2026 –Including Equity in your QI Project
March 23rd 2026 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
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Equity has been long described as one of the 6 important domains within quality improvement but it is often not routinely included in projects. How do you go about including equity within your quality improvement project? This session will provide you with some important tools and strategies about how to incorporate and evaluate equity within your local QI environment and project. The session will also provide a variety of scenarios of the applications of equity and routine clinical practice and quality improvement projects.
Objectives :
- Review reasons for limited application of equity and QI
- Discuss the opportunities for incorporating equity into quality improvement practice
- Review examples of applications of equity principles in QI.
- Describe approaches to address equity explicitly within QI project
Date and time:
- Monday, March 23rd 2026 12-3:30pm. ET
Cost:
- $400 – non-members
- $300 – CQUIPS+ members (25% discount!)
Speakers:
Bourne Auguste is a nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and an Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine with the job description of Clinician in Quality and Innovation. Dr. Auguste obtained a BSc. (Hon) from Carleton University, an MD from McMaster University and completed his internal medicine and nephrology residencies at the University of Toronto. He also completed advanced training with a clinical fellowship in home dialysis at the University Health Network and a Master of Science in System Leadership and Innovation from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. He also obtained a Certificate in Quality Improvement Patient Safety (CQuIPS) from the Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (C-QuIPS). He currently has interests in developing innovative tools for home dialysis training and improving patient selection pathways for all forms of independent dialysis eligibility.
Leahora Rotteau, PhD, oversees the general operations and the strategic priorities and activities of the Centre. She also contributes to the Centre-based research programs and brings expertise in strategic management and qualitative healthcare care research to the team. Dr. Rotteau received her PhD from the University of Toronto, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME). Her primary research interests include the use of social theory to better understand how and why certain interventions are taken up and spread in practice and the exploration of the social and structural factors that enable the integration of care across acute, primary and community sectors.
