SPARK Conversations

By Children's Healthcare Canada

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What does it take to build better healthcare systems that truly work for every child in Canada? SPARK Conversations is Children's Healthcare Canada's podcast series bringing together the clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and families who are shaping the future of children's healthcare to explore what's working, what's possible, and what comes next. This is where the conversation starts.


Episode Date
Seen from the Start: The case for early identification and care
Jun 30, 2026
Building Bridges: Navigating the transition from child to adult care
Jun 30, 2026
The Long View: Building Lifetime Pathways for Kids of All Abilities
Jun 30, 2026
SPARK Conversations: A New Chapter Begins
Apr 30, 2026
Right-Sizing Reflections: The evidence, the urgency and the opportunity
Feb 11, 2026
Right-sizing Children’s Healthcare: Connecting care & building capacity beyond the hospital walls
Jan 23, 2026
'Tis the season - Flu, RSV, and COVID: A heads-up from down under
Dec 12, 2025
Right-Sizing Children’s Healthcare: The Critical Role of Community-Based Developmental Care
Nov 24, 2025
The Power of Pediatric Palliative Care: Equity, Access, and Hope
Oct 09, 2025
A Right-Sized Model that Works: Learning from Ontario’s pediatric cancer care system
Sep 15, 2025
Equity-Driven Systems: Right-Sizing Healthcare for Every Child
Jul 28, 2025
Family partnership and lived experience: A core component for right-sizing child health systems
Jun 30, 2025
Federal Election 45 Results: Impact on children, their health, and healthcare
May 26, 2025
Big Hearts, Huge Impact: Philanthropy and the Future of Kids’ Healthcare
Apr 28, 2025
The Role of Community Hospitals in Right-Sizing Children’s Healthcare
Mar 31, 2025
How Ronald McDonald House Charities is Helping to Right Size Healthcare for Kids
Feb 27, 2025
Homecare: A key element of right-sized health systems
Jan 27, 2025
Right-sizing healthcare systems for kids: Primary care access
Dec 16, 2024
Collective action and Advocacy: Coalitions and right-sizing children's healthcare
Nov 25, 2024
Care Without Borders: Strategies for Delivering Quality Healthcare to Kids in Rural and Remote Communities
Oct 31, 2024
SPARK Conversations - S5E5 - Dr. Christine Chambers
Oct 01, 2024
The Pediatric Workforce: Right-sizing the HHR system for kids
Aug 26, 2024
Right-Sizing Health Systems: The systems-focused Children’s Hospital
Jul 29, 2024
Beyond Bandaids: Retaining Nurses in Pediatric Healthcare
Jun 24, 2024
Beyond Bandaids: Collective Action to Right-Size Children's Healthcare Systems
May 06, 2024
A Pediatric Student-Led Clinic: One model to help right-size children’s healthcare
Feb 26, 2024
SPARK: Conversations LIVE | Creating Equitable and Inclusive Healthcare Systems for Children and Families
Jan 29, 2024
Navigating the Child and Youth Mental Health Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities
Nov 27, 2023
Integrating Pediatric Social Determinants of Health for Children in Canada
Oct 30, 2023
Children’s pain management: A new standard to improve care
Oct 02, 2023
Health System Leadership: Leading Beyond Complexities to Effectively Transform Health Systems
May 15, 2023
Child Health in the Media: A Snapshot of the Media Representation of Child Health
Mar 27, 2023
Child Health Research: Thinking out of the Typical Health Care System Box
Feb 27, 2023
Spirit Bears Guide to Reconciliation: Utilizing Jordan’s Principle and the Spirit Bear Plan to achieve culturally based equity for First Nations Children
Jan 30, 2023
Health Systems Transformation: Learning from Experts on Ways to Inform System Change
Dec 19, 2022
Children's healthcare in the community
Oct 31, 2022
Healing the Healthcare System: staff burnout, honest leadership, and collaboration
Sep 26, 2022
Getting the Facts Straight: Tackling mis/disinformation through patient-provider relationships
Sep 12, 2022
Missed Opportunities Can Last a Lifetime: The State of Infant and Early Mental Health in Canada
May 30, 2022
COVID’s Impact on Routine Immunizations
Apr 25, 2022
Child Health and Wellness Research: A Priority to Transform Children’s Healthcare
Mar 28, 2022
More than just a Tick Box: Building Back Better through Family Engagement
Feb 28, 2022
Getting the Message Across: Clear Communications during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jan 31, 2022
Climate Change: A Child Health Issue Now and Into the Future
Dec 13, 2021
Learning from Lived Experience: Family Partnerships for Pain and Child Health Research
Nov 29, 2021
COVID, Equity, and Child Health: Vaccines, Passports, and Impacts
Nov 05, 2021
Integration of and Innovation in Child Health Systems: The Promise and Perils of Joined-Up Governance
Sep 27, 2021
The COVID-19 Vaccine and Canada's Children and Youth
Jun 10, 2021
Children’s Hospitals for the Future: Creating Conditions for Healthy Kids.
Apr 26, 2021
Raising Hope from the Ground Up: Building children's healthcare in Canada
Mar 29, 2021
Learning System in Child Health: Connecting ‘What We Do’ with ‘What We Know’
Feb 22, 2021
Pharmacare Fit for Kids
Jan 25, 2021
Inspiring Healthy Futures: #WeCANforKids
Jan 18, 2021
Saying Yes to Less: Resource Stewardship in Children’s Healthcare
Jan 11, 2021