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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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2023 FINAL PROGRAM

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