Our 2026 Virtual Conference

New Approaches to the History of Caring and Curing
May 21-22

Protestors march for health justice for the Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) First Nation at the Ontario Legislature, Toronto, June 2019.  Photo Credit: Allan Lissner / Freegrassy.net

Welcome CSHM Members!

Use our FOURWAVES CONFERENCE SITE for fully up-to-date and comprehensive information about our 2026 Virtual Conference. The most up to date program information and full details about the conference can be found there. Participants wishing to download a complete conference program can find the PDF version here for downloading. Please note that this program will only be updated once a week.

The theme of our conference this year is “Caring and Curing.” We have twelve different sessions that will illuminate the rich historical contours of this theme plus innovative online content for participants. Don’t miss these regular and special events, all posted in Eastern Central EDT time and with bilingual captioning:

• A LIVING HISTORY PANEL ABOUT GRASSY NARROWS featuring Community Elder and Advocate Judy Da Silva and Activist Scientist Donna Mergler on the fight for Indigenous health justice in the face of decades of mercury poisoning. This is a free event and open to the larger non-conference community.
• OUR AGM where we will have a chance to update you on what your executive has been doing in 2025-26 and to discuss important future-focused topics like upcoming annual conferences.
• MENTORING SESSIONS for Emerging Scholars on Publishing and Careers beyond the Academy.
• OUR BIANNUAL PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS given this year by Megan Davies, “Everyday Indigenous and settler health care in BC’s Peace River, 1900-1940.”
• AN OPEN CONVERSATION about how we can retain members who move into jobs beyond the academic and diversify our community in other ways.

Some people just drop in to online conferences, present their paper, and leave. Don’t do that. The CSHM is a community, and this conference is an important pilot project for us. Engage as fully as if we were meeting in person, take advantage of new options that we have created, and don’t forget to fill out our conference survey at the end!

We wish you a great conference.