Canadian Healthcare Navigation Conference (CHNC)
Why Hold a National Conference for Health Navigation?
Navigation services have emerged in almost every province and territory across Canada to support individuals and families by helping them find their way through health, education, and social systems.
In April 2021, we hosted the inaugural Canadian Healthcare Navigation Conference (CHNC).
CHNC provides a forum to share and discuss how navigation can support the integration of care through the lens of research, practice, education, and administration.
We recognize the timeliness and importance of navigation services and want to create an opportunity to connect stakeholders in an interdisciplinary setting for information-sharing and networking, with the aim to advance the field of patient navigation across Canada. Want to make new connections within the healthcare navigation field? Check out our News & Updates page!
This conference is hosted in partnership between the Centre for Research in Integrated Care at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John and the Family Navigation Project at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. To learn more about these centres, click below to visit their web pages.
The Centre for Research in Integrated Care (CRIC) & The Family Navigation Project (Sunnybrook)
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Conference Theme
The fifth annual Canadian Healthcare Navigation Conference (CHNC) will focus on the theme “Impact through implementation: Best practices in developing, establishing, and advancing healthcare navigation programs”. Navigation programs are rapidly expanding across Canada, offering essential support to patients and their families throughout their healthcare journeys. With the growing evidence base for patient navigation, it is essential to identify and address key success factors in implementing these programs, and to overcome barriers that may hinder the uptake of navigation services within the healthcare system.
CHNC 2025 will provide a forum to exchange insights and discuss the implementation of patient navigation services across Canada through the lens of research, practice, education, and administration. Conference presentations may cover a range of topics, such as: innovative collaborations and partnerships between navigation programs and their local communities; lessons learned at any stage of navigation program implementation, co-design efforts and the involvement of lived experience in developing and implementing navigation services, strategies to ensure effectiveness in implementation, and outcomes of implementation initiatives establishing navigation programs in new settings and contexts.
By understanding the impact of implementation efforts, patient navigation has the potential to scale and spread across the healthcare system, aiding patients and families in accessing and transitioning through needed care, and improving health and healthcare outcomes for Canadians.