Health Promotion, Equity, and Rights: The Ottawa Charter at 40

This interdisciplinary conference will bring together experts in global and public health law, policy, history, and practice—including social scientists, public health researchers, legal scholars and policymakers at all levels of government. Attendees will engage in dialogue examining the evolution, impact, and future directions of the 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, identifying both enduring lessons and emerging challenges in our rapidly changing global context. The conference marks forty years of the Ottawa Charter, a foundational international policy framework that reframed health as a resource for everyday life. For more information about the conference, please visit: https://www.ottawahealthlaw.ca/conferences/ottawacharter40.