Events

Roundtable Luncheon with Frances Donald, Jean-Francois Perrault and Douglas Porter

Frances Donald, Chief Economist, RBC

Frances Donald is the Chief Economist at RBC and leads a team of economists who deliver economic analyses to help inspire and empower informed decision making in an evolving world. Frances is a leading voice on economic issues and is highly sought after by clients, government leaders, policy makers, and media in the U.S. and Canada for her deep insights on the macro-economic environment and financial markets in North America. She is recognized for her ability to effectively communicate complex economic issues to wide audiences.  

Frances joined RBC from another financial institution where she served as global chief economist and strategist. In this capacity, she was responsible for forecasting global macroeconomic and financial trends, analyzing the economy and capital markets for potential opportunities and risks, and serving as a thought leader both within the firm and externally. 

She’s a frequent public speaker and regularly appears in international media, including Bloomberg and CNBC.

Frances obtained a Bachelor of Economics from Queen’s University and earned her master’s degree in economics from New York University.

Jean-François Perrault, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist, Scotiabank

Jean-François Perrault joined Scotiabank in 2015 as Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist. He leads a team of Economists to support Scotiabank’s domestic and international business lines and clients from retail to capital markets, providing Scotiabank's senior executives, business lines and customers with perspectives, insights and forecasts on economic, financial market and policy developments.  

Prior to joining Scotiabank, Jean-François held prominent roles with the federal government, the Bank of Canada, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. 

Douglas Porter, CFA, Chief Economist and Managing Director

Douglas Porter has over 30 years of experience analyzing global economies and financial markets. As Chief Economist at BMO Financial Group and author of the popular Talking Points, he oversees the macroeconomic and financial market forecasts and co-writes the firm’s weekly flagship publication, Focus. Mr. Porter manages the team that has won numerous forecasting awards. Most recently, Douglas led the team to a #1 ranking for Top U.S. Forecaster among 60 global firms in the 2023 Focus Economics Survey, and #1 for Top Canadian Inflation Forecaster among 28 firms. Also, his team took the #1 spot in the StarMine Awards for Most Accurate Forecasters for Canada in 2022.

As a respected commentator on economic and financial trends, he is regularly quoted in the national press and often interviewed on radio and television. 

Douglas’ career began at the Bank of Canada; then, before joining BMO, he held the positions of Economist and Country Risk Analyst with other Canadian financial institutions.

He has been a member of C.D. Howe’s Monetary Policy Council since 2008 and serves on the Investment Management Committees of the Bank of Montreal’s Canada Pension Plan and Western’s Endowment Fund. 

Douglas Porter, CFA, earned a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

The Future of Health Leadership, Informatics, and Policy (FHLIP) Conference is a mission-driven gathering dedicated to instigating a paradigm shift in healthcare. Our vision is to transform healthcare by leveraging innovative digital health policies and leadership as catalysts.

FHLIP is committed to more than just discourse; we actively foster collaboration among various stakeholders, endorse the adoption of pioneering technologies, and rigorously address issues surrounding privacy, security, and ethics. Our comprehensive approach aims to enhance patient outcomes, significantly reduce healthcare costs, and improve the overall efficiency and sustainability of our healthcare system, providing tangible benefits to all participants.

The FHLIP conference is designed to lay the groundwork for a more resilient, patient-centric healthcare ecosystem. It serves as a platform to explore best and next practices, identify challenges, question assumptions, and understand the roles of policymakers and vendors. We aim to influence a future where digital health is the norm, not the exception.

Our main objective is to catalyze the development of proactive, innovative digital health solutions capable of addressing the healthcare sector’s ever-evolving challenges. In an era of rapid technological advancement and increasing health crises, such solutions are key to sustainable, effective healthcare.

The conference provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage with top-tier experts, thought leaders, and innovators in digital health. It facilitates the exchange of ideas, research findings, and personal experiences, encouraging participants to contribute to the global effort towards transforming healthcare. This networking and learning opportunity is invaluable for professionals in the healthcare sector.

Join us on this extraordinary journey as we strive to shape a better, more proactive future for healthcare together.

Connect with Ontario public and private sector leaders and innovators as they explore the issues that matter most to Ontario patients, caregivers, and digital health professionals—discussions that are the hallmark of the annual Digital Health Canada ON25 Conference (formerly UpOnDigital: Update on Ontario Digital Health).

International Conference on Recent Advances in Medical, Medicine and Health Sciences(ICRAMMHS)  will be held on 27th Feb-28th Feb 2025 at Toronto, Canada. ICRAMMHS  is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Business Management and Social Innovation to a common forum. All the registered papers will be published by the World Research Library and will be submitted for review for indexing by Google Scholar etc.

This Conference is sponsored by  many International institutes. The conference would offer a large number of invited lectures from renowned speakers all over the country. The Best paper awards will be given for the papers judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference.

All submissions to the conference will be reviewed by at least two independent peers for technical merit and content. It is anticipated that a broad range of research and applied topics will be covered during the conference.

Get ready to vote in Ontario’s provincial election!

Mark your X on or before February 27 to elect your Member of Provincial Parliament. We offer many ways to vote, including by mail, at your local election office, at an advance voting location, and on election day.

To be eligible to vote, you must be:

• 18 years of age or older;
• a Canadian citizen; and
• a resident of Ontario.

Helpful information to get ready to vote: 

• Confirm, update or add your voter information to the RegisterOpens in a new tab by February 17 to receive a voter information card in the mail with information on when and where to vote.
• Voter information cards will be in the mail from February 17 to 22.
• Apply to vote by mailOpens in a new tab before February 21 at 6 PM (Eastern Time) to receive your voting kit in the mail. Elections Ontario must receive your completed voting kit by 6 PM (Eastern Time) on February 27 to be counted. Your voting kit will include a write-in ballot on which you will have to write the candidateOpens in a new tab’s given name (or initials) and surname.
• Vote in person at your local election officeOpens in a new tab from January 30 until 6 PM (Eastern Time) on February 26. Remember to bring your ID.
• Vote at any advance voting locationOpens in a new tab in your electoral district from 10 AM to 8 PM (Eastern Time) from February 20 to 22. Remember to bring your ID.
• Vote at your assigned voting locationOpens in a new tab on election day from 9 AM to 9 PM (Eastern Time) on February 27. Remember to bring your ID.
• You can use assistive voting technology at your local election office from February 20 to 26 and at designated advance voting locations from February 20 to 22. You can also contact your local election officeOpens in a new tab to make an appointment to use assistive voting technology on election day, February 27.

Learn more about accessible tools and services to vote in this election.

The 37th annual CHSPR health policy conference will confront the primary care crisis. With primary care stretched beyond its limits, it is necessary for provincially delivered and funded systems to learn from each other and more quickly apply evidence to practice. Speakers will engage with approaches that are being implemented to support patients in navigating primary care, address workforce shortages, decrease inefficiencies, and use data to transform care. The event will be offered in hybrid format.

CHSPR’s long-standing conference promotes discussion between policy-makers, academics, providers, trainees, patients and national organizations on timely issues shaping health systems in Canada. The 2025 conference will bring together participants from diverse groups and from across the country to discuss ways to manage, deliver and finance primary care that aims to achieve the Quintuple Aim; exploring ways to increase health care equity through innovations in care delivery. Addressing challenges in our primary care systems requires co-designing strategies, collaborative dialogues, and coordinating activities, and the conference promises to engage in this transformative work.

Infoway is pleased to collaborate with the HIMSS 2025 Global Health Conference, where attendees will hear firsthand from industry leaders, leading edge researchers and digital disruptors on a variety of topics such as health system transformation, population health management, artificial intelligence and big data, and patient experience.

At HIMSS Global Health Conference, discover cutting-edge health technologies and connect with over 35,000 professionals from across the global health landscape. It’s an opportunity to delve into insightful sessions, engage in vibrant networking soirées, and explore solutions to the pressing challenges in healthcare.

• The Leadership vote will conclude on March 9, 2025, at which point the new leader will be announced on the same day. Per the party’s constitution, the cut-off date to become a Registered Liberal and be eligible to vote in the leadership race will be January 27, 2025. The Party must publicly post the registration procedures for a Leadership vote 27 days before the date of the vote.
• The entrance fee for a candidate to join the leadership race will be $350,000. A leadership contestant must declare their participation in the race by January 23, 2025.
• Suzanne Cowan, Past President of the Party, and Marc-Etienne Vien, LPC(Q) Director, will co-chair the Leadership Vote Committee. This committee will be responsible to plan and organize the Leadership vote, and will start to meet in the coming days to finalize the remaining procedures of the vote.
• MP Patricia Lattanzio and John Herhalt, Chair of the Federal Liberal Agency of Canada, will co-chair the Leadership Expense Committee. This committee will adopt Leadership Expense Rules for the leadership race, as well as set a maximum expense limit. They will begin meeting in the coming days to finalize these procedures.

Protecting the integrity of our democratic process, while still engaging as many people as possible, is one of the Liberal Party of Canada’s top priorities. The National Board also made the decision to update the requirements for becoming and maintaining status as a Registered Liberal. To be a Registered Liberal, a person must:

• be at least fourteen (14) years of age;
• support the purposes of the party;
• be a Canadian citizen, have status under the Indian Act, or be a permanent resident of Canada.
• not be a member of any other federal political party in Canada; and
• while Registered as a Liberal, not have publicly declared an intention to be a candidate for election to the House of Commons other than as a candidate of the Party.

The Liberal Party of Canada looks forward to running a secure, fair, and national race that will elect the next Leader of the party. For more details on the Leadership race, please visit our website: lpc.ca/2025leadership

The Quality Forum is our annual conference that brings together British Columbia’s health care community to share and discuss how to improve quality across the continuum of care. This three-day event is a great opportunity to learn new skills and strategies, discuss opportunities and challenges, and network with others interested in improving health care.

The goals of the Quality Forum are to:

From Menstruation to Menopause, A new look at Women’s health.

Women’s health has been under-researched and under-prioritized because of long held historical misconceptions, stigma and underfunding.

Dr. Jen Gunter, renowned author and gynecologist, summed it up by writing: “Women were long viewed as lesser and more troublesome versions of men, and their reproductive tracts were primarily studied to improve pregnancy outcomes. This has resulted in inadequate research and education about the female body and the dismissal of women’s health concerns”.

Menstruation, ovulation, perimenopause and menopause are as normal as any other function of the body yet remains taboo, despite being a reality for 50% of the population.

There is a cost to this stigma. 83% of young Canadian women experience shame about menstruating and 1 in 3 don’t feel prepared for their first period. 68% of women in Canada felt that their period prevented them from full participation in an activity. More than half have missed school, work or social activities.

Period poverty is real, and not just in developing nations. One in five women in Canada struggle to afford menstrual products. This inequity doesn’t end when menstruation ends. The Menopause Foundation of Canada reports that 10% of women will stop working due to unmanaged symptoms.

Every March, we come together to observe International Women’s Day, and this year, the Empire Club is excited to present “Here’s a Hot Flash: Women’s Health Matters. Period.” Our experts will debate how far we have come and the work still to be done.  They’ll share stories and evidence on how bringing conversations on women’s health out into the open benefits individual women, the economy, and our broader society.

On March 20th, 2025, join Karli Farrow, President and CEO at Trillium Health Partners (THP), Joanna Griffiths, Founder and President of Knix and Dr. Wendy Wolfman, Director of the Menopause and the Premature Ovarian Insufficiency Clinics at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto for a lively discussion on women’s health from menstruation to menopause, with Teri Hart, journalist and TV host, as the moderator.

Sudha Kutty, Executive Vice-President, Evidence, Products, and Services, will participate at the 10th Annual Forum: Pathways to Access and Reimbursement hosted by the Canadian Institute.

She will be speaking during 2 sessions: “From CADTH to Canada’s Drug Agency: How the Transformation Will Expand the Scope of Work and Support Next Steps on the Pharmacare File” and “Examining Canada’s First Time-Limited Recommendation: Key Takeaways from the Process in Practice for Your Market Access Strategy.”

This event is a valuable platform that brings together key groups in the pharmaceutical ecosystem to engage in meaningful discussions on market access, drug price regulation and drug reimbursement.

The CMA’s national forum for changemakers returns, this year with a focus on Canada’s evolving political landscape – and how to keep health care at the top of the political agenda.

The event – held in-person in Ottawa and online – will include insights from insiders and innovators, as well as opportunities for hands-on engagement.

Sessions will cover issues from navigating the AI revolution, to health care as an economic advantage, to advancing Indigenous self-determination.

The Health Summit brings together physicians, medical learners, people with lived experience and other partners across the health sector who want to create a better system for all.

The 2023 Health Summit explored What Health Care Should Be, with guests including federal Health Minister Mark Holland, climate researcher Dr. Courtney Howard, pollster Shachi Kurl from the Angus Reid Institute, patient partner Robin McGee, and health law and policy professor and author Timothy Caulfield.

Previous keynote speakers have included Dr. Verna Yiu, former president/CEO of Alberta Health Services, Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University, and Dr. Jillian Horton, an award-winning physician, musician, writer and podcaster.

Public Health 2025 is the national conference where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being, to share the latest research and information, to promote best practices and to advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research.

Winnipeg is located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

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e-Health is the premier event for Canadian digital health professionals working to make a difference in health and healthcare delivery. Since its inception in 2000, the e-Health Conference and Tradeshow has served as a vital epicentre of Canadian digital health discussion and debate, attracting over 1,000 health professionals annually. e-Health is the optimal spot for networking and knowledge sharing with peers nationally and around the globe. With in-demand speakers, expert panellists and presenters, and leading-edge exhibitors, e-Health always delivers memorable education and networking opportunities.