Northern, Rural, and Remote Health is an international forum dedicated to sharing knowledge, experience, and innovations in community health. This is an effort to promote and strengthen transdisciplinary dialogue on critical issues affecting the health and health care of rural, Northern, and Indigenous populations in Canada and abroad. The conference is being held in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada on October 6-9, 2017. This meeting will bring together leaders in Indigenous health, health professionals, community workers, governmental representatives, policy and decision-makers, educators, researchers, and trainees with an interest in all aspects of health in northern, rural, and Indigenous communities. The Planning and Scientific Committees are organizing a dynamic scientific, clinical, and social program. The scientific program will include plenary sessions from some of Canada’s leaders in northern, rural, and remote health, panel dialogues addressing critical issues in health, clinical and skill-building workshops, and oral and poster presentations. There will be dynamic opportunities for networking and collaboration, along with learning sessions for students and early career investigators. The conference is being planned in coordination with the 10th anniversary of the Trapline Marathon, a grassroots, heritage-oriented road race that brings together communities from across Labrador and beyond. All conference participants are encouraged to get involved in the event as runners, walkers, or volunteers. The conference with feature a keynote by Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Additional information about the keynote, plenaries, workshops, and the schedule will be posted on the website as it becomes available.
