Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting another successful 2-day Expert Knowledge Exchange titled “Building for the Future” at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre hotel in Toronto, Ontario!
First, we would like to thank our Patient Partners, Trainees, Allied Health Professionals, Network Investigators and Speakers for joining us from across Canada.
We would also like to thank our speakers for exchanging their expert knowledge with our fantastic audience who travelled across Canada to participate in this event.
We give special thanks to our excellent speakers:
Amanda Higginson, Joel Sherwood, Patrick Logan, Ian Swanson, Jonathan Yeh, Dr. Katie Dainty, Theresa Aves, Dr. Kevin Thorpe, Dr. Nicole Kaniki, Marika Sandrelli, Beverley Pomeroy, Kristelle Heinrichs, Dr. Alexandra King, Dr. Malcolm King, Dr. Lauren Drogos, Dr. Varinder Randhawa, Danaka Porter and Tigana Runte.
We would also like to thank our CANet Patient Partners for their attendance and being our Network’s heart. A special thank you goes out to each of you:
Dr. Mary Runte (Chair of CANet’s Patient Advisory Council), Danaka Porter, Jacinthe Bisson, Tim Westhaver, Diane Strachan, Linda Riches, Kevin Barry, Darrin Bauer, and Hugh Winsor.
In addition, we thank our Patient Partners who were not in attendance but play vital roles in our Network.
Thank you, Barbara Martin, Ann-Marie Julien, Dale Kisch, David Durksen, Waleed El-Zoghbi, Sherilyn Powers, Jennifer Porter, Roseanne MacIsaac, Robert MacLachlan, Alison Headland, Joel Thibeault, Vickie Pynn and Sylvain Bedard.
Thank you to the Chair of CANet’s Training and Education Committee, Dr. Katherine Allan, and the additional members of the TEC for their hard work in the planning of this event: Brianna Davies, Shannon Kelly, Joel Sherwood, Danaka Porter, Tigana Runte, Dr. Varinder Randhawa, and Dr. Santokh Dillon. Your work is greatly appreciated.
Additional details about this event, including speaker bios and presentation abstracts, can be found here.
If you are looking for a presentation, visit our Expert Knowledge Exchange portal. Scroll to the bottom of this page to learn more!
Enjoy our gallery of photos below!
During the Expert Knowledge, CANet held two competitions, CHAT Poster and CHAT Discovery, for its trainees.
Our CHAT Poster competition allowed trainees to showcase their research and present their posters to a panel of scientific, allied health, and patient partner judges.
Research Category
General Interest
Public/Patient-Oriented Selection
Our final competition was the CHAT Discovery which included presentations from four finalists on their original research studies. Finalists below had the opportunity to win up to $25,000! A huge congratulations to all finalists for their incredible work.
Jobanjit Phulka, CHAT Discovery award winner with Dr. Katie Allan, Chair, CANet’s Training and Education Committee
We hope you all had a wonderful time with the opportunities to grow your networks and gain valuable knowledge.
Thank you, and we hope to see you at our next event soon!
If you could not attend our event, please find access to the speakers’ presentation slides on our Expert Knowledge Exchange portal, where you can view them at your convenience!
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