ENRICH 2026 Symposium — Bridging Disciplines, Breaking Silos
Bridging Disciplines, Breaking Silos
This year's theme focuses on transdisciplinary research, exploring how the cross-fertilization of disciplinary methods and knowledge, along with leveraging the expertise of diverse sectors, communities, and patients through partnership, can enhance and advance child and perinatal health and its applications beyond traditional academia.
About the ENRICH Annual Symposium
The ENRICH Annual Symposium brings together ENRICH’s national community of mentors, learners, and partners for a four-day, in-person symposium, focused on research excellence and personal development. Participants engage in workshops, seminars, and experiential learning while connecting with peers, mentors, and leaders in child and perinatal health research.
Partnership with One Child Every Child
This year, ENRICH is partnering with the UCalgary-based research initiative, One Child Every Child (OCEC), for our 2026 annual symposium. OCEC's goal is to improve Canada's ranking in child health and wellness outcomes by prioritizing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), integrating Indigenous perspectives, and utilizing comprehensive data and technology to create impactful evidence.
With a shared vision to further child health research across Canada, OCEC and ENRICH bring together researchers, students, patient partners, and leaders to facilitate learning, education, mentorship, and relationship-building.
Land Acknowledgement:
We would like to acknowledge that this event is taking place on the side of Sacred Buffalo Guardian Mountain.
In the spirit of respect and truth, we honour and acknowledge that the Banff area, or “Minihrpa”, is a part of the Treaty 7 territory. In this territory, we acknowledge oral practices of the Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda) - comprised of the Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Goodstoney Nations - as well as the Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Blackfoot Confederacy comprised of the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Shuswap Nations, Ktunaxa Nations, and Metis Nation of Alberta.
Co-Chairs
Arielle Perrotta is a doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of Calgary. Her research centres Indigenous maternal-child health and reproductive justice through community-based participatory approaches, with a focus on ethical research relationships and equitable health systems engagement.
Mary Dunbar is a pediatric neurologist at Alberta Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Calgary. Her research focus is on improving understanding and advancing care in perinatal brain conditions and their sequelae, including fetal brain conditions, perinatal stroke, and cerebral palsy.
Ulises Charles Rodríguez is a postdoctoral associate at the University of Calgary, specializing in health equity, research governance, and transdisciplinary scholarship. His work bridges public health, Indigenous-non-Indigenous partnerships, and environmental justice, grounded in interdisciplinary training and cross-sectoral experience.
Travel & Accommodation FAQs
Details coming soon, please check back later.
Registration
As space and funding is limited, symposium registration is by invitation only.
Organized by the ENRICH Program Office, situated at UBC
In Collaboration With
This event has been organized in collaboration with One Child Every Child, and UCalgary.
Thank you to our ENRICH supporters
We are grateful to our supporters and partners who have made this symposium possible.
Location
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, Alberta
Canada, T1L 1H5
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact enrich.admin@bcchr.ca
