The Quintuple Aim: Can’t Get There From Here?
March 12-13, 2026 | UBC Vancouver Campus or Virtual
CHSPR will hold its 38th annual health policy conference March 12-13, 2026 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus. This long-standing Canadian health policy conference promotes debate and discussion on timely issues facing health systems in Canada.
The 2026 conference will engage attendees in policy debates associated with provinces’ and territories’ progress toward the Quintuple Aim. The Quintuple Aim calls for improving population health, slowing healthcare spending growth, improving patient experience, and improving the health of the workforce, while addressing cross-cutting domains of health equity.
The Quintuple Aim is important across Canada. The framework’s domains are recognized objectives of many provincial health systems – the funders of publicly available healthcare. Given provinces’ and territories’ struggles to ensure timely access to healthcare, slow cost growth, and provide culturally appropriate health services, review of the policies and activities associated with achieving the Quintuple aims is directly relevant to provinces, territories and Canada’s federal government.
International and domestic speakers will share their latest policy analyses, research, insights, and predictions. The conference will include participation from diverse groups from across the country and representation from public and private healthcare policymakers, academics, providers, patients, trainees, and national and provincial organizations. The Scientific Program and Organizing committees look forward to welcoming you!
The event will be offered in hybrid format.
The Scientific Program Committee invites submissions of proposals for interactive workshops and abstracts for poster presentations on health services and policy research topics relevant to the Quintuple Aim.
Scientific Program Committee
Jason Sutherland, UBC Professor in Health Services and Policy (chair)
Mylaine Breton, Professor, Université de Sherbrooke
Noriki Kamihiro, PhD student, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Kerry Kuluski, Scientist, Institute for Better Health
John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute for Health Economics
Lily Zhou, Stroke Neurologist, Vancouver General Hospital
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