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Stretton Health Equity presents Transforming Capitalism’s Existential Health Threats: Can a Wellbeing Economy Save Us? with guest speaker Professor Ron Labonté, University of Ottawa.

About the Speaker
Ronald Labonté is Professor Emeritus and former Distinguished Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. He and Professor Fran Baum (Stretton Health Equity) have maintained a research collaboration since the 1980s. Professor Labonte has enjoyed a 50-year career in public health spanning government positions, international consultancies, and universities. His earlier work focused on health promotion and social determinants of health. For the past 25 years his research has focused on the health equity impacts of diverse globalization processes, many of which form the content of his recent book, Health Equity in a Globalizing Era (Oxford University Press), awarded Book of the Year by the British Medical Association in 2021. He is co-Editor-in-Chief of the BMC journal, Globalization and Health, active with the People’s Health Movement (PHM), a frequent contributor to its flagship publication Global Health Watch, a co-editor of its 6th and 7th editions, and a member of the PHM Steering Council.