Toronto

June 2013

May 2013

  • “Mothers speak up! On parenting children with disabilities: implications for mom's wellbeing and social support”
    Hosted by York University in collaboration with CIHR
    Monday, May 6, 2013, 9:30 a.m.
    The Conference Centre
    Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
    150 Kilgour Rd., Toronto
    RSVP: owhchair@yorku.ca

April 2013

  • "Gasping for answers: Air quality, asthma and other chronic conditions"
    Hosted by the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 6 p.m.
    Hard Rock Café
    279 Yonge St., Toronto
    RSVP: cafe.scientifique@sickkids.ca

  • “Under the Sun: Preventing Skin Cancer”
    Hosted by Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in collaboration with CIHR
    Monday, April 29, 2013, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    Duke of York Pub (Cellar Room)
    39 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto
    RSVP: info@oicr.on.ca

  • “Sleepy, not lazy!: Taking a closer look at adolescents’ sleep and health”
    Hosted by University of Toronto in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
    Northern District Public Library
    40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto
    RSVP: stremler.research@utoronto.ca

  • “Can your mobile phone save the healthcare system?”
    Hosted by York University in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
    Newmarket Public Library
    438 Park Ave., Newmarket
    RSVP: 905-895-4521, ext. 6947

  • “My Space to be Queer: Youth, New Media & Health Promotion”
    Hosted by University of Toronto in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 6 p.m.
    519 Church Street Community Centre
    519 Church St. Toronto
    RSVP: iwillsurvivestudy@yahoo.ca

March 2013

  • “A Coffee, Café, Kaffee, καφέ, caffè, kawa: An Open Discussion of the Experiences of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women Survivors of Sexual Assault in Accessing Primary Health Care Services”
    Hosted by Trillium Health Partners in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, March 27, 2013, 6 p.m.
    The Living Arts Centre
    4141 Living Arts Dr., Mississauga
    RSVP: Mindy.Shergill@trilliumhealthpartners.ca

  • “Time to Talk about Teen Mental Health”
    Hosted by Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, March 5, 2013, 5:30 p.m.
    Library, Jarvis Collegiate Institute
    495 Jarvis St., Toronto

January 2013

December 2012

  • “Power of Stories”
    Hosted by Ontario HIV Treatment Network in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 5 p.m.
    Central Toronto Community Health Centre
    168 Bathurst St., Toronto
    RSVP: sswitzer@ctchc.com

November 2012

  • “Are Stem Cells the Basis for Immortality?”
    Hosted by the Hospital for Sick Children in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 6 p.m.
    Hard Rock Café
    279 Yonge St., Toronto

  • “Use it or Lose it: Mental Activity in Older Adults”
    Hosted by St. Michael's Hospital in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, November 1, 2012, 4 p.m.
    Forget About It! Restaurant
    325 King St. W., Toronto
    RSVP: gilie@utsc.utoronto.ca

October 2012

September 2012

August 2012

  • “Between the Sheets: a community conversation about black youth sexual health”
    Hosted by the Ontario HIV Treatment Network in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, August 23, 2012
    Black Creek Community Health Centre
    1 Yorkgate Blvd., Unit 202, Toronto
    RSVP: blackparentsandyouth@gmail.com

June 2012

  • “Young, G(ay)ifted and Black: (Re)Telling The Stories of Survival and Thrival for Young Black Men”
    Hosted by the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 6 p.m.
    Buddies and Bad Times Theatre
    12 Alexander St., Toronto
    RSVP: dinguana-suvuili@black-cap.com

  • “Vaccines as a cancer treatment”
    Hosted by Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 6 p.m.
    The Duke of York Pub
    39 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto
    RSVP: info@oicr.on.ca

May 2012

  • “Epigenetics: Are we more than the sum of our genes?”
    Hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, in collaboration with the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium
    Thursday, May 31, 2012, 7 p.m.
    The Gladstone Hotel
    1214 Queen St. W., Toronto
    RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

  • “Gender Matters: Caring about Long-term Residential Care”
    Hosted by York University in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
    Gladstone Hotel
    1214 Queen St. W., Toronto
    RSVP: jyotip@yorku.ca

  • “Women: Let's talk the good, the bad and the ugly for Women Aging Positively”
    Hosted by in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
    Essex Lounge – Ramada Inn
    300 Jarvis Ave., Toronto
  • “Men: Let's talk the good, the bad and the ugly for Men aging with HIV”
    Hosted by in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
    Fuzion Resto-Lounge
    580 Church St., Toronto

  • “Money matters: How your doctor gets paid impacts the quality of your health care”
    Hosted by Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 5 p.m.
    Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
    209 Victoria St. (2nd Floor), Toronto
    RSVP: BornK@smh.ca

  • “Gender Dysphoria: Treating and Supporting Transgender Youth”
    Hosted by Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies at University of Toronto in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, May 3, 2012, 7 p.m.
    University of Toronto Art Centre Lounge
    15 King's College Circle, Toronto
    RSVP: wendy.koslow@utoronto.ca

April 2012

  • “Can our immune system battle cancer?”
    Hosted by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 6 p.m.
    The Duke of York Pub
    39 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto
    RSVP: info@oicr.on.ca

  • “Cardiac arrest: Saving a life as easy as 1, 2, 3…”
    Hosted by St. Michael's Hospital in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
    Lillian H. Smith Branch - Toronto Public Library
    239 College St., Toronto
    RSVP: buickj@smh.ca

March 2012

February 2012

  • “Can viruses kill cancer?”
    Hosted by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 6 p.m.
    The Duke of York Pub
    39 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto
    RSVP: info@oicr.on.ca

January 2012

  • “Forget me not: A cavalcade of commitment to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias”
    Hosted by Mount Sinai Hospital in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, January 26, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
    Faculty Club, Main Dining Room, 1st Floor
    University of Toronto
    41 Willcocks Street, Toronto
    RSVP: avico@mtsinai.on.ca

  • “Home is where the heart is: The Benefits of Home Care and Community Services”
    Hosted by University of Toronto in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 6 p.m.
    Faculty Club, Main Dining Room, 1st Floor
    University of Toronto
    41 Willcocks Street, Toronto
    RSVP: admin2@homecareontario.ca

November 2011

  • “Tipping the scales: weighing the health impacts of obesity in Canadian kids”
    Hosted by The Hospital for Sick Children in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, November 8, 2011
    Hard Rock Café
    279 Yonge Street, Toronto
    RSVP: cafe.scientifique@sickkids.ca

October 2011

June 2011

  • “Rewriting a History of Pathologization: LGBT People and Mental Health Research in Canada”
    Hosted by the Sherbourne Health Centre in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, June 8, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
    Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St West, Toronto
    RSVP: LGillis@rainbowhealthontario.ca

  • “Good places to grow old: Does your neighbourhood influence your health?”
    Hosted by Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at the University of British Columbia in collaboration with CIHR
    Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at 9 a.m.
    Metro Central YMCA
    20 Grosvenor St., Toronto
    RSVP: lusina7@interchange.ubc.ca

May 2011

April 2011

  • “Palliative Care: Where are we Going? The Canadian Experience”
    Hosted by the DeVeber Institute in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, April 28, 2011, 6 p.m.
    Fox and Fiddle Pub
    280 Bloor Street West, Toronto
    RSVP: bioethics@deveber.org

March 2011

  • “Ouch! Preventing and Managing Pain in the Real World”
    Hosted by the Centre of Nursing at the Hospital for Sick Children in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
    RSVP: sobia.khan@sickkids.ca

February 2011

  • “What does cancer look like?: Picturing Cancer”
    Hosted by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in collaboration with CIHR
    Thursday, February 17, 2011
    Duke of York Pub
    39 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto

  • “Ouch! Preventing and Managing Pain in the Real World”
    Hosted by the Centre of Nursing at the Hospital for Sick Children in collaboration with CIHR
    Monday, February 7, 2011
    The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
    RSVP: sobia.khan@sickkids.ca

  • “Vitamin D: Hope or Hype?”
    Hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis and Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism, and Diabetes. Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 5 p.m.
    L'Espresso Bar Mercurio
    321 Bloor Street West, Toronto
    RSVP: imha.iala.cihr.irsc@utoronto.ca

January 2011

  • “Personalized Medicine: It's all about the fit of the genes”
    Hosted by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in collaboration with CIHR and the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs
    Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    Duggan's Brewery, Lombard Bar – 75 Victoria Street, Toronto
    RSVP: cafe.scientifique@sickkids.ca

  • “Thinking Women: Health Care Reform in Canada”
    Hosted by BC Centre for Excellence in Women's Health in collaboration with CIHR
    Tuesday, January 11, 2011
    Gladstone Hotel, Toronto
    RSVP: jyotip@yorku.ca

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