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Organized by: Department of Family and Community Medicine, UofT — https://www.eventbrite.com/o/7512944033A national gathering for primary care transformation
You are invited to join a group of Canadian and international leaders for a one-day gathering focused on accelerating the transformation of primary care in Canada.
Across the country, there is now broad agreement on a patient- and public-defined vision for primary care, as articulated by the OurCare initiative. More importantly, change is underway. Provinces and territories are making significant new investments, testing new models and tackling longstanding challenges around access, continuity, teams and universal coverage.
PrimaryExchange will bring the people leading this work together to learn from what is happening now — and from one another.
What you can expect
This will be a fast-paced, highly interactive day of learning and exchange. Rather than a traditional conference of presentations and panels, participants will hear short, candid accounts of reforms underway across Canada and internationally, dig into some of the hardest questions facing primary care, and exchange practical ideas and experience with colleagues from across jurisdictions.
Together, we will:
Get a rapid view of consequential primary care reforms underway across Canada — what is changing, what made it possible and what is being learned;
Explore international approaches that can challenge and inform Canadian thinking;
Work through difficult questions about timely access and continuity, the role and design of teams, and what universal primary care coverage should mean in practice;
Choose from and examine more than a dozen practical innovations and models presented by people directly involved in making them work;
Identify the policy and practice changes that could most accelerate progress over the next two years; and
Build stronger relationships among people working to transform primary care across Canada.
A note about participation
PrimaryExchange is an invitation-only meeting with limited capacity. Invitations are intended for the named recipient and are not transferable. We kindly ask that you do not forward your invitation or registration link to others.
To support the format and flow of the day, we ask that participants plan to attend the full meeting, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. If you are unable to attend for the full day, please let us know so that we can offer your place to another participant.
Logistics
PrimaryExchange is being held immediately prior to the 2026 NAPCRG Annual Meeting. Participants are welcome to attend NAPCRG, but attendance at NAPCRG is not required to participate in Primary Exchange. A NAPCRG room block is available at the hotel for those who require accommodation. We are also exploring a networking reception on the evening of Thursday, November 19. We will share further details with registered participants once plans are confirmed.
NEW! CMA Welcome Reception
Join us the evening before Primary Exchange for the CMA Welcome Reception, made possible thanks to the generous support of the Canadian Medical Association.
Thursday, November 19 | 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Connect with fellow participants and kick off the Primary Exchange conversation ahead of the main event on November 20.
Location and additional details to come.
Acknowledgements
PrimaryExchange is being hosted by the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine in connection with the OurCare initiative based at the MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions and made possible with support from the Canadian Medical Association, Healthcare Excellence Canada, and the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research.
Questions
Please reach out to [email protected] with any comments or questions about the event.
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The Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 2H3, CA, Canada
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