2026 Learning Series | Caring Together in Primary Care: Walking Toward People’s Own Goals

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Date and Time
17 June 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom

Primary care systems are overburdened by the task of caring for people. What if we did things differently and tried to care with them? For over a decade, Ghislaine Rouly and Antoine Boivin have combined complementary lived experiences and professional knowledge to care together in primary care. This session will explore key learnings, tensions, and practical challenges for walking together toward people’s own goals, at the speed of trust. Together, we will discuss the potential of these approaches for primary care research and practice in Canada. 

Panelists

Antoine Boivin, MD, PhD

  • Antoine is a primary care physician and the co-director of the Canada Research Chair in Partnership with Patients and Communities. He dedicates his life to fostering relationships between people, communities and health systems. For the past two decades, Antoine’s clinical practice, research, and teaching are conducted in partnership with people and communities. His research and clinical team include people facing chronic and mental health challenges, people with lived experience of homelessness, Indigenous navigators, migrants, youths and elders. In recent years, Antoine has facilitated local and international collaboration on social participation in health, in cooperation with the World Health Organization and partners from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Ghislaine Rouly, Person with Lived Experience

  • Ghislaine is the first person with lived experience named co-director of a Canada Research Chair. Born with two genetic orphan diseases, she has survived three major cancers and months of palliative sedation. She has over a decade of participatory research design, practice, mentorship and leadership experience. She is an inaugural member of the Canadian Primary Care Research Network and Co-Chair of its Pan Canadian Patient Council. She sits on the Governance Board of the Canadian Primary Care Research Consortium where her leadership, vision, accomplishments and international contributions are greatly valued. 

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