Tag: Data

CanPath Access Office Hours

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Planning a grant application for 2026 or shaping a project idea now? Have questions about CanPath data, biosamples, the Portal, or need a letter of support? Join the CanPath team on January 22nd at 1pmAST for their Access Office Hours, a live, informal Q&A with the CanPath and Maelstrom Research teams! Whether you’re getting started or refining an application for upcoming funding opportunities, this is a great chance to get personalized guidance in a small, researcher-focused setting. Meet the team:🌟 Nouar ElSaid ElKhair, CanPath Access Officer🌟 Anouar Nechba, Maelstrom Program Manager🌟 Tina W. Wey, Maelstrom Data Analyst🌟 Treena McDonald, CanPath Biosamples Coordinator Register: https://canpath.ca/2026/01/access-office-hours-jan-2026/

CanPath Webinar: Advancing cardiometabolic health research in Canada

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Building on CAHHM: Advancing cardiometabolic health research in Canada Date: February 5, 2026 Time: 1pmAST Location:us02web.zoom.us About the webinar In this session, the CAHHM team will share key findings from the initial Canadian Alliance for Healthy Hearts and Minds (CAHHM) study and introduce the objectives and design of the recontact phase. Building on the foundation of Canada’s largest multi-ethnic cardiovascular imaging cohort, the presentation will explore how new analyses and collaborations will advance our understanding of cardiometabolic health and support improved prevention and care strategies nationwide. About the presenter Dr. Sonia Anand is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, is the Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre focused on Health Equity Research and is a Senior Scientist at the Population Health Research Institute. Dr. Anand received a Doctor of Medicine from McMaster in 1992, Internal Medicine Training at McMaster and a Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1996. After additional clinical training in thrombosis and in vascular medicine at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Dr. Anand works as a vascular medicine specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University. Dr. Anand further received her Master’s in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster in 1996 and Ph.D. in Health Research Methodology at McMaster in 2002. She held two terms as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and holds the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario/Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research. Her present research focuses upon the environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin, women and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Anand’s work is widely published amongst academic journals with over 500 scientific publications, and in 2019 she was inducted as a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. In 2020 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Diabetes from the South Asian Health Foundation, UK. In 2021, Dr. Anand joined the National Heart and Stroke Foundation as a Board member. In 2022, Dr. Anand received the Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize and was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2023, she was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction award. As of July 2023, Dr. Anand has taken on the role of Associate Vice-President, Global Health. In 2024, Dr. Anand was awarded the Jack Hirsh Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement from the Department of Medicine at McMaster University and the Robert Beamish Leadership Award at the 26th Annual Naranjan Dhalla Cardiovascular Awards Day. In 2025, Dr. Anand was awarded the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal for Community Service. Register for the webinar

CanPath at CCRC 2025: Connection, collaboration, and cancer research across Canada

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More than 1,300 people came together in Calgary for the Canadian Cancer Research Conference (CCRC) 2025, creating an inspiring atmosphere of ideas, energy, and community. For CanPath and our regional cohorts, the meeting is one of the few times each year when our pan-Canadian team gathers in person to learn from one another, support our colleagues, and reflect on the collective impact we’re making on cancer research across the country. This year’s conference highlighted just how interconnected our work has become. From poster sessions and oral presentations to hallway conversations and hands-on training, CanPath-supported research was visible across disciplines, regions, and career stages. Learn more: https://canpath.ca/2025/11/canpath-at-ccrc-2025-recap/

Participant Town Hall – Nov 17th

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There are only three more days before the upcoming Atlantic PATH and CanPath Participant Town Hall! There is still time to register! On Monday, November 17th, you can learn about how we are “Preventing Cancer, Together: How your Data is Driving Discoveries.” Join us at the Town Hall to learn how the data and biological samples provided by our participants are used to study cancer and chronic disease and support exciting scientific discoveries. When: Monday, November 17, 2025 1-230pm Atlantic Time Where: Online Zoom Meeting Watch your email inbox for an invitation and additional details! If you have changed your contact information, please reach out: https://www.atlanticpath.ca/index.php/contact-us/ You can also register here (http://bit.ly/4nRdVHh) and submit your questions to be answered during our panel discussion. Please note, the webinar will be recorded and shared afterwards on YouTube.

PEI’s Secure Island Data Repository Launch

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Congratulations to our colleagues in Prince Edward Island on the launch of the Secure Island Data Repository (SIDR)! “Operated by the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) Centre for Health and Community Research (CHCR), SIDR is a PEI-based data centre that securely houses de-identified administrative health data for research purposes. SIDR is joins a network of similar organizations across Canada through Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN Canada), that supports world-leading multi-regional data use that drives improvements in health and health equity. This data enables transformative research that supports well informed, empowered, and healthy communities in PEI, and across Canada. SIDR provides researchers and knowledge users with a spectrum of services from research consultation and support to data access and analytics.” For more information: www.sidrpei.caSource: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chcr-sidr/posts/

DataNB Celebrates 10 Years of Research and Impact

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Our colleagues at DataNB are celebrating 10 years of Research and Impact. Their anniversary event will bring you together with researchers to highlight how our data and research have informed policies that touch the everyday lives of New Brunswickers — from health to education, population dynamics, and more. Date: Dec. 1, 2025, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Location: Richard J. Currie Center Long Hall Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-10-years-of-research-impact-tickets-1765466912059?aff=oddtdtcreator

CanPath Access Office Hours

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Join us for the CanPath Access Office Hours to learn more about how you can leverage CanPath data for your research. Members of the Access Office will be available to answer your questions, including Atlantic PATH Executive Director, Jason Hicks and our CanPath colleagues, Nouar Elkhair and Sheraz Cheema. The “Access Office Hours” virtual series provides researchers with an opportunity every quarter to ask questions they may have about CanPath data and biosamples, the access process or the CanPath Portal.

Canadian Cancer Society – Data Saves Lives

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“Data save lives. It’s as simple as that.” ? Thank you to the Canadian Cancer Society for having CanPath at the Cancer Data Community of Practice Workshop in Toronto this March. We were honoured to join this important conversation about improving Canada’s cancer data ecosystem because better data means better outcomes for all Canadians. Dr. Robin Urquhart, Atlantic PATH Scientific Director, says, “Data save lives. It’s as simple as that … How are we going to improve if we don’t know how we’re doing or if we don’t know where we have to improve, right? And data allows us to do that.” Dr. Donna Turner, Manitoba Tomorrow Project Scientific Director, says, “We really can’t manage what we don’t measure … We know that cancer data are actually relatively strong compared to other diseases, but we have so far to go.” A video from the Canadian Cancer Society of seven cancer stakeholders is available on LinkedIn.    

Administrative Health Data Services in the Maritimes Webinar

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Join the Maritime SPOR Support Unit to learn about accessing data administrative health data with Health Data Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training, including linked data sources from Atlantic PATH and the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging! Thursday, Oct 17th, 12-1pm AST Registration: https://t.co/r8r6KevJht