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The Canadian Health Workforce Network (CHWN) is a knowledge creation and mobilisation network of researchers, decision-makers and other knowledge users with expertise in health workforce planning, policy, and management. Le Réseau canadien des personnels de santé (RCPS) est un réseau de création et de mobilisation de connaissances composé de chercheurs, des décideurs et d'autres utilisateurs de connaissances ayant une expertise dans la planification, la politique et la gestion des personnels de santé.

🤝 What role do trust and belonging play in health professions education?This article, co-authored by Dr. Ming-Ka Chan 陳明...
04/10/2026

🤝 What role do trust and belonging play in health professions education?

This article, co-authored by Dr. Ming-Ka Chan 陳明嘉, reframes trust and belonging as essential relational competences – positioning educators as stewards of learning environments where psychological safety, accountability, and inclusion can thrive.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/M3fO50YGwqC

📢 Do you have research you would like to share with the broader health workforce community?The Canadian Health Workforce...
04/10/2026

📢 Do you have research you would like to share with the broader health workforce community?

The Canadian Health Workforce Conference (CHWC) 2026 is now accepting abstracts! This is an opportunity to share your work with researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to strengthen health workforce policy, planning, and practice in Canada and beyond.

🔗 Visit our event page to learn more and submit your abstract: https://ow.ly/5yo850YFUwo

How can we close the gap between research and practice in health professional regulation?In this commentary, Dr. Patrick...
04/09/2026

How can we close the gap between research and practice in health professional regulation?

In this commentary, Dr. Patrick Chiu and colleagues examine how academic–regulatory partnerships can help bridge the gap between research and regulatory practice in increasingly complex health system environments. The authors reflect on the values, challenges, and opportunities involved in strengthening collaborations that advance the science and practice of professional regulation.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/powa50YFRj4

📢 Understanding pediatric eating disorder care experiences among underrepresented youth, families, and clinicians is cri...
04/09/2026

📢 Understanding pediatric eating disorder care experiences among underrepresented youth, families, and clinicians is critical to improving culturally responsive services.

Our Training Hub and Research for Eating Disorders (THREDs) implementation science team has released a new infographic highlighting their work-in-progress investigating pediatric eating disorder care among underrepresented youth, families, and clinicians in British Columbia.

🔗 Explore the snapshots below and the full infographic here: https://ow.ly/6AqK50YFhsn

Project Team and Partners:
Dr. Sharon HJ Hou | Michael Smith Health Research BC, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services & Policy Research

"We are living in increasingly complex and uncertain times that demand both resilience and agility."In this article, Dr....
04/08/2026

"We are living in increasingly complex and uncertain times that demand both resilience and agility."

In this article, Dr. Rosanra (rosie) Yoon, of our Building Psychological Safety in Long-Term Care (LTC Ph&S) implementation science team, explores how trauma-informed organizational cultures and leadership practices can support psychological health and safety for health workers while strengthening system resilience and adaptability in times of change.

🔗 Read the full article here:
https://ow.ly/r0en50YF4nk

🌐 Virtual care is increasingly used to improve access to primary care, but the roles of primary care nurses in deliverin...
04/08/2026

🌐 Virtual care is increasingly used to improve access to primary care, but the roles of primary care nurses in delivering virtual care remain unclear.

This scoping review, featuring Dr. Maria Mathews and Dr. Lindsay Hedden, examines nurses’ contributions to virtual care delivery and highlights how a clearer understanding of these roles can support their integration and optimization as virtual care continues to expand.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/CffH50YCEeU

📊 Improved health workforce planning needs high-quality standardized workforce dataA new open-access article in Health P...
04/07/2026

📊 Improved health workforce planning needs high-quality standardized workforce data

A new open-access article in Health Policy explores the co-development of an inclusive interprofessional health workforce minimum data standard to support stronger planning and decision-making. Developed through a collaborative four-phase process, the framework identifies core workforce data elements related to capacity, education, and identification, helping strengthen how workforce information is collected and used.

This article was co-authored by several of our network's leads, including Drs Katherine Zagrodney, Dax Bourcier, Neeru Gupta, Sarah Simkin, Houssem Eddine Ben-Ahmed, Brenda Gamble, Kathleen Leslie, Sophia Myles, Arthur Sweetman, Ivy Bourgeault, and more.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/VwnU50YCC3N

Happy World Health Day! 🌎Across Canada and around the world, health workers are the foundation of strong, resilient heal...
04/07/2026

Happy World Health Day! 🌎

Across Canada and around the world, health workers are the foundation of strong, resilient health systems and healthier communities.

Today and for the remainder of World Health Worker Week, we will be sharing some of our latest resources, research, and insights related to health workforce policy, planning, and innovation.

Follow along to stay tuned, and feel free to share anything that may benefit those in your network.

🩺 À quoi ressemble l’infirmière du futur?Dans cet article du blogue RCPS, Dre Natalie Stake-Doucet aborde la création d...
03/27/2026

🩺 À quoi ressemble l’infirmière du futur?

Dans cet article du blogue RCPS, Dre Natalie Stake-Doucet aborde la création d’une nouvelle Faculté des sciences de la santé à l'UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal et son rôle dans le développement de programmes en sciences infirmières, soulignant l’occasion de repenser la formation infirmière, les environnements de travail sains et le rôle social des infirmières et infirmiers dans un monde en transformation.

🔗 Lire le billet complet : https://ow.ly/gKGM50YzpPa

🩺 What does the nurse of the future look like?In this month's CHWN Blog entry, Dr. Natalie Stake-Doucet reflects on the ...
03/27/2026

🩺 What does the nurse of the future look like?

In this month's CHWN Blog entry, Dr. Natalie Stake-Doucet reflects on the creation of a new Faculty of Health Sciences at the UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal and her role in the development of nursing programs, highlighting the opportunity to rethink nursing education, healthy work environments, and the social role of nurses in a changing world.

🔗 Read the full entry here: https://ow.ly/N3RU50Yzpvj

Who are primary care registered nurses in Canada? In our latest CHWN Blog entry, Dr. Mathews and Dr. Hedden examine what...
03/05/2026

Who are primary care registered nurses in Canada?

In our latest CHWN Blog entry, Dr. Mathews and Dr. Hedden examine what we know — and don’t know — about primary care registered nurses in Canada and why better data are needed to support workforce planning and primary care reform.

🔗 Read the full entry here: https://ow.ly/fGHc50YoKm8

❄️ Nous avons le plaisir de partager le numéro d’hiver 2026 des Nouvelles RCPS !Ce numéro présente de nouveaux contenus ...
03/02/2026

❄️ Nous avons le plaisir de partager le numéro d’hiver 2026 des Nouvelles RCPS !

Ce numéro présente de nouveaux contenus liés à notre projet de norme minimale de données améliorée sur les personnels de santé, des mises à jour de toutes les équipes de science de la mise en œuvre du Centre SDPMC à la suite d’une saison bien remplie d’ateliers et d’activités de mi-parcours, ainsi que de l’information sur des événements à venir comme la Conférence sur les personnels de santé au Canada 2026 et la conférence de l’ACRSPS, aux côtés d’une riche collection de ressources et publications en libre accès, d’apparitions récentes dans les médias, et bien plus encore.

🔗 Lire le numéro ici : https://ow.ly/Xzg350YnhZ8

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