Best Brains Exchanges 2022

Best Brains Exchanges (BBEs) are in-camera sessions. As a result, not all Best Brains Exchange topics and presenters are listed here. The following information is being shared with consent.

For more information on any of the past Best Brains Exchanges listed below please contact BBE-EMC@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

November

  • Climate Change and Health in BC: From Disaster Risk to Resilience

    Hosted in collaboration with the British Columbia Ministry of Health and Michael Smith Health Research BC

    This Best Brains Exchange (BBE) brought together senior-level policy makers from across sectors and jurisdictions, Indigenous partners, researchers, people with lived experience and other key stakeholders who have knowledge and decision-making responsibility for managing the health impacts of climate-related emergencies in British Columbia (BC), including prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery. Participants examined evidence-based strategies and approaches on how BC’s health sector can work collaboratively and proactively with other sectors to protect and promote health before, during and after climate-related shocks.

    Learn more about the BBE in the summary report [ PDF (317 KB) ]. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. To request the complete report, please reach out to bbe-emc@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

October

  • Improving Canada’s Retention and Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals: Barriers and Best Practices

    Hosted in Collaboration with Health Canada

    This Best Brains Exchange (BBE) examined current evidence and brought together partners from multiple sectors (policymakers, researchers, academia, public health stakeholders, and those with lived and living experience) to address Canada’s substantial health workforce challenges that threaten the ability of the health care system to provide timely, equitable, accessible, quality care to Canadians. The BBE considered strategies to improve retention, recruitment and wellness of healthcare professionals.

June

  • Action Plan on Palliative Care: Using Public Policy to Shift Attitudes toward Death and Dying

    Hosted in collaboration with Health Canada’s Strategic Policy (End of Life Care Unit) and Communication and Public Affairs Branches

    The Best Brains Exchange (BBE) brought together policymakers, researchers, public health experts, and people with lived and living experience to discuss how public policy and education can be used to shift attitudes towards serious illness, death and dying to enable better end-of-life planning. In examining current evidence, the BBE considered successful interventions and education campaigns in multiple sectors and identified ways to apply learnings to the current Palliative Care Action Plan’s commitment to public education.

January

  • Supporting the Healthy Development of Young Children Facing Health Equity Barriers in Communities in the COVID-19 Era and Beyond

    Hosted in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada and the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH)

    The purpose of this BBE was to bring together partners from multiple sectors (policy-makers, research community, academia, public health stakeholders, private sector, people with lived and living experience etc.) to examine  community-level interventions and how these can be better supported and implemented to improve the healthy development of young children (0-6) facing health equity barriers, including within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The BBE focused on identifying opportunities to improve community-level interventions through innovative service delivery and multisectoral partnerships.

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