Sueli B. de Freitas, BSc

Sueli Bizetto de Freitas, BSc
PR & Communications Coordinator
Administrative Assistant
Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture – CCHSA
University of Saskatchewan
Room 3602, 103 Hospital Drive
P.O. Box 120, R. U. H.
Saskatoon, SK  Canada  S7N 0W8

Telephone: (306) 966-7888
Facsimile: (306) 966-8799
E-mail: sueli.bizetto@usask.ca

Background Education, Training, Experience:

• Teacher, Portuguese levels I and II - Centre for Continuing and Distance Education – Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan Language Centre.
  September 2006 - present
• University of Saskatchewan Certificate in Arts and Design
  April 2006 – present.
• Certificate in Methods of Teaching Heritage Languages, University of Saskatchewan,
  September 1994 – September 1996.
• BSc Communications, Major Public Relations, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas – PUCC.
  March 1977 – December 1980, Campinas, SP, Brazil

Role at the Institute:

Mrs. De Freitas began working at CCHSA in August 1993.  She is the Public Relations and Communications Coordinator for the Canadian Centre, and an Administrative Assistant.  She is also the Secretariat & Manager for the Canadian Rural Health Research Society (http://crhrs-scrsr.usask.ca).

In her role as PR she (a) compiles and edits CCHSA Annual report; (b) Designs logos and advertisement for national and international conferences and symposia; design ad campaigns for services which the Agricultural Health and Safety Network provides to the Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities; (c) Screens Farm Safety essays for the SARM Scholarship annual competition; (d) manages CRHRS & CCHSA national and international conferences.

Current Projects:

• Manager/Coordinator: 11th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. “Rural and Remote Health Research: Creative Approaches”, October 25-27, 2012, Lévis, Québec.
• The Agricultural Health & Safety Network “Save your Breath” Respiratory Responses Booklet, Fall 2012.
• The Agricultural Health & Safety Network 25th Anniversary Celebration Organizing Committee.  2013
• Manager/Coordinator:  Seventh International Symposium: “Safety & Health in Agricultural & Rural Populations” Global Perspectives (SHARP), October 19-22, 2014, Saskatoon, SK.

Past Projects:

• Coordinator: The Canadian AgriSafety Applied Research Program: A National Summit.  Underpinning Industrial Occupational hygiene Programs for Canadian Agricultural Workers. February 16, 2012.
• Manager/Coordinator: 10th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: “Keeping it Rural: Health, Multiculturalism & the Rural-urban Interface” October 20-22, 2011, Richmond & Vancouver, BC.
• Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture 25th Anniversary Celebration – June 14,15, 2011.
• 9th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: “Rural Health: Connecting Research and Policy – Santé rurale: Lier recherche et politiques publiques” – September 23-25, 2010, Fredericton, NB.
• “Sleepless in Saskatchewan” DVD Launch – April 6, 2010, Saskatoon, SK.
• Recruitment ad campaign: Saskatchewan Rural Health Project: Get Involved” – 2010-2015.  Saskatoon, SK.
• Coordinator of the “Water & Health in Indigenous Communities” Research Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, May 11-13, 2009.
• Ad campaign for “Sleepless in Saskatchewan”
• Coordinator of the Sixth International Symposium: Public Health & the Agricultural Rural Ecosystem”, Saskatoon, SK, October 19-23, 2008.
• Ad campaign for the Saskatchewan Farm Injury Project – Connect, Engage”
• Coordinator for the Canadian Rural Health Research Society’s annual meetings:
  (a) Saskatoon 1999; (b) Ottawa 2000; (c) Saskatoon (2001), (d) Halifax (2002), (e) Saskatoon (2003), (f) Sudbury (2004), (g) Quebec City (2005), (h) Prince George (2006), (i) Kingston (2009), (j) Fredericton (2010) , (k) Richmond & Vancouver (2011), (l) Lévis, Québec (2012)
• Coordinator of the Fifth International Symposium: Future of Rural Peoples “Rural Economy, Healthy People, Environment, Rural Communities”, Saskatoon, SK, October 19-23, 2003.

Other Skills and Interests:

• Co-chair of the Brazilian Association of Saskatoon (BRASA).  2011-present
• Editor and Producer of the BRASA’s e-Newsletter “No Boundaries”.  2012
• “Luncheon en Vogue” - Member of the Organizing Committee – Annual Fundraise Event. 2004 - present
• Fully bilingual in Portuguese and English.  Reads and understands Spanish, French and Italian.

Publications:

Graphic Designs

De Freitas, SB. Poster & Visual Design.  The Agricultural Health & Safety Network “Save your Breath” Respiratory Responses.  April 2012.

De Freitas, SB.  Logo, Ads.  11th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society. “Rural and Remote Health Research: Creative Approaches” October 25-27, 2012, Lévis, Québec.

De Freitas, SB.  Poster, Brochure, Invitations. Canadian AgriSafety Applied Research Program: A National Summit.  Underpinning Industrial Occupational hygiene Programs For Canadian Agricultural Workers. February 16, 2012

De Freitas, SB. Booklet Design. The Agricultural Health & Safety Network Farm Safety Walkabout Booklet Resource. December 2011.

De Freitas, SB.  Invitation & Program.  Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture 25th Anniversary Celebration – June 14 & 15, 2011.   April 2011

Ulmer K, de Freitas, SB.  Booklet.  Farm Safety Walkabout.  April 2011.

De Freitas, SB.  Logo & Poster. 10th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: “Keeping it Rural: Health, Multiculturalism & the Rural-urban Interface” October 20-22, 2011, Richmond & Vancouver, BC.

de Freitas, SB. Poster.  The Agricultural Health & Safety Network: Practicing & Promoting Agricultural Health & Safety in 200 Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities”,  November 2010.

de Freitas, SB. Photos.  U of S Academic Health Sciences Centre Construction – Future home of the Canadian Centre for Health & Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA). http://cchsa-ccssma.usask.ca/healthsciconstruction/

de Freitas, SB. Logo,  & Brochure. 9th Conference of the CRHRS - Rural Health: Connecting Research and Policy – Santé rurale: Lier recherche et politiques publiques” Fredericton, NB, September 23-25, 2010.

de Freitas, SB. Logo & Poster and magnets design, Recruitment ad campaign for the Saskatchewan Rural Health Project: Get Involved – 2010-2015.  Saskatoon, SK.

de Freitas, SB. Logo, Pictures & Brochure. 8th Conference of the CRHRS “Rural Life, Health, Environment – The Full Spectrum”, Kingston, ON, October 15-17, 2009

de Freitas, SB. Logo, Pictures, & Brochure.  “Water & Health in Indigenous Communities” Research Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, May 11-13, 2009.

de Freitas, SB, Koehncke N.  Picture: Home page of the Information Strategy and Analytics website, University of Saskatchewan. http://www.usask.ca/isa/, March 2009.

de Freitas, SB.  Logo, Pictures, Brochure, & Posters.  Sixth International Symposium  Published: Journal of Agromedicine;Practice, Policy & Research.  Interface of human health and agriculture.  Vol 14 (2):Cover page, April-June 2009.

LaBrash.L., K.Ulmer, S.B.de Freitas, F.Karim-Tessem.  Booklet Design. Difficult Times: Stress on the Farm.  Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health.  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 3rd Edition, 2009.

LaBrash.L., K.Ulmer, S.B.de Freitas, F.Karim-Tessem.  Booklet Design. Difficult Times: Stress on the Farm. Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health.  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 2nd Editon, 2006.

Knowledge Transfer

De Freitas, SB.  Soaring Across Time: Ten Years of Visual Identity for the Canadian Rural Health Research Society.  Presented:  10th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: “Keeping it rural: Health, Multiculturalism & the Rural-urban Interface” October 20-22, 2011, Richmond & Vancouver, BC.

Dosman JA, Brown Y, Rennie D, Olenchock S, Williams C, Barber E, Koehncke N, Kirychuk S, de Freitas S. The Fifth International Symposium Future of Rural Peoples: Rural Economy, Healthy People, Environment, Rural Communities. In: Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health, Special Edition, Vol 11(2) May 2005.

LaBrash.L., S.B.de Freitas, H.H. McDuffie, N. Koehncke, Chemical Hazards:  A Swine Workers’ Guide.  2005.  Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health.  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Awards:

1st Place People's Choice Award for Best Poster: (http://crhrs-scrsr.usask.ca/news_updates/news_updates.php)

Title: Soaring Across Time: Ten Years of Visual Identity for the Canadian Rural Health Research Society.
Presented:10th Conference of the Canadian Rural Health Research Society: “Keeping it Rural: Health, Multiculturalism & the Rural-urban Interface” October 20-22, 2011, Richmond & Vancouver, BC.