ENRICH offers Raising Interdisciplinary Scientist Excellence Learning Management System (RISE LMS), an online, free-to-all training resource for scientific and professional skills development.

POPCORN is pleased to partner with Children’s Healthcare Canada, a national leader in healthcare systems for Canada's children and youth, which supports healthcare professionals and child health researchers from 44 members representing over 250 unique health delivery organizations across the continuum of care, including acute care hospitals, community hospitals, rehabilitation centres, regional health authorities, and home care agencies. Children’s Healthcare Canada regularly offers various knowledge products and events (e.g., webinars, podcasts, pop-up events, and an annual conference).

Applications are now open for the 2026-2028 cohort of the LifTING & Sepsis Canada Health Research Training Platform.

The LifTING and Sepsis Canada Research Training Program is a 2-year, free virtual health research training initiative fully funded by CIHR. This program is designed for individuals who are interested in engaging with and/or conducting research in the field of life-threatening illnesses and sepsis. Our multidisciplinary approach breaks down silos between research domains and fosters meaningful collaborations among early career researchers, established investigators, and key community members, including patient and family partners.

Our program's core values emphasize creating a safe and inclusive learning environment, integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles, and promoting anti-oppressive practices and social justice.

Key features of our program include:

• Interactive Curriculum: Tailored online modules and workshops designed to build research capacity and to develop both professional and personal skills.

• Mentorship Pods: Small group mentorship groups to foster close professional connections.

• Funded Research Practicum: An experiential learning opportunity for trainees where they are guided by a supervisor.

• Annual Symposium: A fully covered, in-person event with keynote speakers, workshops, and networking opportunities.

• Trainee Award Competition: Funding of $25,000 awarded to three research proposals per stream.

We welcome applications from early-career researchers, healthcare professionals, patient and family partners, graduate students, research coordinators, knowledge users, and more!

Interested applicants for the 2026-2028 cohort can learn more here or on our website. Applications are due by May 15, 2026.

For more information about the LifTING and Sepsis Canada Research Training Program, please visit our website or contact our program managers: Amanda Choi (amanda.choi@sri.utoronto.ca) and Janelle Stables (janelle.stables@rimuhc.ca).

The IMPaCT Curriculum and Online Learning is an open and accessible online learning in perinatal and child health clinical trials.

Online course topics include:

• Introduction to Clinical Trials and Regulations

• Family Engagement in Pediatric and Perinatal Clinical Trial Research

• Clinical Trial Design

• Clinical Trial Operations

• Clinical Trial Communications and Knowledge Translation

To learn more about these courses and how to sign up, visit the IMPaCT website or contact their team at impactrials@gmail.com.