The McMaster Health Forum regularly hosts and contributes to events to support learning about ways to address pressing health- and social-system issues. Join one of our events, which include:
- 'Top Ten' webinars, featuring insights into health and social systems, evidence-informed policymaking and a range of key health issues, from Forum experts and influential health-system leaders and researchers from around the world
- student events focused on engaging McMaster University students in learning, discussion and collective action on healthcare challenges
- Forum experts contributing to events hosted by other organizations with an interest in supporting evidence-informed health- and social-systems
We historically led a series of optimal aging public talks, which are archived here. We now support the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging in promoting their public talks.
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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges: Systematizing best evidence use in routine times and to address future global crises
COVID-19 has created a once-in-a-generation focus on evidence and has fast-tracked collaboration among decision-makers, researchers and evidence intermediaries. But drawing from a range of types of ev… Read more -
Stories from the Field (Part I)
At this first event, we are focused on a few examples of teams that are looking at ways to re-organize care and design new models. Read more -
Building inclusive and reciprocal relationships with Indigenous organizations and communities
The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) presents an interactive webinar for OHTs on building inclusive and reciprocal relationships with Indigenous organizations and communities (October 21… Read more -
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Cochrane Convenes: Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies
An invitation-only online event hosted by Cochrane and co-organized with the World Health Organization and the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision making (COVID-END). Read more -
How Population Segmentation applies to Population Health Management
Debra Chen reviews how the Canadian Institutes for Health Information (CIHI) Population Health Grouper segments the population into groups. Samantha Magnus provides an example of how the British Colum… Read more -
OHT Virtual Engagement Series Webinar: Patient, Family and Caregiver Declaration of Values
The webinar will provide guidance and facilitate a discussion as OHTs undertake work to adopt the provincial Declaration of Values as part of their TPA Deliverable. Read more -
Partners in Care: Including Caregivers as Part of the Care Team
This session will share insights from the caregiver, OHT leads and Ontario Caregiver Organization perspectives on how and why it is critical to include caregivers as part of the care team. Read more -
Ne’iikaanigaana: Creating safer environments for Indigenous Peoples
A webinar on creating safer environments for Indigenous Peoples (September 16, 12-1pm) is planned in partnership with the Indigenous Primary Health Care Council. Read more -
Decisions informed by best evidence for responding to societal challenges
Watch a recording from this webinar, which was part of Africa Evidence Week 2021. Read more