2022

Blood, Sweat and Tears: How adversity and disruption are recasting the health care transformation agenda




Dr. Chris Simpson
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2021

Balancing vaccine hope with pandemic reality

Dr. Bonnie Henry
Dr. Henry addresses policy ramifications and dilemmas at a time of high hopes for the effects of population vaccination while society continues to be beset by ongoing and mounting COVID challenges.
2020

Social Justice, Social Determinants and Health Equity

Sir Michael Marmot
Sir Michael Marmot is professor of Epidemiology at University College London and the past President of the World Medical Association
2019

Health outside captivity: Redesigning care to keep people out of hospitals

Dr. Danielle Martin
Dr. Danielle Martin shared her insights on how cost-effective innovations and policies can bring our health system into the 21st century in ways that are true to Canadian values.
2017

The Stumbling Blocks to Health Reform

André Picard
A veteran health journalist examines how Canada’s health system needs to be reformed and the social, medical and economic impediments to change.
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Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research

Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair is a  graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College (DVM) and the University of Toronto (MSA), he obtained his Ph.D. in physiology at ֱ and joined the faculty in 1966 as a Markle Scholar in Academic Medicine.

He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science (1974-83), Vice-Principal (Institutional Relations) (1984-86), and Vice-Principal Services (1986-88). In 1983-84, he was seconded to the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada as Director General of Program Operations, and, in 1989 he was awarded Honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Dr. Sinclair also held positions at ֱ such as Vice-Principal (Health Sciences) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine before retiring in 1996. Still committed to teaching, Dr. Sinclair continues to provide guest lectures for the EPID 803 course.

In recognition of Dr. Sinclair's contribution to the MRC, and reflective of his interest in health policy, Dr. Henry Friesen, President of the Medical Research Council of Canada, announced the establishment of the Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair Lectureship in Health Services and Policy Research at ֱ in 1997. The inaugural lecture, held in 1999, featured guest speaker Dr. David Naylor, Dean of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Naylor spoke on "Canadian Health Care: The Troubled Transition." In recognition of the importance of this realm of health research in Canada, Duncan and Leona Sinclair assured the longevity of the Lectureship by a generous supplement to the capital fund in 2001.

Upcoming Lectures:

2024 Sinclair Lecture Featuring Rick Glazier, MD, MPH

Supporting Primary Care Transformation through Health Services and Policy Research

Dr Rick Glazier

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This event is co-hosted by  and the School of Policy Studies

The focus of this year's symposium is on primary care; exploring the perspectives of health providers and the broader community.  We have planned a full schedule of events, so block off the entire day if you can!

  • ICES ֱ Information Session and Science Showcase
  • Health Policy Symposium: Focus on Primary Care
  • Sinclair Lecture Featuring Dr. Rick Glazier
  • Poster Walk and Refreshments


QHS Student Poster Session: Call for Abstracts

Interested in presenting your research? We want to hear from you! Please complete the form linked below to submit your abstract for consideration. Space is limited, so we may not be able to accept all submissions. This call for abstracts is open to QHS graduate students.

This is a free, public event.  This event will also be live-streamed.  RECEPTION TO FOLLOW.

Past Lectures:

2022:  Dr. Chris Simpson, Executive Vice-President (Medical), Ontario Health

2021: Dr. Bonnie Henry, Provincial Health Officer, Province of British Columbia
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2020: Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London; past President of the World Medical Association
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2019: Danielle Martin, Vice-President Medical Affairs & Health System Solutions, Women's College Hospital
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2017: André Picard, Author, Health Columnist, The Globe and Mail
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2016: Hon. Jane Philpott, Minister of Health Canada
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2014: Dr. Samir Sinha, Director of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai and the University Health Network. Hospitals
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2013: Jeffrey Simpson, National Affairs Columnist, Globe and Mail
"Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health-Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century"

2012: Dr. Jeff Turnbull, Ottawa Hospital Chief of Staff, past president of the Canadian Medical Association
"A New Health Care System for all Canadians: From Consensus to Action"

2009: Hon. Elinor Caplan
"Medicare in Canada: What is Wrong, and How to Fix It"

2008: Sister Elizabeth M. Davis
"New Vision, New Journey, New Promise: Interdisciplinary Health Care in a New Time"

Watch videos of past lectures in this series on .