Chair: Christopher Naugler, University of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Services, Calgary, Alberta

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Chair: Jason Ford, Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

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Co-Chairs:
Curtis Oleschuk, Diagnostic Service of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Paul M. Yip, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

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Chair: Laurette Geldenhuys, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Interplay of Medicine Science, The Market, Politics and Culture: Exploring Our Societal Jungle

David Hardwick, Special Advisor on Planning, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

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At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
•  Compare Civil Societies’ "Self Organizing Systems" to operational "Instrumental Organizations";
•  Explain the differences between Professional actions of our independent equal and occupational actions of Superior/Inferior relationships;
•  Discuss how these insights relate directly to the clincial practice of pathology and the operational management of a laboratory.
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A Selective Review of the Non-Technical Writings of Francisco Gonzales-Crussi

David Grynspan, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Ottawa, Ontario

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At the end of the session, the participants will be able to:
•  Summarize major themes in the non-technical essays and books of Francisco Gonzales-Crussi;
•  Explain how literature and art enhance depth of understanding in the study of pathology and provide a basis for coping with the difficulty the pathologists faces in being exposed to death, disease and trauma;
•  Compare the impact of medical discovery on the arts and humanities over various historical eras.
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Chair: Indroit Roy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Update on Lao Pathology Project

Hallgrimur Benediktsson, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta

Update on Eritrea Pathology Project, Including a Study of Breast Carcinoma in Eritrean Women

Indrojit Roy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Introduction to Dr. Milner and the Brigham and Women's Hospital Malawi Pathology Project

Indrojit Roy, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

Pathology and the Bethune Round Table on Global Surgery

Hallgrimur Benediktsson and Indrojit Roy

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Chair: Khosrow Adeli, Division of Clinical Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario

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Chair: Loralie Langman, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Clinical Biochemistry/Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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Chair: John Krahn, Clinical and Medical Biochemistry, Anatomic Pathology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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