Learning from the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Canada’s Health-care System

Join us for the 2022 Houston Lecture as Dr. Katharine Smart leads us through a conversation looking at her clinical and leadership journey; including her start in Swift Current, her experience in clinical pediatrics in Whitehorse, and becoming a voice for physicians as President of the Canadian Medical Association. As CMA President, Dr. Smart has been vocal throughout the COVID Pandemic, addressing issues of the politicization of health communication, access to healthcare, and more. Dr. Smart will also share her thoughts on the physician’s role in politics and policy, her experience in small-scale healthcare innovation, her vision for the future of Canada’s healthcare system and the role of physicians in Canada.