91ºÚÁÏÍø

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 13:00to16:00

Deanna Chinerman is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Family Medicine, supervised by Tracie A. Barnett, PhD, Full Professor. Her work was supported by a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine graduate scholarship and aÌýFonds de Recherche du Québec-Santé (FRQS) Doctoral Training Scholarship with overall project funding through the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) grants.

Topic: The impact of paraben exposure on adiposity and cardiometabolic outcomes in pediatric populations.

Thursday, July 23, 2026 14:00to17:00

Khandideh Williams is a PhD candidate in the Department of Family Medicine at 91ºÚÁÏÍø, supervised by Professor, Alayne Adams, PhD,Ìý Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Mabel Carabali, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, & Occupational Health.Ìý

Friday, October 16, 2026 08:30to17:00

Optimization and Impact: Advancing Research, Teaching and Leadership in Family Medicine

The Department of Family Medicine’s Retreat is an annual event that brings together faculty members, researchers and clinicians to connect, collaborate and reflect on the future of family medicine. The retreat features keynote presentations, panel discussions, workshops and team-building activities that promote innovation in our discipline. This year's theme is titledÌýOptimization and Impact: Advancing Research, Teaching and Leadership in Family Medicine.

Friday, October 23, 2026 08:00to12:00

This event is organized by our Distributed Medical Education (DME) team and will highlight the unique value of rural teaching, followed by two engaging sessions to strengthen your teaching skills.Ìý

Registration will open end of August/September.

Date, time and location

We will be hosting an online rural retreat this year.

When: Friday October 23 at 8 am to 12 pm.

Where:ÌýOnline via Zoom.Ìý

Learning Objectives

At the end of the activity, I will be able to:

Monday, November 2, 2026 12:00to13:00

The Special Joint Grand Rounds in Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Medicine are an accredited group learning activity as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

To learn more about the Bergman/Pilon Lectureship in Aging, please visit:ÌýÌý

Classified as: FMHS
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 12:00to13:30

This book club–style discussion will explore caregiving as a foundational aspect of family medicine, encouraging reflection on the meaning of care in both professional and personal contexts while considering how patient-centred approaches can be integrated into clinical practice, research and teaching.

Event title:ÌýThe Soul of Care

Speaker:ÌýArthur Kleinman,ÌýMD,ÌýProfessor of Psychiatry and Medical Anthropology at Harvard University.

Date:ÌýWednesday November 4, 12 - 1.30 p.m.

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