About
BC Cancer’s interdisciplinary summit provides education, professional development and unique relationship-building opportunities for oncology professionals from all specialties and disciplines. The 2022 Summit is a hybrid event, held in-person at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver and online via a virtual platform.
We are delighted to host the BC Cancer Summit with in-person and virtual options this year! The Summit will feature keynotes, plenary sessions, collaborative sessions with a focus on transformation, adaptation and inclusion in cancer care and research. In addition we will host virtual poster sessions and awards.
Our keynotes this year:
- Dr. Andrea McNeil, founder and principal investigator of the UBC Planetary Healthcare Lab, and clinical associate professor in UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Surgery
- Dr. Alika LaFontaine, president elect of the Canadian Medical Association, award-winning physician, and the first Indigenous doctor listed in Medical Post’s 50 Most Powerful Doctors
Summit Faculty
Ruby Gidda, RN
- Co-chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Executive Director, BC Cancer Abbotsford
- Provincial Professional Practice (Nursing & Allied Health)
Christine Simmons, MD, MSc, FRCPC
- Co-chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Medical Oncologist, BC Cancer
- Program Director, Medical Oncology Training Program
- Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Faculty of Medicine
Heena Vadgama
- Co-Chair, BC Cancer Summit
- Project Manager
- BC Cancer