CAPO 2025 – Registration Open (Early Bird Deadline Feb. 14/25)

Save-the-Date: The 2025 CAPO Conference is being held April 23-25, at Hilton Toronto, Ontario.

Early bird registration rates are in effect through February 14th, 2025. 

The mission of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO) is to foster the science and practice of psychosocial oncology to improve the care for people affected by cancer through partnerships, research, public policy, advocacy and education.

The 2025 CAPO conference theme which relates to the human experience of cancer, brings together researchers from across the cancer control trajectory to present and discuss latest research developments in patient partnerships, patient-reported outcomes, and patient value-based care, in the context of biomedical cancer care. The conference includes presentations from multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder partnerships focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of new models of cancer care. As such, the conference is directly aligned with the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mandate to support research that reduces the burden of cancer among individuals and families through symptom management interventions, psycho-social support, and patient-oriented research. Further, it addresses the priority area related to health services research and equity.

Objectives of the Conference:

1. To provide a national forum for mobilizing new knowledge in PSO research, education and practice to ensure effective, accessible, sustainable, and innovative psychosocial cancer care interventions in Canada and globally.
2. To strengthen excellence, collaboration, and capacity in PSO care across the full trajectory of cancer control, through a participatory and equity lens with PWLLE.
3. To inspire approaches for better integration and prioritization of PSO care through dissemination of a transdisciplinary focus on the human experience of cancer with knowledge users.