Oct 22, 2023 | N2 News
The Café Scientifique Community Connections event took place on October 5 in Toronto. We are thrilled to see all the faces who attended this event. Thank you to all our volunteers who helped make this event a success!
The team is writing up its learnings and will develop a guide to help N2 member organizations hold similar events in their communities, so watch future Newsflashes for their learnings if you are interested in participating in an event like the Community Connections!
Oct 21, 2023 | N2 News, Survey
Annually we reach out to our N2 membership to gather feedback about your experience as an N2 member, so we can continually improve your experience. This survey is open to anyone who is an N2 member and is not limited to one person per organization. Please feel free to share this survey with others at your organization.
Completing this survey is your opportunity to share your experience as an N2 member.
This survey will take approximately 10-minutes to complete and is available in French and English. If you prefer to take the survey in French, please click on the top right-hand side of the survey and select French.
The survey is open until October 31, 2023.
Complete the Survey
Oct 21, 2023 | N2 News, N2 Regional Meeting
If you attended the N2 Eastern Regional Meeting, please take a few minutes to complete a survey about your experience at the 2023 N2 Eastern Regional Meeting. We will use this information to plan future N2 meetings and conferences. Complete the survey here.
To receive continuing education credits, you must provide your email address at the end of the survey, and N2 will send you a certificate by email.
If you have already completed this survey, please disregard this request.
Thank you to Lawson Health Research for their help to coordinate this event.
Oct 20, 2023 | N2 News
We invite you to share our salary awards exciting opportunity with your networks! The IMPaCT salary awards offer a 1-year immersive learning experience with dedicated mentors and deliverables. This program equips participants with the skills and network needed to lead and communicate about clinical trials involving pregnant individuals and children, from neonates to adolescents. For the 2023 trainees the application is due on November 1, 2023.
There are 15 awards available, including 3 Ph.D. awards ($35,000), 3 Postdoctoral awards ($50,000), and 9 Early Career Researcher (ECR) awards ($70,000) per year. Notably, there are dedicated awards for Black and Indigenous scholars (2 awards). Eligibility criteria include being affiliated with a Canadian Academic Institution or child health research institute, being at the doctoral, postdoctoral, or Early Career Researcher stage, and holding Canadian citizenship or permanent residency. Candidates must have an interest in designing perinatal and child health clinical trials, with clinical trial questions in the idea/protocol development phase and a focus on pregnant individuals or children up to 18 years old, spanning various intervention types and trial phases. Adaptive and innovative approaches are encouraged, and any questions about eligibility can be directed to Linda (linda.pires@sickkids.ca). Please help us spread the word about this valuable opportunity! We also attached our promotional flyer to this email for you to share.
Oct 20, 2023 | N2 News
Jim Pankovich, N2 Board Chair, and Rebecca Barnes, N2 Executive Director, participated in a Health Research Advocacy Day on Parliament Hill. This event was organized by N2 collaborator, HealthCareCAN
Read HealthCareCAN’s article about the event!
