Target Audience

Individuals interested in advancing women within academia and healthcare.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, the learners will be able to:

• Articulate key issues facing women in transitioning through academia, leadership, healthcare, and society. 

• Learn new skills for approaching key barriers that women face in academia, leadership, healthcare, and society when they transition between roles or phases of their lives.

• Empower allies across McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences and in surrounding healthcare communities to take action to advance women’s leadership, joy and well-being in health and healthcare.

Registration Fees

*HST# 11903 5988 RT0001

EARLY BIRD – Participant $75.00 +HST (Ends October 10, 2023)

Regular – Participant $100.00 +HST

EARLY BIRD – Trainee $25.00 +HST (Ends October 10, 2023)

Regular – Trainee $30.00 +HST

Planning Committee Chair Statement

Women remain underrepresented as leaders in academia and healthcare settings. To close this gap, cultural change and contributions from all involved in these spheres will be important – whether that is existing women in leadership or those seeking to be allies, mentors and sponsors for aspiring women leaders.

The 2023 Women’s Symposium will be a venue where we can bring together all individuals (both women, non-binary folks, and their allies) to consider how we might close the persistent gender gap within our work environments. This event is the 3rd annual event, after the very successful inaugural event in 2021. 

This year we will focus on transitions. Life and career changes are often times of excitement but also uncertainty.  We will hear from leaders and advocates about how these transitions can be approached, and how we can support one another through them.

Accreditation Statements

McMaster University, Continuing Professional Development Program (CPD) is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education (CACME) to provide CFPC Mainpro+ and RCPSC Maintenance of Certification (MOC) study credits for Continuing Medical Education.

This one-credit-per-hour Group-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program for up to 3.5 Mainpro+ credits.

This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by McMaster University Continuing Professional Development Program. You may claim a maximum of 3.5 MOC Section 1 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

Through an agreement between the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert Royal College MOC credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert Royal College MOC credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/about-ama-education.

Each attendee should only claim the hours they attended.