• 3rd Annual Rural, Remote and Northern Symposium

    Event Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026 - 17:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 10AM-4PM
    Cost: $75-$95
    Event description:

    On June 2, 2026, the Alliance for Healthier Communities, alongside its Rural, Remote, and Northern Advisory Committee, is bringing together leaders, practitioners, and changemakers from across Ontario for the third annual Rural, Remote and Northern (RRN) Symposium, a focused, energizing day designed to tackle some of the most pressing realities facing rural, remote, and Northern communities. If your work touches these communities in any way, this is where you need to be.

    This year’s Symposium isn’t just a series of presentations, it’s a carefully curated agenda that blends policy insight, real-world innovation, and practical dialogue:

  • Tools for Better Management of ME, FM, and POTs in Primary Health Care

    Event Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 - 12:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Alliance Event
    Time: 12-1 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This webinar is presented by the Alliance for Healthier Communities in Partnership with CareNow Ontario.

    Are you seeing clients with persistent but hard-to-explain symptoms — debilitating fatigue, dizziness, unrefreshing sleep, pain, or brain fog — and wondering how best to help when tests don’t provide clear answers? 

  • Storytelling Workshop

    Event Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 10:00
    Event Type:
    Internal/External:
    Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
    Cost: $300
    Event description:

    This virtual workshop is presented by the Hospital For Sick Children's Learning Institute

    # About the Workshop.

    Storytelling is a powerful knowledge-sharing tool that can help you connect with your audience, get your message across, and be memorable-at conferences, retreats, meetings, and anywhere you speak about your work. It’s also useful when describing the impact of your work to funders and the general public, or when developing knowledge translation products, such as videos. Includes the 6-Step Story Planning Template.

  • Community-Led Vaccine Equity Research Project: Information Session

    Event Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026 - 14:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 2-3 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This video call is presented by the Dr. Peter Centre. 

    # About the Bridge Research Consortium

    The Bridge Research Consortium brings together experts with diverse skills and perspectives to help build public trust and make sure everyone has fair access to new vaccines and immune‑based treatments. This work helps Canada be better prepared for future health emergencies. This information session will introduce a new national research project on community-led vaccine equity.

  • ECHO Rheumatology - 2026 Cycle

    Event Date: Friday, May 22, 2026 - 12:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Fridays 12:00-1:30
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This learning series is presented by ECHO at UHN. 

    This program aims to support primary care providers with diagnosis and management of their rheumatic patients, allowing for early treatment so that tissue/joint damage is avoided or reduced.  

  • Choosing Wisely Canada's National Meeting

    Event Date: Monday, May 25, 2026 - 08:45
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: May 25 & 26
    Cost: $250+ in-person, $50 virtual
    Event description:

    # Overview

    Join us in Toronto at the Globe and Mail Centre on May 25 and 26, 2026, for Choosing Wisely Canada’s National Meeting, in collaboration with the Canadian Medical Association.

  • ECHO Liver - Winter/Spring 2026 Cycle

    Event Date: Monday, May 25, 2026 - 12:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Weekly on Mondays, 12:00-1:30 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This learning series is presented by ECHO at UHN. 

    There are over 100 liver diseases. Over 7 million Canadians have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and over half a million Canadians suffer from chronic viral hepatitis. Learn how to diagnose and manage your Liver patients through interactive online medical education. 

  • ECHO Traumatic Brain Injury - 2026 Cycle

    Event Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 - 17:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Wednesdays 5:00-6:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This learning series is presented by ECHO at UHN. 

    ECHO Traumatic Brain Injury covers topics related to persisting TBI symptoms, in children and adults, as well as diagnosis of acute and chronic concussion. The ECHO program is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive approach to TBI diagnosis and symptom management across the continuum.  

  • ECHO Chronic Pain & Opioid Stewardship - Winter/Spring 2026

    Event Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 12:30
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: Thursdays, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This learning series is presented by ECHO at UHN. 

    The goal of ECHO Chronic Pain is to support primary care providers in diagnosis and management of their chronic pain patients. 

  • Indigenous Methodologies, Data & Community Governance

    Event Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 - 13:00
    Event Type: Learning Events
    Internal/External: Community Event
    Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm
    Cost: Free
    Event description:

    This webinar is presented by the Health Data Research Network (HDRN) Canada as part of their 2025-26 Big IDEAs About Health Data Speaker Series. The Big IDEAs About Health Data Speaker Series features a variety of experts discussing how data can be used to advance health equity.

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