CHSPR Health Policy Conference | The Quintuple Aim: Can’t Get There From Here?

The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) will hold its 38th annual health policy conference March 12-13, 2026 at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre on the UBC campus. This long-standing Canadian health policy conference promotes debate and discussion on timely issues facing health systems in Canada.

The 2026 conference will engage attendees in policy debates associated with provinces’ and territories’ progress toward the Quintuple Aim. The Quintuple Aim calls for improving population health, slowing healthcare spending growth, improving patient experience, and improving the health of the workforce, while addressing cross-cutting domains of health equity.

The Quintuple Aim is important across Canada. The framework’s domains are recognized objectives of many provincial health systems – the funders of publicly available healthcare. Given provinces’ and territories’ struggles to ensure timely access to healthcare, slow cost growth, and provide culturally appropriate health services, review of the policies and activities associated with achieving the Quintuple aims is directly relevant to provinces, territories and Canada’s federal government.

International and domestic speakers will share their latest policy analyses, research, insights, and predictions. The conference will include participation from diverse groups from across the country and representation from public and private healthcare policymakers, academics, providers, patients, trainees, and national and provincial organizations. The Scientific Program and Organizing committees look forward to welcoming you!

The event will be offered in hybrid format.