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Connie Clement - Executive Director, OPC
at the Morning Plenary.
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A
graphic representation of the session by
Sara Heppner-Waldston of Painter-Girl.com
Session summary
Connie's presentation launched OPC's new report
The Case for Prevention: Moving Upstream to Improve Health
for All Ontarians. Connie began by describing 'moving upstream'
and why OPC chose this as our 20th anniversary theme.
She called upon the audience to get behind Ontario's need
for a prevention system that will rival the treatment and
care system - a system that will focus on health, not illness.
Connie highlighted three areas for immediate investment and
described social and economic benefits that would result:
 early child development
chronic disease
prevention
inclusion
A society committed to prevention and promotion of health
- rather than treatment of the sick and sicker - will focus
on common determinants that mutually reinforce one another
and sustain healthy conditions.
Connie highlighted barriers to healthy public policy identified
in The Case for Prevention and the paper's recommendations
that call upon the Ontario Government to build prevention
capacity in Ontario.
She called upon conference participants to work together
and form partnerships to engage in aligned and effective action
to build a prevention movement.
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