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Day At A Glance 

8:00am - 8:45am | Light breakfast and networking 

• Location: Bentley Centre

8:45am - 9:00am | Welcome 

9:00am - 10:00am | Keynote Speaker: André Picard (Health Reporter and Columnist for The Globe and Mail and one of Canada’s top health & public policy observers and commentators.)

• Title: Tipping Point: Are we finally ready undertake some serious healthcare reform?
  • A veteran journalist reflects on the state of Canada’s health care system and how it can be modernized and reinvigorated. 
• Location: 7-238 Weldwood Lecture Theatre
• Zoom Link

10:00am - 10:15am | Break 

10:30am - 12:00pm | Workshops 

*Please note that workshops in the afternoon will build off of the morning workshops*

• Laura Middleton, Associate Professor & Schlegel, Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living (University of Waterloo) 
  • Morning Title: Building Meaningful Partnerships for Impact
  • Location: Bentley Centre
• The Centre for Implementation | Julia E. Moore 
  • Morning Title: Selecting effective strategies to address the barriers and facilitators to change
  • Location: 6-205 Conference Centre 

12:30pm - 1:30pm | Working Lunch

• Facilitator: Julia E. Moore, a highly skilled facilitator from the Center for Implementation
• Topic: Northern Health's Health Service Networks 
  • Spend lunch time with NH colleagues representing different Service Networks such as Children and Youth, Primary Care, Emergency Services, Population and Public Health, among others. Engage in discussions around evidence needs that may prompt research and implementation opportunities.
• Location: 6-205 Conference Centre 

12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch & Learn

• Facilitator: Dr. Laura Middleton, Associate Professor & Schlegel, Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living (University of Waterloo) 
• Title: Engaging in Diverse Ways: Providing Support through Participatory Research 
• Location: Bentley Centre

1:30 pm - 1:45pm | Break 

1:45pm - 2:45pm | Plenary 

• Speaker: Dr. Virginia Braun
• Title: Does qualitative story completion have potential for health research?
• Location: 6-213 Canfor Theatre
• Zoom Link
• Presentation Slides

2:45pm - 3:00pm | Break 

3:00pm - 4:30pm | Workshops 

• Dr. Davina Banner 
  • Afternoon Title: Engaging Patients and the Public in Healthcare and Research: Opportunities, Tensions, and Best Practices
  • Location: Bentley Centre
• The Centre for Implementation | Julia E. Moore 
  • Afternoon Title: Trust, power and relationship building in implementation contexts
  • Location: 6-205 Conference Centre 

4:30pm | End of Day  

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