Name
General Session #2 - From Gaps to Opportunity: Rethinking Rehabilitation in Canada
Date & Time
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Ayla Azad Pierre Côté
Description

After lunch, join us for coffee and dessert for a special session featuring guest speaker.

Canada’s unmet rehabilitation needs are creating a widening gap between injury, pain, mental health, and recovery—one that carries significant consequences for individuals, employers, and insurers alike. Drawing on the research, Dr. Pierre Côté, will explore how musculoskeletal conditions and access to rehabilitation services are at the center of this challenge. For forward-thinking insurers, this moment presents an opportunity: to invest in prevention, enable earlier access to care, and support healthier workplaces. Doing so can reduce long-term costs, improve outcomes, and reshape how we think about risk in the years ahead.

Join Dr. Ayla Azad, CEO of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, and Dr. Pierre Côté, Director of the Institute for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation and Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Health at Ontario Tech University, for an engaging and timely discussion on what unmet rehabilitation needs mean for the future of risk, cost, and workforce health in Canada.

Location Name
Room 200A, Plenary
Full Address
Quebec City Convention Center
1000, boul. René-Lévesque Est Québec
Quebec City QC G1R 5T8
Canada