CAIRE activities
Symposium
The biennial CAIRE Research Symposium discusses hot topics relevant to immunization research and evaluation.
The CAIRE 2026 Research Symposium will be held in Toronto on November 16, 2026, leading up to the biennial Canadian Immunization Conference (CIC). This year’s theme is Staying the Course: Securing Canada’s Immunization Sovereignty.
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The 2024 Canadian Alliance for Immunization Research, Evaluation and Education (CAIRE) Research Symposium was held in Ottawa, Ontario, in November 2024 in conjunction with CIC.
The symposium provided an important platform for knowledge exchange, fostering collaboration across sectors and disciplines with the overarching goal of discussing current challenges and opportunities for equity considerations in vaccine research, evaluation, and education. Press below to read more about the event with CAIRE’s post-symposium report.
Learn about:
✔ Key takeaways from expert panels and speakers
✔ Equity considerations across different study designs
✔ Potential challenges and solutions to incorporating community perspectives into research
The symposium objectives are to:
Identify areas of immunization research of high importance in Canada and globally
Hold multidisciplinary discussions on the challenges facing vaccine and immunization research in Canada
Network with members and stakeholders of the research community
Provide mentorship connection opportunities between junior, mid and senior researchers.
Recent topics discussed include:
Equity Considerations in Immunization Research, Evaluation, and Education
Global perspectives on enhancing vaccine-induced immunity
Challenges to conducting phase 3 vaccine trials in Canada
Precision vaccinology and implications for immunization policy
Promoting research through government-academic-public health-industry interactions
CAIRE will be holding the next symposium in tandem with the Canadian Immunization Conference in 2026.
The CAIRE 2026 Research Symposium will be held in November in Toronto, leading up to CIC. This year’s theme, Staying the Course: Securing Canada’s Immunization Sovereignty, invites reflection on how Canada’s immunization landscape may be evolving within a changing global context. Long-standing partnerships with the United States (U.S.) have played an important role in scientific, regulatory, and policy collaboration, and there is growing interest in how recent geopolitical and institutional shifts may influence these relationships.
Research Sponsor Advisory Board
CAIRE’s Research Sponsor Advisory Board (RSA) brings together executive committee members, key stakeholders and industry sponsors twice a year to facilitate dialogue on topics such as applied vaccinology research in Canada, methods for timely access to new and improved vaccines, collaborations to ensure suitable expertise and facilities exist in Canada, and vaccine research practices in Canada.
Recent topics discussed include:
Vaccination and Healthy Aging: Opportunities and Challenges
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccine Safety and Pharmacovigilance
The Canadian vaccinology landscape in a global context
Recommended but non-funded vaccines
Immunization policy decision making in Canada
Workshops
CAIRE recognizes many topics related to immunization research and program evaluation need multidisciplinary engagement and problem solving. CAIRE is pleased to host workshops as the need arises, often furthering conversations from the Research Sponsor Advisory Board or Research Symposium. We also welcome CAIRE members to submit workshop ideas below.
Recent workshops include:
Addressing the immunization research-to-policy gap in Canada
PIPER (Progressing immunization in pregnancy evaluation & research)
Influenza vaccination for older adults
Improving adult immunization
Optimizing immunization programs, vaccine safety surveillance and investigation