VIRTUAL CONFERENCE // OCTOBER 12 - 15, 2022
2022 AEC Schedule
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2022
Conference Start
October 12
Day 1 Opening Remarks
Session
9:10am - 10:10am
Patient and Family Experiences of Care in the Pandemic - Natasha Phillips
Break
10:10am - 10:30am
Break #1 (20 mins)
Session
10:30am - 11:45 am
GC Student and Training Issues
Break
11:45am - 12:15pm
Break #2 (30 mins)
Session
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Covid-19 Impacts on Research: Kennedy Borle
Networking Break
1:15pm - 1:25pm
Networking (10 mins)
Break
1:25pm - 1:45pm
Break #3 (20 mins)
Session
1:45pm - 2:45pm
Optimizing Work/Life balance & Creating Harmonious Success: Charina Cruz
Break
2:45pm - 3:00pm
Break #4 (15 mins)
Session
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Self Care and Relaxation Practice: Ali Cumming
Closing Remarks
4:00pm
Day 1 Closing Remarks
2022 AEC Schedule
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022
Conference Start
October 13
Day 2 Opening Remarks
Session
9:10am - 10:20am
The Other Side of the Webcam: Communication Skills for the Hybrid Economy: Lauren Sergy
Networking Break
10:20am - 10:30am
Networking Break (10 mins)
Break
10:30am - 10:50am
Break #1 (20 mins)
Session
10:50am - 11:50am
Practising What we Preach: Acceptance and Advocacy for Disability within the Genetic Counselling Community: Rachel Mador, Chelsea Menke, Allayna Frank
Session
11:50am - 12:20pm
Development of a provincial genetics program (PGP) in Ontario:
Kathleen Bell
Networking Break
12:20pm - 12:30pm
Networking (10 mins)
Break
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Break #2 (60 mins)
Session
1:30pm - 2:30pm
ABSTRACTS
Session
2:30pm - 3:00pm
POSTERS
Break
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Break #3 (30 mins)
Session
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Alternative models of service delivery - Lessons Learned from the AMSD Community of Practice: Shelin Adam, Salma Shickh, Julia Tagoe
Session
4:15pm - 5:00pm
Genetic Counsellors as drivers of a large-scale genome-wide sequencing program: Caitlin Chisholm, Meredith Gillespie, Whiwon Lee, Anna Szuto
Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Day 2 Closing Remarks
2022 AEC Schedule
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2022
Conference Start
October 14
Day 3 Opening Remarks
Session
9:10am - 9:40am
CAGC Presidential Address
Session
9:40am - 9:50am
CAGC Awards
Session
9:50am - 10:20am
CAGC RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENT
Break
10:20am - 11:10am
Break #1 (50 mins)
Session
11:10am - 12:40pm
ABSTRACTS
Session
12:40pm - 1:10pm
POSTERS
Break
1:10pm - 1:40pm
Break #2 (30 mins)
Session
1:40pm - 3:10pm
Adding Genetic Assistants to the Mix: Current evidence and experiences across Canadian centres and genetic counselling sub-specialties: Angela Krutish, Jessica Hertley, Shannon Chin, Leanne Mercer, Margaret Lilley, Taila Hartley, Meredith Gillespie
Networking Break
3:10pm - 3:20pm
Networking (10 mins)
Break
3:20 - 3:40pm
Break #3 (20 mins)
Session
3:40pm - 4:10pm
Andrea Shugar
Session
4:10 - 4:30pm
Amy Pearn: Genetic Counselling Licensure in Australia
Session
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Margaret Lilley: Jessica Hartley - Updates from Alberta and Manitoba
Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Day 3 Closing Remarks
2022 AEC Schedule
PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2022
Conference Start
October 15
Day 4 Opening Remarks
Session
9:10am - 10:10am
Connecting patients to gene therapies and clinical trials - Lessons from the cardiac genetics clinic: Laura Zahavich, Grogor Andelfinger, Diego Delgado, Laura Robb
Networking Break
10:10am - 10:20am
Networking Break (10 mins)
Break
10:20am - 10:35am
Break #1 (15 mins)
Session
10:33am - 10:55am
GenCOUNSEL: Workforce Analysis Study - Kennedy Borle
Session
10:55am - 11:15am
GenCOUNSEL - Genetic Counsellors’ Research Dissemination Practices and Attitudes: Emma Blanche
Break
11:15am - 11:30am
Break #2 (15 mins)
Session
11:30am - 12:50pm
From pathogenesis to targeted treatments - a paradigm shift in understanding fragile X and family experiences navigating this inherited condition: Susan Howell, Francois Bolduc, Lawrence and Tess Spero, Karen Kelm
Closing Remarks
12:50pm
Final Closing Remarks