News and events
5-year Funding from CIHR Secured and New Name for the Network
We are proud to announce that CIHR will fund our Network at $10MM over the next five years (2022-2027). Thank you to all our partners, collaborators and team members for your contributions and support! We look forward to collaborating with you to achieve our new...
Summary of impact of the 12 Community-Based Primary Healthcare (CBPHC) Innovation Teams
The 12 Community-Based Primary Healthcare (CBPHC) Innovation teams were designed to develop and evaluate innovative models of care that improve the prevention and management of chronic diseases and reduce inequities in access to CBPHC and health outcomes in vulnerable...
Workshop: Grant Writing for Primary Care Research Trials
Join the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine’s UTOPIAN (University of Toronto Practice-Based Research Network) for a virtual workshop event on July 19, 2022. UTOPIAN is a living laboratory that partners front-line care providers...
Jamie DeMore is the new Executive Director of the SPOR Primary Care Research Network
Jamie DeMore has worked under Dr. Gillian Bartlett’s supervision for the last three years as the Research Manager of the Network Coordinating Office of the PIHCI Network. In this role, Jamie performed extensive data collection for reporting purposes; managed...
National Diabetes Framework Engagement
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is undertaking a virtual engagement process to support Bill C-237 – An Act to Establish a National Diabetes Framework, which received Royal Assent in June 2021. The process for engagement is taking several forms including key...
We are looking for the next SPOR Primary Care Research Network Executive Director!
The Executive Director (ED) is part of the Executive Management team of the SPOR (Strategy for Patient Oriented Research) Primary Care Research Network. The ED is responsible for overseeing day-to-day network management, finances, and operations; overseeing network...
PIHCIN Learning Series – Special Session: Implementing Case Management in Primary Care
Findings and reflections from a multi-province SPOR Study This session will discuss the PriCARE Study, specifically exploring the implementation of a case management approach in primary care settings in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and...
Community Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) Innovation Teams Evaluation Report and Infographic Concerning Impact
The SPOR Evidence Alliance (via St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto knowledge translation program) and the PIHCI Network Coordinating Office went through a rigorous process to demonstrate the impact of the research outputs of the CBPHC Innovation Teams. Read...
PIHCI Network Poster wins Patient’s Choice Award at North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting
Last month, the PIHCI Network and the Pan Canadian Patient Council presented five posters at NAPCRG and there was good representation at the conference from the Network. One of the posters concerning the diverse profiles of the patient partners that comprise our...
NCO Administrative Support – Departure of Annick Beaudry from the PIHCIN Team
We would like to thank Annick Beaudry for her great work as Research Coordinator for NCO. With her expertise, we were able to provide a fully bilingual website, excellent organization and extensive promotion of our learning series and production of an incredible...