Webinar: De-mystifying Patient Engagement In Research

The Chronic Pain Network is hosting an hour-long webinar for patients and clinicians entitled, "De-mystifying Patient Engagement in Research". Patient Perspective Partners Delane Linkiewich and Jennifer Daly host this webinar, with guests Dr. Melanie Noel and Janice Sumpton. This webinar is part of their Patient EngagEment in Research (PEER) webinar series. A recording of the […]

BC COVID-19 Research and Collaboration Symposium

Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Heath, the University of Northern British Columbia, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the BC Academic Health Science Network and BC SUPPORT Unit have joined together to host a two-day research symposium. Researchers and stakeholders from health sciences, education, social sciences […]

CIHR “Ask me anything” – Fall 2020 Project Grant Competition

CIHR is hosting “Ask Me Anything” sessions designed to answer the questions researchers have about the Fall 2020 Project Grant competition. There will be 3 sessions, 2 in English and 1 in French. You can join the meeting via Microsoft Teams or submit your question via Sli.do. For the Microsoft Teams meeting link and Sli.do […]

Webinar: Online Poster Presentations- What; How; Why?

The BC SUPPORT Unit is hosting a webinar to help poster presenters and conference attendees navigate virtual poster presentations at conferences. This webinar will focus on: • A scan of how the poster session is being navigated at other research meetings • Highlighting some key considerations and opportunities of virtual posters (including the #betterposter movement) […]

Guidance on authorship with and acknowledgement of patient partners in POR

The Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit's Patient Engagement Journal Club will be discussing, "Guidance on authorship with and acknowledgement of patient partners in patient-oriented research", a recent publication in BMC Research Involvement and Engagement. The discussion will be co-hosted by co-authors Dawn Richards, Lesley Singer, and Kathryn Birnie. You can find the article here. Register here […]

BC Kidney Days

BC Kidney Days is an annual conference, hosted by BC Renal and BC Transplant, that brings together clinicians, administrators and patient partners from across BC, other parts of Canada and the United States to discuss the latest research, trends, clinical treatments and surgical breakthroughs in kidney patient care. This year, the conference is completely virtual. […]

Webinar: De-mystifying Privacy: Research Uses of Administrative Data

The Maternal Infant Child Youth Research Network (MICYRN) is hosting a webinar on research uses of administrative data. Speakers will include Holly Longstaff (Provincial Health Services Authority BC), Donna Curtis Maillet (New Brunswick Institute for Research Data and Training), and Charles Burchill (University of Manitoba) This webinar explores modern approaches to research privacy for administrative […]

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