Speaking Engagements | by Jennifer Johannesen

2023

2022

2021

European Union COST Action (EVBRES) 2nd Evidence-Based Research Conference. “Challenges to the involvement of end users in research when planning new evidence-based research” Keynote Speaker. September 2021

2019

BC SUPPORT Unit annual conference Putting Patients First 2019: Working Together Across the Research Life Cycle. “Ethical implications of engaging patients in research” Vancouver BC. Keynote Speaker. November 2019

2018

Presenter, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), Maternal-Fetal Medicine Department. Grand Rounds. October 2018
Cochrane Colloquium, Edinburgh. “The trouble with patient and public involvement (PPI)” Keynote Speaker. September 2018
Lecturer, University of Leeds. September 2018
European Academy of Childhood Disability (EACD), 30th Annual Meeting, Tbilisi, Georgia. “Connecting ‘Patient-Reported Problems’ to ‘Patient-Reported Outcomes’ using the ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health).” Co-Presenter with Dr. Olaf Kraus de Camargo, Dr. Gabriel Ronen, Dr. Liane Simon. May 2018
Canadian Bioethics Society Annual Conference, Halifax. “‘Meaningful’ child and family engagement in healthcare: From symbolic to consequential.” Co-presenter with Dr. Gail Teachman. May 2018
St. Michael’s Hospital Faculty Development Day, Toronto. Keynote Co-Presenter with Dr. Paula Rowland. “At the critical moment: Exploring purpose and meaning of patient engagement.” February 2018
Critical Perspectives in Occupational Therapy. University of Toronto. Co-instructor with Dr. Gail Teachman and Dr. Yani Hamdani. January 2018

2017

OACRS 2017 Conference, Toronto. Speaker. November 2017
Critical Perspectives in Occupational Therapy. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto. Co-instructor with Dr. Gail Teachman and Dr. Yani Hamdani. November 2017
Kids Brain Health Network’s 8th Annual Brain Development Conference, in collaboration with CHILD-BRIGHT, Toronto. Speaker. November 2017
2017 CAPHC Annual Conference – CFAN day, Speaker. “Two-way street? A critical look at patient and family engagement.” Ottawa, October 2017
Panel Moderator, 2017 CAPHC Annual Conference, “Engaging Families in Health Care, Research and Health System Improvement: Moving Beyond Good Intentions.” Ottawa, October 2017
School of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto. Guest lecturer. September 2017
American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 71st Annual Meeting, Montreal. Workshop co-instructor and panelist with Dr. Peter Rosenbaum, Dr. Gabriel Ronen, Dr. Éric Racine, and Dr. Bernard Dan. September 2017
Critical Perspectives in Occupational Therapy. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto. Co-instructor with Dr. Gail Teachman and Dr. Yani Hamdani. March 2017
School of Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto. Workshop Co-facilitator with Dr. Gail Teachman and Dr. Yani Hamdani. January 2017
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. Guest lecturer. January 2017
Featured author, staff journal club, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehab, Toronto. January 2017

2016

Share Your Voice: Community Forum for Robust Safeguards in Bill C-14. Panelist. Ottawa, June 2016
9th Annual Sue MacRae Lecturer on Ethics and Patient-Centred Care, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. May 2016
Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto. Guest lecturer. January 2016

2015

2014

Featured author, CanMeds book club. McMaster medical school, Hamilton. September 2014
DesignMeets…Voices of HealthCare, Toronto. Presenter. June 2014
Ontario Association of Community Care Access Centres annual conference, Toronto. Panelist. June 2014
Canadian Bioethics Society annual conference, Vancouver BC. Theoretical presentation. May 2014
Canadian Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Autism, Winnipeg. Keynote speaker and panelist. May 2014
Joint Centre for BioethicsUniversity of Toronto. Guest lecturer. January 2014

2013

Amplifying the Voices of Children and Youth with Special Needs, stakeholder consultation, Office of the Provincial Advocate, December 2013 (Participatory event, not a speaking engagement.)
Bioethics Week, special presentation for nursing, panelist. Sick Kids Hospital. November 2013
University of Toronto medical students. Guest lecturer. May 2013
16th Annual Obstetric Ultrasound: Setting the Standard for 2013, Panelist, “Sex and Ultrasound”. February 2013
Genetics Grand Rounds, Sick Kids Hospital (Toronto). “Bias and Influence in Decision-making”. January 2013

2012

Fetal Medicine Update 2012, Mount Sinai Hospital. “Ethics of Fetal Intervention”, Panelist. October 2012
Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation, Toronto East General Hospital, June 2012
Silent Voice, Keynote, Annual General Meeting, May 2012
Professional Writers’ Association of Canada, Toronto. Panelist, Narrative Non-fiction, May 2012
Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto. Guest Speaker, May 2012
Grand Rounds presentation, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, April 2012
Bloom Speaker Series, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Presenter, February 15 2012
Silver Creek Preschool, Toronto. Guest Speaker, February 9 2012
CBC Radio One, Blue Sky (Saskatchewan). Interview and call-in show. February 6 2012, 12:30 pm (Central)
CBC Radio One, Alberta at Noon (Alberta). Interview and call-in show. February 6 2012, 12:30 pm (Mountain)
Indigo bookstore, Mount Sinai Hospital. Book signing, January 26 2012 12-2 pm
CBC Radio One, Ontario Today. Interview and call-in show. January 19 2012
Medical Student Program, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Presenter, January 11 2012

2011

National Developmental Pediatric Update Conference (“Child Update Conference”), Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto. Workshop co-presented with Maria McDonald, Bioethicist, “Negotiating the Gray Zone: Ethical Issues in Health Care Decision Making”. November 2011
Navigating Contentious Cases in the Public Eye: A Working Symposium, The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto), panelist. October 2011