News and Events
2026 Learning Series | Supporting Continuous Quality Improvement in Primary Care
Date and Time 10 November 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom The idea of learning health systems is increasingly gaining traction in primary care. Learning health systems have the potential to help us tackle complex challenges, accelerate the improvement of care and services, and...
Trainee Learning Series | Primary Care Electronic Medical Records: Unlocking a Modern Data Goldmine
Date and Time 22 September 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom (30 min dedicated Q&A for Trainees) Primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data are a rich source of information that can be used to improve health and preventive services and research. This session focusses...
Building Consensus for CATALYST-PC
CPCRC Listening Session - Part 2 | Sept 16, 2026 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST This session is a follow-up session to the one held on July 22, 2026 entitled: Shaping the Research Agenda for CATALYST-PC: What research can pan-Canadian EMR data unlock? Following this July...
Shaping the Research Agenda for CATALYST-PC: What Research Can Pan-Canadian EMR Data Unlock?
CPCRC Listening Session | July 22, 2026 | 12:00-1:00 PM EST We're planning to build CATALYST-PC: a pan-Canadian infrastructure that will connect primary care electronic medical records to other provincial and national administrative health data, enabling researchers...
CPCRC Newsletter: June 2026
Greetings Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the June issue of our newsletter. Thank you for taking the time to peruse its contents as we have a number of updates to share. The CPCRC is close to having official not-for-profit status. In the meantime, we are getting closer to...
2026 Learning Series | Caring Together in Primary Care: Walking Toward People’s Own Goals
Date and Time17 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...
CPCRC Newsletter: May 2026
Greetings Dear Colleagues, With Spring finally in the air, we hope this finds you energized after the stress and rush of year-end deadlines. The last 2 months have been busy at the CPCRC with ongoing work to obtain our not-for-profit status, a 2-day in-person meeting...
The OECD has officially released the PaRIS (Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys) Public Use Files
An important step forward has been made for primary care and health policy: the OECD has officially released the PaRIS (Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys) Public Use Files.These internationally comparable datasets from 15 countries, including our Canadian data,...
Trainee Learning Series | PASSERELLE, Canada’s National Bilingual Hub for Capacity Development in Patient-Oriented Research
Date and Time9 Jun 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom Summary This learning series will introduce PASSERELLE, Canada’s national bilingual hub dedicated to strengthening training and capacity development in Patient-Oriented Research (POR). Presenters will highlight how...
2026 Learning Series | Global Lessons to Local Impact: Advancing Clinic-Driven PBRLNs in Canada
Date and Time26 May 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom Summary Canadian Primary Care Research and Learning Networks (PBRLNs) play a critical role in engaging primary care practices in research and quality improvement, yet they face shared operational challenges related to...
CPCRC Science & Learning Symposium
We are pleased to announce that registration is open for our 2026 Science & Learning Symposium which will take place on Thursday, October 22 in Toronto, in partnership with Trillium and the International Foundation for Integrated Care (IFIC). Details and...
2026 Learning Series | The Importance of PREMs/PROMs in Working Towards Goal-Oriented Care
Date and Time29 Apr 2026, 12-1 PM ET, Zoom Summary This presentation will focus on two initiatives which have successfully transformed clinical and organizational practices in primary care through the use of PREMs/PROMs. The LORI project from Quebec is a...