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Canadian Public Health Association

Program

Final PROGRAM 

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Updated Wednesday 6 November; 14:20 (ET). Program is subject to change. All times are Eastern Time.

Monday 25 november

8:30 - 16:00

CAIRE Research Symposium - Equity Considerations in Immunization Research, Evaluation, and Education
Additional fee, pre-registration required

Tuesday 26 November

9:00 - 10:30 Plenary I - Is a breast cancer vaccine within ten years an achievable goal?
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • Advisory immunization committees need immunologists: When calling a friend is a must!
  • By us, for us: Factors for success in offering COVID-19 vaccination to Indigenous communities in Ottawa
  • Immunizations in newcomer populations: The experiences, evidence, and tools
  • Mis- and disinformation and vaccine communication challenges: What have we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic that will help us preparing for a potential flu pandemic?
  • Play your best hand: Learning from implementation how to educate healthcare providers about using CARD (comfort — ask — relax — distract) as a framework for vaccination delivery
  • Oral Abstract Presentations

12:30 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

12:45 - 14:00 Co-developed Learning Activities
14:00 - 15:00

Poster Presentations

15:00 - 15:30

Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors

15:30 - 17:00

Concurrent Sessions

  • Controlled human infection models: An innovative tool for public health decision-making
  • Economic evidence to support vaccine decision-making in Canada: Progress and potential
  • Opportunities and challenges for the prevention of RSV in older adults by vaccination
  • The power of academic-Indigenous community partnerships for immunization research: an example from the First Nations Childhood Immunization (FINCH) video project
  • Unlocking innovation: Digital solutions for enhanced immunization practices
  • Oral presentations

Wednesday 27 November

7:15 - 8:30

Co-developed Learning Activities

9:00 - 10:30 Plenary II - Realizing the future of vaccination for public health: The Chief Public Health Officer of Canada's report on the state of public health in Canada 2024
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment break with Sponsors and Exhibitors
11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • Advancing equity and sustainability in Canada’s vaccination system: Applying recommendations from the 2024 CPHO report
  • Dealing with hatred and aggression: Moral injuries, trust, and communication strategies
  • Planning and implementing a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunization program in Ontario: Key lesson learned for a population-based rollout of adult and infant RSV prevention programs
  • Shared responsibility, shared success: Building partnerships in Canadian vaccine safety surveillance and adverse event management
  • Oral presentations
12:30 - 14:00 Networking Lunch

12:45 - 13:30

Documentary film premiere: Who do you Trust? Vaccines in the age of vaccine hesitancy

12:45 - 14:00 Co-developed Learning Activities
14:00 - 15:00

Poster Presentations

15:00 - 15:15 Break
15:15 - 16:45

Concurrent Sessions

  • Data- and equity-driven approaches to delivering immunizations in Ottawa, Ontario
  • Enhancing vaccine rollout and evaluation with implementation science theories and models
  • Gaps and strategies for catch-up from the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on routine childhood vaccination: Progress made and work still to do
  • Is vaccine research, clinical practice, decision-making, and policy ageist?
  • Unpacking NACI guidance on HPV vaccines: Review of 2024 updated guidance for public health decision makers and healthcare professionals
  • Oral presentations

thursday 28 November

9:00 - 10:30 Plenary III - Preparing for an avian influenza pandemic
10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break
11:00 - 12:30

Concurrent Sessions

  • From implementation to elimination: Increasing youth HPV immunization in Canada through a phased approach
  • Learning DECIDE: An innovative, evidence-informed pregnancy-specific vaccine communication approach
  • Mpox: The global situation, approved vaccines, and protecting vulnerable high-risk groups
  • What’s new with NACI
  • Oral presentations

12:30 - 12:45

Lunch

12:45 - 13:45 Plenary IV - Navigating vaccine hesitancy: Trust, science, and public health