SPARK Conversations

Author: Children's Healthcare Canada

What does it take to build better healthcare systems that truly work for every child in Canada? SPARK Conversations is Children's Healthcare Canada's podcast series bringing together the clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and families who are shaping the future of children's healthcare to explore what's working, what's possible, and what comes next. This is where the conversation starts.
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Language: en-ca

Genres: Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

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The Long View: Building Lifetime Pathways for Kids of All Abilities
Tuesday, 30 June, 2026

Send us Fan Mail Families navigate fragmented healthcare and education systems while managing invisible labour that systems and professionals often don't recognize: coordinating care, translating information across sectors, and advocating for their children's needs. In this episode, researchers, a clinician, and parent partners discuss how lived experience must become integrated expertise driving system change, not just testimony, and how meaningful family participation in co-design creates solutions that actually work. The conversation highlights that building continuity across sectors and empowering families is essential to creating systems that serve children and youth with disabilities across their lifetimes. Enjoyed the episode? Leave us a rating or review, share with your colleagues, and be sure to subscribe!