The Princess Margaret Cancer Care Network held its second annual Fall Partners Meeting on October 8, 2025, uniting senior cancer care leaders to share insights, discuss common challenges, and explore opportunities to strengthen collaboration in cancer care.
The meeting was attended by representatives from each of the Network’s seven partner organizations. Five of these are located in the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario: Southlake Health, Waterloo Regional Health Network (formerly Grand River Hospital), Oak Valley Health, William Osler Health System, and Mackenzie Health. The remaining two are out-of-province partners: Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, and the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency.
Each organization shared updates and key initiatives from their cancer care programs; these presentations provided valuable insights into local innovations, emerging priorities, and opportunities for cross-site learning.
Participants then engaged in six focused sessions designed to promote knowledge exchange and strengthen collaboration across the Network. Topics included cancer genetic testing, next generation sequencing and circulating tumor DNA, implementing new cellular therapies in outpatient settings, increasing access to clinical trials, patient education, and survivorship—all areas identified as priorities.
“The Fall Partners Meeting is an opportunity to learn from one another, share innovations, and identify ways we can collectively improve outcomes for patients,” says Dr. Andrea Bezjak, Medical Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Care Network. “By working closely with our partners, we are strengthening cancer care across Canada and advancing our shared mission of delivering world-class care to every patient, regardless of where they live.”
The Princess Margaret Cancer Care Network was conceptualized by Dr. Keith Stewart, Vice President of Cancer and Laboratory Medicine Program at UHN and Director of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. It is led by Dr. Bezjak, with strategic guidance provided by Meena Merali, Director of Strategy, Transformation, and Foundation Relations at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.
All UHN and Network Partner members can register and log in to the Network’s members-only partner portal to access curated resources related to clinical care, research and innovation, and knowledge dissemination. To register, click here.