you to ask questions, tell your story, share your experience, and build connections over coffee.

What will you get from the program?- An opportunity to develop your networking and communications skills through real-world practice with experienced leaders;- Obtain knowledge and insight from experienced healthcare executives and other members of your growing network, based on your industry and interests;- Gain a better understanding of what career paths are available as you enter or continue your career.

We hope you’ll take 2-3 minutes to join the program by signing up here:
https://utoronto.tenthousandcoffees.com/signup?inviteCode=2e258912-0dee-40b3-ad1f-90c0c59d54ca.

Looking for more details? Please visit the Randomized Coffee Trials page on the IHPME website for information on how it works, including a short video!

For any additional questions, please contact Lydia Sequeira(Lydia.Sequeira@mail.utoronto.ca) or Crystal Milligan(Crystal.Milligan@mail.utoronto.ca).

As you may know, the IHPME Graduate Student Union is offering an HSRPeer Mentorship Program in which upper year students are connected to new incoming students to build a stronger network in our student community for the purpose of fostering relationships, sharing knowledge and resources, and developing leadership skills.
This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow HSR students, and we encourage everyone to sign up!
To join this Peer Program, please fill out the survey below, where you can indicate whether you are an incoming student or volunteering as an upper-year student (returning students in years 2 or above).
Please sign up by tomorrow, Friday September 6, 2019.
HSR Students: https://forms.gle/TKsVVgZJt2bRKheV7
If you have any questions, please contact our Peer Mentorship Program coordinator, Alex Cernat, at alexandra.cernat@sickkids.ca.

We look forward to making this a great year for IHPME students!

Mark your calendars!

You’re invited to the Welcome Back Social on September 3rd at Her Father’s Cider Bar + Kitchen at 5:30 PM. This will be an opportunity to network, socialize, and meet other students ? 

Dr. Whitney Berta, IHPME Professor and Graduate Coordinator will be giving opening remarks and answering any burning questions you may have.

See you there

The Canadian Mental Health Association, National, is looking for student volunteers to help facilitate workshop sessions during their annual Mental Health for All Conference, which will take place this year at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, ON, from September 23rd to September 25th.

Facilitator responsibilities include: 

• Introducing presenters 
• Making sure the session starts on time
• Keeping presentations on time using a timer and flash cards with 5 mins, 3 mins and 1 min
• Handing out and collecting evaluation forms
• Signing education forms
• Counting the number of attendees

All volunteer facilitators receive: 

• Access to all conference workshops/activities when not facilitating 
• Transit fare to and from the venue and/or parking 
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks each day of the conference

Volunteer facilitators must attend all training sessions prior to the event, which will take place in early September.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer facilitator, please email plroberts@cmha.ca.

Be sure to check out our incoming IHPME GSU Executives. We are excited and looking forward to representing you, planning educational and social events for you, continuing to run mentorship programs, and making sure your perspective is considered in institute meetings.

The IHPME’s Accessing Centre for Expertise is looking for some feedback from students regarding their website which is currently under construction. If you have a few minutes to spare, we would appreciate if you could fill out the survey and give your feedback.

We want to hear your feedback on IHPME’s courses and curricula. All responses collected here will remain anonymous unless you choose otherwise.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RZNMW9R?platform=hootsuite

Since conference season is around the corner, we’d like to remind you of the ONE-TIME $500 conference stipend for full-time and flex-time research program Ph.D students at IHPME!