Events

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Upcoming

CHSPR Seminar | From High Cost to High Value: 25 Years of Pharmaceutical Policy Lessons for Inflammatory Diseases

Nick Bansback, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Apr 21, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

CHSPR Seminar | Solidarity and the Expressive Function of Public Health Insurance: The Case of Medicare in Canada

Ana Komparic, UBC School of Population and Public Health
May 5, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

Past

CHSPR Seminar | Harnessing the Power of Nature to Support Patient Recovery After Abdominal Surgery

Annalijn Conklin, University of BC
Apr 7, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

CHSPR Seminar | What Does Equity Mean to Policymakers?

Michelle Amri and Jan Filart, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Mar 24, 2026, 12-1 pm PT

The Quintuple Aim: Can’t Get There From Here?

2026 CHSPR Health Policy Conference
March 12-13, 2026
Vancouver or Virtual

CHSPR Seminar | Towards Digital Twinning of Cancer Patients in Medicine, and Tackling Barriers to Clinical Adoption

Arman Rahmim, University of BC and BC Cancer
Feb 24, 2026, 12-1 pm PT
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CHSPR Seminar | Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases in BC: When Evidence Meets Politics

Craig Mitton, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Feb 10, 2026, 12-1 pm PT
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CHSPR Seminar | Medical Budgets in an Aging Canada

Paul Kershaw, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Jan 20, 2026, 12-1 pm PT
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Crichton Lectures

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