Thank-You Note 

On behalf of Northern Health and University of Northern BC, the Conference Administrative Committee would like to thank you for supporting the 2025 Northern BC Research and Quality Conference: Strengthening Health Through Collaboration and Partnerships in the North.

We would like to express our recognition to the presenters, workshop hosts, patient partners, volunteers from UNBC, Northern Health, and the Northern Centre for Clinical Research who supported this event in various ways.

This conference is part of the NH-UNBC Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) work, and we would also like to thank the financial support of the BC SUPPORT Unit Northern Centre for sponsoring patient partner involvement, the keynote and lunch & learn speakers, and student engagement, and the Division of Medical Sciences for sponsoring the student led workshop. 

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October 23rd, 2025 | Strengthening Health Through Collaboration and Partnerships in the North

Location: Online 

Recordings 

• Keynote | Evidence into Action Through Partnership
• Lunch and Learn | Equity-centered learning health systems: the case of Northern and rural
• Concurrent Sessions:
  • 1(a) Fostering Trust, Cultural Safety, and Transformative Learning in Northern Healthcare Education
  • 1(b) Health and Wellbeing in Rural and Northern Contexts
  • 1(c) Advancing Inclusive Health: Innovations for Sexual, Gender, and Two-Spirit Communities
  • 1(d) Poster Presentations
  • 2(a) Reimagining Research: Indigenous Knowledge, Community Collaboration, and AI Tools
  • 2(b) Innovations in Pediatric and Family Health: Quality Improvement and Care Coordination in Northern Communities
  • 2(c) Advancing Maternal and Reproductive Health in Rural and Northern Communities
  • 2(d) Poster Presentations
  • 3(a) Innovative Technologies to Enhance Healthcare Access and Safety in Northern Communities
  • 3(b) Advancing Clinical Practice and Translational Insights in Northern Healthcare
  • 3(c) Strengthening Rural and Northern Healthcare Through Clinician Support, Education, and Quality Improvement
  • 3(d) Poster Presentations
  • 4(a) Promoting Indigenous Health Equity: Innovation, Data Sovereignty, and Community-Led Approaches
  • 4(b) Environmental and Community Health in Northern BC: From Sustainability to Youth Engagement
  • 4(c) Decolonizing Healthcare Education and Practice Through Arts, Nature, and Cultural Safety
  • 4(d) Innovations and Insights in Opioid Use Disorder Care Across Northern and Rural Contexts
• Panel and Closing | Partnering for Big Impact: Advancing Health Research in the North 

Award Recipients: 

Best Student Poster Presentation:  

1. Kara Hagblom. Exploring Strengths –Based Strategies with Rural Parents 

Best Student Oral Presentations: 

1. Sandra Harris.  Connection is Medicine: Witsuwit’en Wellbeing through Land-Based Embodiment Practices
2. Jonathan Doyon.  Elevating Youth Voices to Promote Healthy Futures in the Nechako Watershed: Insights from Efforts to Address the Nexus of Climate Change, Community and Health