Events

CHSPR hosts a biweekly health services and policy seminar series. Many seminars are co-sponsored by the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics. Seminars are offered in hybrid form and are open to all.

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Upcoming

Seminar | Canary in the Coal Mine – Lessons from Canada on Long Stay Patients

Jason Sutherland, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Oct 20, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Fall Health Policy Workshop

An introduction to how health policy is conceived, made, implemented, and evaluated in Canada
Nov 9-10, 2026

Seminar | Reducing Health Inequities for Justice-Involved Children, Adolescents, and Adults: From Epidemiology to Impact

Stuart Kinner, Curtin University, Australia
Nov 17, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Seminar | Role Commitment and the Institutional Standing to Direct

Daniel Telech, University of the Fraser Valley
Dec 8, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

The Price of Care: Productivity, Value and Canada’s Healthcare Future

CHSPR 39th Annual Health Policy Conference
Apr 5-6, 2027

Past

Seminar | Menopause and Perimenopause in Uganda: The Unexamined and Unmet Needs of Midlife Women in Low and Middle Income Settings

Gina Ogilvie and Hallie Dau, University of BC
Oct 6, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Seminar | AI-Generated Synthetic Data Does More Harm than Good for Patient Privacy

Bret Nestor, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Sept 22, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Seminar | Incentivising value-based health care using patient-reported outcome measures in the English National Health Service

Nils Gutacker, University of York, UK
Sept 10, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

CHSPR Seminar | When AI Sounds Right but Gets Research Wrong: Demonstrations from Health Research Workflows

M. Ehsan Karim, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Jun 9, 2026, 12-1 pm PT
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CHSPR Seminar | Running Out of Time to Get Medical AI Right: Capabilities, Risks, and the Potential Displacement of Physicians

Sian Tsuei, UBC School of Population and Public Health
May 19, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Crichton Lectures

2026 Anne Crichton Lecture | The Quintuple Aim in Canada

2025 Anne Crichton Lecture | Building High-Performing Primary Care Systems

2024 Anne Crichton Lecture | Pharmacare in 2024

2023 Anne Crichton Lecture | A Health Economist’s Perspective on Value-Based Health Care in Canada