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Attending a PAC member meeting

You must be a PAC member to attend. Member meetings are held roughly every two months and currently only in Toronto, Ontario.

To become a PAC member, please register for free e-membership. You will receive our newsletter, updates, event and meeting logistics, and more. We also encourage members to tell a friend (or many) to increase the number of involved patients.

Below is list of PAC events in chronological order. This is the place to find any upcoming events in your area! If you're curious about past or future events, don't hesitate to contact us and inquire. For those unable to attend, minutes/notes will be posted under the corresponding heading.

Ottawa Patients' Choice Awards
Saturday, June 9, 2012 (All day) The Patients' Choice Awards is coming to Ottawa! Click here for more information.
PAC Member Meeting
Monday, April 9, 2012 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Our next meeting will take place on Monday, April 9th at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). You'll find us in room #5280 from 6:30-8:30 PM.In previous meetings we've introduced creative workshops to better understand the patient narrative and ways to articulate it. Join us this time for another workshop called 'Future, Backwards.'
PAC Member Meeting
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm The meeting will be held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) on the University of Toronto St. George campus. Please meet us in room #5280. Find a map here.Creative writing instructor Susan Lynn Reynolds will facilitate a workshop for part of the meeting. Find meeting notes here!MEETING NOTES:
PAC Member Meeting
Thursday, December 8, 2011 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm We have received a lot of positive feedback regarding last Thursday's members' meeting. If you attended, did you enjoy it? Any suggestions? Email us and let us know.We tweeted throughout to share with members across the country. Check out @Patientsassocca to read some tweets.We began at 6:30 PM by introducing PAC and its projects to new members. PAC president Sholom Glouberman briefly outlined...
PAC Member Meeting
Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm We began at 6:30 PM by going around the table and introducing ourselves. We discussed PAC updates and new projects - User Guide, Trillium grant project, etc. - and then dove right into some new ideas.Highlights:"the system is set-up to solve problems but can't solve everything... so we're the annoying ones, the frustration."We spoke about the expertise resting in every patient and how to utilize...
Patients' Choice Awards: Jury Meeting
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm We're now receiving nominations for the Patients' Choice Awards in Sarnia and we need your help to judge the winners! We'll meet and review nominations at the Culture of Cities Centre located at 561 Bloor St. West on the 3rd floor (closest intersection is Bathurst/Bloor). I'll send everyone who confirms an electronic version of the nominations closer to the date. If you're unable to attend you...
Sarnia Patients' Choice Awards
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 9:00 am - Saturday, September 10, 2011 8:00 pm Is your Physician committed to Patient-Centred Care? In September 2010, the Patients' Choice Awards will take place in Sarnia. This initiative is the first of its kind in Canada where patients can nominate the candidates and another group, also patients, judge the entries and decide the winners. The deadline to nominate your family physician or Hospital-based Specialist is September 10th, 2010...
Second Annual Patients' Choice Awards Ceremony
Monday, June 20, 2011 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Where: University of Windsor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, 401 Sunset Drive, in the atrium What to expect: Appetizers will be served, remarks by Dr. Stewart Kennedy, President of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the opportunity to learn more about the Patients’ Association of CanadaWe have chosen the two winners of the awards and we request anyone interested to attend...
PAC Member Meeting
Thursday, June 2, 2011 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Notes from the meeting: 1. Sholom introduces PAC and explains its genesis to new members 2. patients must be involved in all three levels of care: clinical, service, governance Examples of interventions at all three levels: Patients' Choice Awards User-GuideHandwashing Initiative3. Handwashing: Although there are many examples of handwashing promotion, they often don't engage the patient. PAC...
New Volunteers Meeting
Monday, April 11, 2011 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Please join us to discuss how you can become involved with PAC. There are many ways to volunteer and we want to help you find the best opportunity. Please email us if you would like to attend!Location will be disclosed in email.
Inaugural Conference Follow-Up Meeting
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Please join us Wednesday, March 23rd for an afternoon meeting to review the session notes from our Inaugural Conference on Improving the Patient Experience. The sessions produced a lot of wonderful content, but it needs analysis and clarification. As a group we will hone in on the dominant ideas of each session. Our staff will then prepare short coherent summaries of each session, post them on...
Inaugural Conference and Public Launch
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:00 am - 7:00 pm Would you like to join other health care professionals, managers, policy makers and patients at an inaugural event that will model new ways to conduct a public dialogue about health care? If so, you are invited to apply for a place at the Patients’ Association of Canada launch conference on improving the patient experience in health care on 15 February 2011. We expect this conference to seed...
PAC Member Meeting
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Our member meeting facilitate a greater understanding of PAC's direction and your role in its development. When: Jan 18th, 2011 6:30-8:30 pm Where: The Centre for Global eHealth Innovation which is located on the fourth floor, south elevators, of the R. Fraser Elliot Building of the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network. The address is 190 Elizabeth Street, at the northwest corner...
First Annual Patients' Choice Award Ceremony!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm The Patients' Association of Canada holds the first ever patient-nominated and patient-adjudicated awards ceremony! The community of Peterborough will celebrate its physicians who exemplify exceptional patient care. Stay tuned for this year's Patients' Choice Awards to submit your nomination. Please email us for more information.
Sholom Glouberman on The Agenda with Steve Paikin
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm A discussion on patient-centered care with Sholom Glouberman, Elinor Caplan and Ted Ball on TVO at 8 pm.
The Promise and Limits of Patient-Centred Care
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (All day) Presentation by Elke Grenzer, Vice President of the Patients' Association of Canada, as part of the panel: 'An Organized Patient Voice for Primary Healthcare,' presented in partnership with the CHSRF at the CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit, 'Patient-Oriented Primary Healthcare -- Scaling Up Innovation', in Toronto, on January 19, 2010.
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