Patricia A Paprica
She/her
P. Alison Paprica is a Professor (Adjunct) and a Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. She is also the Principal of the boutique consultancy Research Project Management (RPM), a Senior Fellow at Massey College, a member of the International Advisory Board for Health Data Research UK, and the author of Research Project Management & Leadership: A Handbook for Everyone (University of Toronto Press, 2024).
Her previous roles include inaugural Vice President, Health Strategy and Partnerships at the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence; member of the Health Data Research Network Canada Executive Committee and Chair of its Public Engagement Working Group; and Director, Strategic Partnerships at ICES. From 2010-2103, she was the Director of the Planning, Research & Analysis Branch at the Ontario Ministry of Health where she was responsible for up to $60 million annual applied health research investment and in-house knowledge translation activities to bring research findings into policy and practice. Before working in the public sector, she held scientist and R&D management positions at three international pharmaceutical companies.
Alison holds an Honours Combined BSc in biochemistry and chemistry (McMaster) and a PhD in organic chemistry (Western University), and is currently working towards her BA in philosophy (McMaster).
Her main research interests are data governance and research data infrastructure, public involvement in data-intensive health R&D, evidence-informed policy, and the leadership and management of research as a topic in its own right.
Sessions in which Patricia A Paprica attends
Monday 27 May, 2024
Indigenous Welcome: Elder Mary-Lee Anayok Concordia Welcome: Sandra GabrieleOCAD U Welcome: Jutta TreveranusThe lighting of the quiliq will begin promptly at 9:00. Please arrive promptly. Late arrivals please go to room EFG or enter AB/CD quietly and wait at the back of the room until the end of the ceremony to find a spot at a table.
Panellists: Philip RizcallahInmaculada Placencia-PorreroTim CreaganAndrew ArchModerator:Jutta Treviranus
How do people with disabilities navigate the risks and seize the opportunities of the future of work? Provocateur: Josh ChristiansonFacilitator: Maureen HaanEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-am-ConcurrentSession1-English
Can we design a digital accessibility ethics code of conduct and what would it entail? Provocateur: Lainey Feingold - ZoomFacilitator: Josh ChristiansonEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession3-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D7BfKY9VniPyoC4igEgrQQs-EIIGBWoJa_2-fna_Q-...
How do we make progress in equity in an anti-DEI (Diversity Equity and Inclusion) environment? Provocateur: Christopher LaRocheFacilitator: Moisen MahEnglish Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession1-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-Monday-pm-ConcurrentSession1-FrenchSession Notebook: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13xExaxsPWBZkq5wo0xtBYzrImGwjYRaLgVQUxKpliO0/...
The Honourable Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with DisabilitiesIntroduced by: Raihana Hirji-Khalfan English Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-MondayInsightClosing-EnglishFrench Captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=ACAW-MondayInsightClosing-French
Summaries from the sessions: Heather Walkus: Theme 1: Who and what are we missing?Sambhavi Chandrashekar: Theme 2: How do we support inclusive decision-making?John Willis: Theme 3: How can we develop accessibility standards that are responsive, inclusive and effective?Peter Slatin: Theme 4: How can we promote the inc...