2026 International Medical Geography Symposium

We are excited to announce that the 2026 International Medical Geography Symposium (IMGS), Geographies of Wellbeing: Environments, Transitions, and the Futures of Societal Wellbeing, will be held at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University. Co-hosted by the University of Toronto Mississauga, University of Toronto St. George, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto Metropolitan University, and Ontario Technical University, the organizing committee aims for the symposium to respond to the growing state of global uncertainty and change and provide a venue to examine how transitions, defined as multi-dimensional processes of change over time and space, influence societal wellbeing.

The IMGS will encompass four thematic sections centered around: 1) equity and justice transitions; 2) societal and environmental futures; 3) conceptual and theoretical transformations; and 4) methodological changes, intersectoral research approaches, and new directions. The overarching goal of the 2026 IMGS is to create a forum for interdisciplinary knowledge co-creation and intersectoral exchange among scholars, researchers, trainees, and practitioners to rethink, reimagine, and advance theoretical and methodological approaches in health and medical geography. 

Registration remains open. We are no longer accepting abstracts.

We look forward to your participation!

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Your 2026 IMGS Organizing Committee:

Kathi Wilson, Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga

Andrea Rishworth, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics, and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga

Sarah Wakefield, Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto St. George

Tor Oiamo, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University

Caroline Barakat, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences Ontario Tech University

Irenius Konkor Provost's Program for Black & Indigenous Scholars Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo.

The organizing committee draws on the expertise of a scientific committee comprising:

Gavin Andrews Professor, Department of Health and Aging, McMaster University

Roger Antabe Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto Scarborough.

Susan Elliott Professor, Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo

Bruce Newbold Dean Faculty of Science, McMaster University

Chantelle Richmond Professor and Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography and Environment, Western University

A number of volunteers are working hard to make the 2026 IMGS a wonderful and memorable event.