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Canadian Public Health Association

Overview

The Canadian Immunization Conference will return in 2024! 
26-28 November
Shaw Centre | Ottawa

Join experts and thought-provoking speakers at the 2024 Canadian Immunization Conference for a scientific program that will engage and inspire future research, policies and practices. 

The conference will be held in Anishinabewaki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People.

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IMPORTANT DATES

  • Call for submissions launch: March 2024
  • Registration launch: April 2024
  • Call for submissions deadline: May 2024
  • Preliminary program launch: July 2024
  • Final Program launch: October 2024

Conference Objectives

CIC 2024 will provide participants the opportunity to:

  • Profile new research, successful strategies and best practices to encourage future innovation and collaboration.
  • Connect stakeholders to shape the future of Canada’s vaccination research, policies and programs.
  • Examine current vaccine- and immunization-related issues from various disciplines and sectors and discuss relevant knowledge translation approaches.
  • Explore strategies to address emerging issues and potential impacts on decision-making, research, policy and practice.

Learning Objectives

Having attended CIC 2024, delegates are better prepared to:

  • Utilize effective evidence-based programs and best clinical practices, as well as policy approaches.
  • Describe vaccine-related research and identify colleagues and partners to develop initiatives.
  • Identify vaccination-related challenges and solutions, trends, emerging issues and evidence gaps.

Questions?

Contact the CIC Secretariat staff at cic-cci@cpha.ca.

2023 PLENARY SESSION RECORDINGS

PLENARY I: APPLYING PANDEMIC LEARNINGS TO ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS

Speakers

  • Na-Koshie Lamptey, Deputy Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health
  • Theresa Tam, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada

Moderator

  • Manish Sadarangani, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

 

PLENARY II: UNLEARNING AND UNDERGOING SYSTEMIC WHITE SUPREMACY AND INDIGENOUS-SPECIFIC RACISM IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Speakers 

  • Vera Etches, Medical Officer of Health, Ottawa Public Health
  • Kate Jongbloed (white occupier), CIHR-HRBC Health Systems Impact Post-Doc Fellow
  • Danièle Behn Smith (Eh Cho Dene & Métis), Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Indigenous Health, Province of British Columbia

Moderator

  • Bonnie Henry (white settler), Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia

 

PLENARY III: A NEW ERA OF ADULT IMMUNIZATION

Speaker 

  • Melissa K. Andrew, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University

Moderator 

  • Shelley Deeks, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health, Department of Health and Wellness; Chair, National Advisory Committee on Immunization

 

PLENARY IV: PREVENTING AND PREPARING FOR THE RE-EMERGENCE OF VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES

Speakers

  • Cora Constantinescu, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary
  • Folake Olayinka, Immunization Technical Lead, Global Health Bureau, USAID Washington DC

Moderator

  • Shelly Bolotin, Director, Centre for Vaccine Preventable Diseases; Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto; Scientist, Public Health Ontario

 

 

 

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Sponsors

The Conference Collaborators appreciate the financial support from corporate sponsors. This financial support offsets core expenses in order to reduce the financial burden on conference participants to the greatest possible extent. Financial contributions do not entitle corporate sponsors to any involvement in the development of the scientific program.