Sparrow Lake Alliance | 14th Annual Meeting: May 2-3, 2003

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		14^th Annual Meeting May 2-3, 2003 Bayview-Wildwood Resort

		THEME: “From Child & Youth Development to Human Development”

		This theme of this year’s Annual Meeting centered on how the relationship between the social, physical and mental development of children and adolescents is linked to human development and the broader social growth and development at the scale of the nation. The speakers assembled for this year’s program spoke to this framework, addressing the critical “pathways” of health, education, and social inclusion.


	14^th Annual Meeting May 2-3, 2003 Bayview-Wildwood Resort

	“From Child & Youth Development to Human Development”



	David Dodge, Sparrow Lake, May 2003

The analysis and views in this paper are those of the author alone and do not reflect those of the Bank of Canada, its staff, or the Governing Council.

Keynote Address

“Human Capital, Early Childhood Development and Economic Growth: An Economist's Perspective.”
David Dodge
Governor of the Bank of Canada
Former Deputy Minister of Health Canada

David Dodge discussed the relationship between society’s investment in children and youth and later benefits to them, and to society as a whole. Mr. Dodge’s experience as Deputy Minister of Health Canada, and Governor of the Bank of Canada, has given him considerable insight into the work of the World Bank, and to the subject of investment in children and youth.


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Speaker List

“Health Pathways”
Dr. Cameron Mustard, President & Scientific Director, Institute for Work & Health; Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Dr. Alan Goldbloom, CEO, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota

Dr. Robin Williams, Medical Officer of Health Regional Municipality of Niagara

“Education Pathways”
Veronica Lacey, President & CEO
The Learning Partnership, Toronto,
former Deputy Minister of Education, Ontario

Jim Grieve
Director, Peel Region School Board

“Social Inclusion”
Michael Hardy, Executive Director,
Tikinagan Child and Family Services

Peter Clutterbuck, Coordinator, Social Planning Network of Ontario’s Closing the Distance Initiative & Community Surroundings;
Consultant, The Laidlaw Foundation

Marvyn Novick, School of Social Work
Ryerson University

Conference Photos

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