Kite Events

Join us for an opportunity to learn about innovation and evidence driven assessments, interventions and treatment in mild traumatic brain injury. This event will bring together the clinical, research and legal communities to network, learn and share research, clinical practice and personal experience in TBI.

Do you have an idea for an innovative technology or process that could improve heart failure care? TRANSFORM Heart Failure is offering network members an opportunity to present their ideas to target audiences for early-stage feedback.

Key themes throughout this conference include innovations in care delivery or monitoring, telemedicine and virtual care, remote monitoring and wearable technology, preparing, protecting and supporting one another, and addressing challenges around family caregiving.

Join us online this November to hear directly from our RSI Director, Dr. Angela Colantonio and Co-Graduate Coordinator, Bonnie Kirsh as they talk through what RSI is looking for in their future students, how you can engage with faculty and secure a supervisor and how to craft a stand out application! You will also be able to ask questions live.

The Office of Research Trainees is excited to partner with McCann Health Medical Communications and Caudex for a webinar on "Launching into a Medical Communications Career"! Join us to learn about careers in medical communications from Dr. Stephanie Heyraud, Associate Medical Director, Caudex and Dr. Trang Hong Au, Associate Medical Writer, McCann Health Medical Communications/Caudex. You'll also learn about McCann Health's exceptional Future Experts & Leaders (FUEL) program, that provides training for people starting a career in medical communications (including new grads and postdocs!) in writing, editing or client services. FUEL will accelerate and shape your development through mentorship, challenge, and fun as you set out in your new career.

Hosted by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and Heart and Stroke, the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) is the largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied health professionals in Canada. Cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, researchers, nurses and other cardiovascular specialists from across Canada and around the globe come to CCC to connect with other members of the cardiovascular team, to discover how to incorporate the latest science into their practice and to attend cutting-edge, accredited education sessions.

To increase the level of understanding of rehabilitation for Post COVID-19 Condition, we will be sharing information through presentations by clinicians and researchers who have been selected based on their clinical and managerial experience, and published data. Participants will be given the opportunity to address questions to the speakers. WHO has collected, evaluated and managed conflicts of interests for all speakers.

In collaboration with Beyond Disability Network, Brain Injury Association of Windsor & Essex County, and Hotel Dieu Grace Healthcare, we are excited to present a free 6-part speaker series which will be taking place virtually 12:00-1:00 pm EST each Friday from September 17th to October 22, 2021. “Lifestyle Approaches for Better Brains and Bodies”, will help to enhance clinical practices for healthcare professionals.

CPSR's Stroke Program in Neurorecovery (SPiN) Workshop is going online again this year! The SPiN workshop brings together young researchers from across the world to learn from expert faculty about basic science and clinical stroke research. This four-day workshop is targeted for trainees (primarily, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows) and will be an excellent opportunity to network with other trainees and faculty in the field from within and outside of Canada. All trainees are welcome to apply; however, despite being online this year, we will only be able to accommodate a limited number of spots to be able to keep the breakout groups reasonably small, so apply early!

Important Dates: January 15, 2021 Submission of Abstract/Full Paper February 28, 2021 Notification of Acceptance to Authors March 19, 2021 Submission of Camera-Ready Papers/Abstracts April 30, 2021 Early Bird Registration Deadline

Join us for EPIC presentations from AGE-WELL students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff and ECRs to share their research in the “Financial Wellness & Employment” Challenge Area.

The WSIB’s Grants Team and the Prevention Division at the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development have partnered to highlight and showcase six research projects. Each event date will feature three research presentations, a panel discussion and a Q&A segment.

The first virtual Toronto Biomedical Engineering Conference (ToBE2021), formerly known as IARC, is a few months away and we are now accepting abstracts for review. Submit your abstract by April 2nd to get the chance to present your research at the conference this year. This is a great opportunity to showcase your research to a broad audience, establish collaborations and gain valuable presentation experience.

Every three years, scientists, practitioners, students and other professionals from around the globe meet to address key ergonomic issues and to capitalize on opportunities for knowledge-sharing, collaborations, partnerships and friendships. The ultimate goal is to elaborate and advance ergonomics science and practice, thereby contributing to improved quality of life.

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) is a unique research center. For the past 20 years, it has been distinguished by the excellence, breadth and diversity of its research in rehabilitation, as well as through its interdisciplinary, intersectoral and knowledge mobilization initiatives. These initiatives have an important impact in the clinical, scientific, public and community sectors. CRIR provides an extraordinary environment for the training of new researchers, and is also a model of partnership and administrative synergy.

Join us for EPIC presentations from AGE-WELL students, postdoctoral fellows, research staff and ECRs as they share their research in the “Supportive Homes & Communities” Challenge Area. The “Supportive Homes & Communities” Challenge Area focuses on promoting independent living through appropriate supports and services, including the design of physical spaces and the use of technology within the environment.

Movement has a profound impact on our brain – find out how only a few minutes every day can make a difference to last a lifetime. We often think of physical activity contributing only to physical fitness – but there is strong evidence to support that movement benefits, protects, and sustains our cognitive fitness as well. Movement in all forms has profound impacts on our brains across our lifespan, from improving mental health to reducing risk of dementia, and more. Join our panel of advocates, community leaders, and researchers to discover how only a few moments of movement each day is an investment to promote brain health for years to come.

Hosted by Toronto Rehab Institute – University Health Network (“TRI”), Federation of Indian Chapters of Commerce and Industries (“FICCI) and the Consulate General of India (“CGI”), the Canada India Summit will address the themes of Pandemic Response and Post-COVID Healthcare, Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence and will also feature the CIF/Kite Institute Powerplay Pitch competition for innovators and start-ups in the healthcare sector.

This interactive and introductory online session will demonstrate effective PubMed searching techniques to help you find the evidence you need. PubMed is a free resource that contains more than 32 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.

This event will focus on the influence of Socioeconomic Status on Rehabilitation, and Disability Rights and Access to Rehabilitation.

The CSRS aims to recognize and highlight the work of researchers who engage in stress-related research in Canada.

The Neural Engineering Community welcomes researchers, members of academia, clinicians, and representatives of patient associations, industry, government agencies, funders, and other interested parties to attend the premier conference for this highly interdisciplinary fi­eld. NER is the world’s gathering place for biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, and clinicians to share research and to exchange ideas and breakthrough advances in novel engineering tools for elucidating brain function and neuro technologies for the restoration and enhancement of impaired sensory, motor, and cognitive functions.

Dr. Tarek Rajji (Executive Director) will be presenting to members of KITE to introduce the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance (TDRA) to KITE researchers, what the TDRA can offer to KITE researchers (e.g., collaborative research opportunities, mechanisms for recruitment, access to patient/family advisory councils, training tools) and to find ways of engaging KITE more into TDRA.

This event will focus on Equity in Rehabilitation for Black and Indigenous People and Sex and Gender Considerations in Rehabilitation.

Research trainees are our future research leaders and mentors. Creating a culture in which they are able to thrive and have equitable opportunities to reach their full potential is critical to the success of our research enterprise.

As part of the Canada India Healthcare Summit, this webinar will include Drs. Alex Mihailidis and Shehroz Khan of KITE, and will investigate how artificial intelligence can be used to overcome covid-19 and future pandemics.

Krembil Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins University and Gairdner Foundation invite members of the community to attend this free two half-day symposium. There are more than half a million Canadians currently living with dementia, including Alzheimer’s, the most common type of dementia. By 2031, that number is expected to rise to close to a million.

The KITE Research Institute will be hosting the next Women and Science virtual event called "Imperfection During COVID-19: Succeeding with the Struggle Together".

On International Women’s Day, CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) is hosting a virtual learning event to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on women’s mental health and substance use. The event will highlight results from the Knowledge Synthesis Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity in Mental Health and Substance Use and how the research can be used to inform policies, practices, guidelines and programs to improve the mental wellness of women in Canada.

The 2021 symposium will be held virtually. All abstracts will be reviewed for poster presentations with an opportunity to submit a 2-minute video presentation posted on the symposium and the Canadian Concussion Centre websites.

This interactive online session will teach you about the 8 steps involved in a systematic review, and why you need to prepare for each before you get started. Systematic reviews, if well done, provide a reliable and minimally biased source of information on topics of concern to clinical practice, patient safety and responsible health care services.

This public education event is geared to Grades 7-12 and early university age students of all genders and will feature three highly accomplished female scientists and clinicians; Drs. Valerie Wallace, Sowmya Viswanathan and Mojgan Hodaie will give short TED talk-style presentations on their lives and careers, as well as what inspired them to enter the fields of brain, arthritis, and vision research. Mayim Bialik, PhD, of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ will also be delivering an inspirational message. The event, moderated by Dr. Gelareh Zadeh, a neurosurgeon and co-Director of the Krembil Brain Institute, is meant to inspire and engage young minds and is geared to anyone with an interest in STEM education.

CIHR will be hosting “Ask Me Anything” sessions designed to support participants and answer questions about the Spring 2021 Project Grant competition. Questions will be accepted via a Slido question board. Duration: 90 minutes

How will robotics and neuromodulation change health care and rehabilitation? Join top researchers from the University of Toronto, the KITE Research Institute -University Health Network, Southeast University and Nanjing Medical University to assess the future of rehabilitation and the specific actions needed to realize the promise of emerging research for Canadian and Chinese patients.