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Flexibility and openness at the heart of Francophone patient initiative

Openness, flexibility and no fear of trying new things underpin the patient engagement strategy at the Institut du Savoir Montfort. Located in Ottawa, Monfort is leading OSSU’s COFFRE initiative (Communautés Ontariennes Francophones Facilitant la Recherche Équitable) to engage Francophone patients…

A healthy partnership

By Kim Barnhardt OSSU’s policy roundtables are a wealth of information for both the general public and its core audience of policymakers, researchers, clinicians and patient partners. The roundtables bring together a range of panelists who present and discuss innovative…

Un partenariat sain

Par Kim Barnhardt Les tables rondes sur les politiques de l’USSO sont une mine d’informations tant pour le grand public que pour son public principal composé de responsables des politiques, de chercheurs, de cliniciens et de patients partenaires. Elles réunissent…

A view from the north

By Kim Barnhardt Communities, relationships, equity, respect and listening are part of the ethos at the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research (CRaNHR), an OSSU Research Centre dedicated to the needs of communities in northern Ontario. The Centre takes…

Un regard sur le Nord

Par Kim Barnhardt Les communautés, les relations, l’équité, le respect et l’écoute sont au cœur des valeurs du Centre de recherche en santé dans les milieux ruraux et du nord (CReSRN), un centre de recherche de l’USSO qui se consacre…

Working together to support patient partners in research

Patient engagement at The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) is anything but ad hoc, with a well-organized, proactive Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activity (OPERA) that sits at the intersection of the hospital’s clinical side and research at The Ottawa Hospital…