Webinars

Join our 2025-2026 Webinar Series!

Please register to receive the Zoom link for each webinar.

To submit questions in advance of the webinar, please use this form. 

For more information, please contact Kerryn van Rooyen (kerryn.vanrooyen@uhn.ca)

CanHepC Orientation with Kerryn van Rooyen

Date: September 17th 2025

Speaker: Kerryn van Rooyen, CanHepC Training & Education Operations Lead

This webinar will go over expectations for CanHepC Trainees and answer any questions you may have about the program. 

**Due to the nature of content covered in this Orientation, this session is for CanHepC trainees only. External students with questions should contact kerryn.vanrooyen@uhn.ca. 

Date: November 26th 2025, 3-4pm ET

Speaker: Dr Sonya MacParland (UHN/U of T)

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This webinar will explore strategies for obtaining research funding. 

Speaker: 

Dr Sonys MacParland - Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute

 

Date: October 8th 2025, 3-4pm ET

Panelists: Drs Sofia Bartlett (BCCDC), Nasheed Moqueet (PHAC), Christopher Ablenas (Health Canada)

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This panel will explore careers in health research in Canada. 

 

Panelists: 

Dr Sofia Bartlett - Interim Scientific Director (BC Centre for Disease Control), Assistant Professor, UCB School of Population and Public Health

Dr Nasheed Moqueet - Senior Epidemiologist, Public Health Agency of Canada

Dr Christopher Ablenas - Senior Biologist/Evaluator, Health Canada

Date: October 22nd 2025, 3-4pm ET

Panelists: Drs Sahar Saeed (Queens), Gillian Kolla (Memorial), Che Colpitts (Queens)

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This panel will explore careers in academia from the perspective of previous CanHepC Trainees. 

 

Panelists: 

Dr Sahar Saeed - Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Queens University

Dr Gillian Kolla - Assistant Professor of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr Che Colpitts - Assistant Professor, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queens University

Date: November 12th 2025, 3-4pm ET

Speaker: Dr Zahid Butt (Waterloo)

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This webinar will explore how AI is being used in Health Research today. 

Speaker: 

Dr Zahid Butt - Associate Professor, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo

 

Date: December 10th 2025, 3-4pm ET

Speakers: Dr Alexandra King, Sherri Pooyak, Carrielynn Lund, Renée Masching (Pewaseskwan)

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This webinar will explore strategies for community engagement in research, perticularly when engaging with Indigenous Peoples. 

Speakers: 

Dr Alexandra King- Associate Professor Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness,College of Medicine (USask), Pewaseskwan co-lead

Sherri Pooyak - Indigenous Platform Coordinator, Pewaseskwan

Carrielynn Lund - Project Coordinator, Pewaseskwan

Renée Masching - ConsultantPewaseskwan

 

 

Date: January 28th 2026, 3-4pm ET

Speaker: Janet Hatcher Roberts

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This webinar will explore 'What is Health Equity?" and how to use the community effectiveness gauge to see the systems effects on equity impact.   

Speaker: 

Janet Hatcher-Roberts - Adjunct Professor, SEPH, University of Ottawa
WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation
Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity

 

 

Date: February 11th 2026, 3-4pm ET

Panelists: TBC

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Date: March 11th 2026, 3-4pm ET

Speakers: Dr Alexandra King, Sherri Pooyak, Carrielynn Lund, Renée Masching (Pewaseskwan)

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This webinar will data governance considerations for Indigenous Peoples and the appropriate considerations taken during research projects. 

Speakers: 

Dr Alexandra King- Associate Professor Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness,College of Medicine (USask), Pewaseskwan co-lead

Sherri Pooyak - Indigenous Platform Coordinator, Pewaseskwan

Carrielynn Lund - Project Coordinator, Pewaseskwan

Renée Masching - ConsultantPewaseskwan

 

 

Date: March 25th 2026, 3-4pm ET

Speaker: TBC

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2023-2024

Orientation with Norma Choucha

September 20 2023

Norma Choucha
Administrative and Training Program Coordinator

Evidence for Prison-Based Harm Reduction Services in HCV Elimination

October 04 2023

Nadine Kronfli

Assistant Professor, McGill University
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Chronic Viral Illness Service
McGill University Health Centre, Glen site
 

How to Write a Good Research Paper, an Editor's Perspective

October 18 2023

Rod Russell

Professor of Virology and Immunology
Vice President, Canadian Society for Virology
Editor-in-Chief, Viral Immunology
Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University

Importance of Harm Reduction in HCV Elimination

November 01 2023

Gillian Kolla

Postdoctoral Researcher
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, University of Victoria

CHIM: Fast-track to an HCV vaccine?

November 15 2023

Jordan Feld

R. Phelan Chair in Translational Liver Disease Research.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.
Research Director, Toronto Centre for Liver Disease.
Senior Scientist, Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, TGRI, University Health Network

Indigenous Ways of Research

November 29 2023

Carrielynn Lund

University of Saskatchewan

Renée Masching
Independent Indigenous Researcher

Slides

Non-Academic Career Path

December 13 2023

Christopher Ablenas

Senior Biologist / Evaluator
Health Canada | Santé Canada

How to Engage with Policymakers, Politicians, and Media?

January 17 2024

Jennifer van Gennip

Executive Director
Action Hepatitis Canada

Janet Butler-McPhee

Director of Communications and Advocacy
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

Slides

Embedding EDI principles into biomedical and health research: who, what, where, when and why

February 14 2024

Imogen Coe

Professor of Chemistry and Biology
NSERC Scholar-in-Residence (with focus on EDI in STEM)

Slides

Career Path to Academia

March 13 2024

Che Colpitts

Assistant Professor
Queen's University

ON HCV Elimination Roadmap

March 27 2024

Jason Altenberg

Chief Executive Officer
South Riverdale Community Health Centre