Pan-Canadian Health Information Exchange (HIE) Standards Online 3-Day Virtual Workshop 2026

Thank you for joining us for the School of Health Information Science 3-day Virtual Workshop on Health Information Exchange (HIE) standards.

The workshop ran from Tuesday, April 28 to Thursday, April 30, from 4:00–6:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Guest speakers from across Canada presented on a range of HIE-related topics, including the shared pan-Canadian interoperability roadmap, CIHI standards, Canada Health Infoway standards, and HL7 FHIR.

Missed the workshop or want to review a session? Recordings are available on our HINF YouTube channel.

This workshop forms part of the Health Terminology and Interoperability Standards Certificate program. If you’re interested in applying, the deadline for September 2026 entry to the certificate is June 15, 2026.
Workshop Agenda 

Tuesday, April 28, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT - CIHI Data Standards 
  • 4:00pm – 4:40pm PT 
    CIHI Data Standards 101: A Path to Interoperability (Shannon O’Connor, CIHI) Recording Available
  • 4:40pm -5:20pm PT 
    Health Data Stewardship: A framework to transform health data management & drive change (Jesse Fracassi, CIHI) Recording Available
  • 5:20pm – 6:00pm PT
    Pan-Canadian Data Standards for Health Equity and Social Care (Jennifer Lawson and Brooke Harvey, CIHI) Recording Available
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm PT 
    Addressing Disease Risk Factors in Primary Care Settings (Alex Singer, Director, Manitoba Primary Care Research Network) Recording Available

Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT - Infoway Data Standards 

  • 4:00pm – 4:15pm PT 
    Canadian Standards Release Centre - (Tarek Kadoura, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 4:15pm – 4:25pm PT 
    Overview of Health Information Exchange (HIE) Standards – Role of Terminology and Data Exchange Standards in Interoperability (Janice Spence, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 4:25pm – 4:40pm PT 
    Canadian Medicines Terminology (CMT) Project (Julie Boutin, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 4:40pm - 4:50pm PT 
    Infoway Support for SNOMED CT Immunization Content (Myriam Talantikit, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 4:50pm - 5:00pm PT 
    Terminology Services: Infoway Terminology Server (Janice Spence, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 5:00pm – 5:15pm PT 
    Pan-Canadian Patient Summary Progress (Sonia Balgah, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 5:15pm – 5:50pm PT 
    Health Application Lightweight Protocol (Halo) & Introduction on CA Core+ (Alex Reis, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 5:50pm – 6:00pm PT 
    2026 Projectathon Update (Sonia Balgah, Infoway) Recording Available
  • 6:00pm – 6:30pm PT 
    Discussion and Questions (Infoway Team)

Thursday, April 30, 2026, 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT - HL7 FHIR  

  • 4:00pm – 5:30pm PT 
    FHIR questionnaires and maps (Lloyd McKenzie, Chief Standards Officer, Dogwood Health Consulting) Recording Available
  • 5:30pm – 6:30pm PT 
    Finding, Using, Shaping Pan-Canadian FHIR Standards (Sheridan Cook, Accenture) Recording Available 

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