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Vancouver Will be Launching Ground for Cross-Canada Lecture Series on Health Care for Aging BoomersBMO enCircle Lecture Series features health experts Dr. Howard Bergman and Dr. Penny Ballem

Dr. Penny Ballem, former Deputy Minister of the BC Ministry of Health and Dr. Howard Bergman, the Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Professor and Director of Geriatric Medicine at McGill University, will be featured speakers at an inaugural BMO enCircle Lecture Series on trends and issues related to health care for the aging boomer population on May 15.

BMO Financial Group is launching the series in Vancouver, with additional enCircle lectures planned for Calgary and Toronto later this year. This coincides with the recent establishment of the BMO Retirement Institute that will provide Canadian boomers with crucial research on trends that will have a direct impact on their retirement.

Dr. Bergman will provide a trends update; Dr. Ballem, the keynote speaker, will speak on “Meeting the Needs of Aging Canadians: The Challenge facing the Canadian Healthcare System.” She will discuss the challenges the aging population faces and how our healthcare system can best meet these challenges.

The event is hosted by Jean Blacklock, Vice President, Wealth Services, BMO Harris Private Banking and Chief Operating Officer, BMO Trust Company; and Diana Reid, Regional Vice President, British Columbia, BMO Harris Private Banking.

The lecture, which is open to the public, will educate people on:

How the Canadian health care system will respond to the challenges of the aging population
Caring for the aging
Advocacy and support for the aging

For general public to register for this event please email:
corporateevents.department@bmo.com or call: 1-866-730-6167

WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

The BMO Retirement Institute will focus on issues impacting boomers approaching retirement; distill the best of publicly available, world-class research; and articulate concepts for retirement living and retirement planning, which boomers can put into action. As an example, the Institute will analyze issues such as care-giving, managing health, and the challenges of living retirement as a single person.

The Institute was developed under the guidance of BMO's Advisory Council on Retirement, a panel of distinguished Canadians representing various fields of relevant expertise and experience.

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Media are invited to attend the lecture or interview the speakers in advance.

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