Children’s Healthcare Canada invites leaders from healthcare, research, policy, technology, and communities to gather in Calgary for its 2026 Annual Conference.

Across Canada, children’s healthcare is at a pivotal moment. Rising complexity, system disruption, widening inequities, and rapid technological change are reshaping care delivery and demanding new approaches to leadership, collaboration, and accountability.

Tomorrow’s Promise, Today’s Plan brings together diverse voices to explore practical strategies for strengthening child and youth health systems nationwide.

Conference Focus Areas

• Leading through disruption with clarity, courage, and a child- and family-centred lens

• Advancing equity in AI and data innovation, ensuring digital tools promote fairness, trust, and improved outcomes

• Building learning health systems that translate evidence into action

• Measuring what matters, grounding decisions in outcomes that reflect lived experience

• Strengthening cross-sector collaboration, recognizing that improving child health requires collective responsibility

Participants will work together to shape actionable strategies, partnerships, and shared commitments that support a healthier future for children and youth across Canada.