We are now accepting applications for 2026 summer positions (for McMaster undergraduate students). Applications will be considered as they are received, so candidates are encouraged to apply early https://ow.ly/BWBA50Y1j8c

How do you maintain public trust when issues arise and/or scientific guidance evolves? "Science moves and we need to move with it. Communicating that honestly will build trust and prevent the “gotcha” moments when evidence shifts," said @lavisjn.bsky.social https://ow.ly/w1bG50Y1fWT

Health misinformation is one of the biggest challenges of our time – shaping public trust, influencing policy, & impacting lives. @lavisjn.bsky.social and Gillian Earle weigh in on how @McMasterU can lead the way in shaping health information for the public good healthsci.mcmaster.ca/fly-on-the-w...

An article recently published in the Journal of Public Health was co-authored by Kenneth Chen as part of his Global Skills Opportunity experience in Australia academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/a...

"Let's choose a future where evidence drives collective impact,” encouraged a group of evidence synthesis and public policy experts (including the Forum’s John Lavis) in a recent call to action published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews https://ow.ly/lh9C50XriYS

How can AI-powered evidence synthesis accelerate inclusive social development? Register for this virtual Solutions Session at the Second World Summit for Social Development events.teams.microsoft.com/event/69ac2a... #SocialSummit2025

What is the role of the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative in strengthening evidence use? Watch a recording from a recent webinar with @lavisjn.bsky.social to learn more www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z... @arashidian.bsky.social @who.int

Putting evidence at the centre of everyday life for citizens - a call to action for #WorldEBHCDay worldebhcday.org/blog/2025/pu... @maureenchats.bsky.social

Federal support should ensure the right evidence reaches policymakers - read this opinion piece from @lavisjn.bsky.social in the Hill Times https://ow.ly/5PFy50XbJlA

Here’s a great leadership opportunity at @wellcometrust.bsky.social – associate director of the Equity Lab wellcome.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/Wellco... @lavisjn.bsky.social

In a recent webinar hosted by NEDtP, Eastern Mediterranean Region, @lavisjn.bsky.social shared how ESIC will transform how we learn from other countries and create a step-change improvement in how we produce and use evidence synthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z... @arashidian.bsky.social @who.int

The newly launched Evidence Synthesis Network for Canada to Support Pandemic Planning and Response will allow us to continue to provide evidence to inform pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

These are exciting times for those engaged in providing timely, demand-driven evidence synthesis & support. In a recent webinar, @lavisjn.bsky.social shared how ESIC will transform how we produce & use evidence synthesis www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76z... @arashidian.bsky.social @who.int

We will partner with 20+ evidence-synthesis teams from across Canada, experts, as well as citizen- and Indigenous-advisors to inform and support Canada’s pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

Since 2020, we have been leading efforts to build networks to address urgent issues related to pandemic planning & response with robust & rapid evidence syntheses. A newly funded McMaster Forum-led network will support Canada’s pandemic planning & response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

A newly funded McMaster Health Forum-led network will support Canada’s pandemic planning and response www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

Today, MoH Marjorie Michel, announced an investment of nearly $20 million to support 7 research platforms to unite researchers from across the country to maintain Canada’s pandemic readiness, improve surveillance systems, and support evidence-based decision-making www.canada.ca/en/institute...

At yesterday's #UNGA event, @wellcometrust.bsky.social, alongside fellow members of the ESIC Funders Interest Group, announced a near doubling of commitments to ESIC, bringing the total to US$126 million unpartnerships.un.org/press-center...

“We’re continuing to lead and grow a network of evidence synthesis teams across Canada, which allows us and our network to collectively go further and faster in supporting the use of evidence in policy decision making,” said @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...

In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social described how the Forum undertakes a “living approach to evidence synthesis,” which allows for routine updating when a field is moving quickly and for incorporating enhancements to scope, methods and future versions ow.ly/w1On50WlQz6

“We’re one of the only groups who, in addition to producing full evidence syntheses and rapid syntheses, commit to conducting what we call ‘ultra-rapid evidence syntheses’ in as little as days,” explained @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social in a recent interview healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...

"We want to enthusiastically embrace and lead (where we can) the changes that have been prioritized by ESIC," shared @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social youtu.be/h0i2GKW_9vA

The Global SDG Synthesis Coalition – a UN Development Program initiative – recently highlighted Social Systems Evidence as a key source in their Planet Pillar scoping review. Learn more in our latest newsletter ow.ly/BsCQ50WlQUK

“We work closely with decision makers, including citizens, to ensure that what is produced will be contextualized in the ways needed to directly inform the policy challenges faced,” explained @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social in a recent interview healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...

[email protected], Director of the McMaster Health Forum, shares insights into what excites him about the road ahead, now that the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s Cape Town consensus meeting is over youtu.be/jTrRvjuwODw

@wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shares insights on how the outcomes from the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative will change the work of the McMaster Health Forum youtu.be/h0i2GKW_9vA

In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared insights about how the Forum works to get the right programs, services and products to those who need them. “The Forum is focused on generating action to address policy issues faced by decision makers.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...

In a recent interview, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared insights about how the Forum works to get the right programs, services and products to those who need them. “The Forum is focused on generating action to address policy issues faced by decision makers.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMB6...

@lavisjn.bsky.social, Director of the McMaster Health Forum, shares some key insights from the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative’s Cape Town consensus meeting youtu.be/NaTzlGA_l6I

What is the Evidence Synthesis Infrastructure Collaborative and what does it hope to achieve? @lavisjn.bsky.social provides an overview of the initiative youtu.be/BEIJn2ZUpZI

In a recent interview with Paul O'Byrne (Dean and Vice-President, @machealthsci.bsky.social), @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared insights about how our team supports the use of the best-available evidence in decision-making about pressing policy challenges healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...

Paul O’Byrne, McMaster's dean and vice-president of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Michael Wilson, the Forum's Scientific Director and HEI associate professor, discuss using evidence to tackle health and social challenges healthsci.mcmaster.ca/how-the-mcma...

In the past 2 years we produced, or coordinated the production with our partners, 50+ evidence syntheses, including: 13 rapid syntheses, 16 living evidence synthesis updates, 12 rapid evidence profiles & 10 living evidence profile updates. Learn more newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-D0823D4D...

Over the past 2 years, we & a number of our fellow evidence-synthesis teams across Canada have responded to urgent requests with rapid evidence syntheses on a range of public health topics to inform emergency planning & response activities. Learn more newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-D0823D4D...

Over the past two years, the Forum has provided timely, demand-driven evidence support to inform the Public Health Agency of Canada’s advisory and decision-making processes. Learn more >> newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-D0823D4D...

Through Global Skills Opportunity, the Forum engaged 18 undergraduate students from April 2021 to March 2025. To learn more about the experiences of the Forum’s GSO students, we encourage you to watch their webinars www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

Interdisciplinary primary-care teams offer a promising approach to provide improved access to comprehensive patient-centred care. Learn more in our rapid synthesis www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/pro...

Tobacco control policies such as price and tax strategies, graphic health warnings, and smoke-free spaces are valuable policy tools for reducing exposure to tobacco products and second-hand smoke. Learn more in our #RapidSynthesis www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/pro...

The Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit and McMaster Health Forum, in partnership with Trillium Health Partners, are offering two more 90-minute nano courses that reflect an updated approach to supporting learning health systems. Register now surveys.mcmaster.ca/limesurvey/i...

Forum Director @lavisjn.bsky.social recently participated in a @wiltonpark.bsky.social dialogue on AI & knowledge management in evaluation synthesis organized in partnership with Global Affairs Canada & the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-A6CF09D4...

In a panel at McMaster's inaugural Policy Exchange Roundtable, @wilson-michaelg.bsky.social shared how his living evidence syntheses are supporting efforts to prevent and mitigate the effects of health misinformation research.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-pol...

@lavisjn.bsky.social of @mcmasterforum.bsky.social outlines features of the 'SHOW ME the evidence’ approach for reliably delivering research evidence to those who need it: journals.lww.com/ijebh/fullte... #EvidenceSynthesis

The Forum team continues to respond in short timeframes to requests from decision-makers, including government policymakers. Browse all of our contextualized evidence syntheses to see what requests we’ve responded to www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/pro...

Our rapid evidence profile examines both evidence documents and pandemic preparedness plans from a wide range of countries to determine what is known about the integration of processes and mechanisms for enabling evidence-informed decision-making www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/pro...

We recently hosted a series of events to share insights from our Global Skills Opportunity in Developing Skilled Future Leaders in Strengthening Health & Social Systems awardees who travelled to Australia and South Africa. Learn more in our newsletter newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-BFF6B146...

@wilson-michaelg.bsky.social, the Forum’s Scientific Director, was recently invited to be a panellist at a McMaster Dialogue exploring the transformative power of science, technology and digital cooperation. Watch the recording www.youtube.com/watch?si=8A9...

The political environment of 2SLGBTQI+ legislation has direct impacts on health outcomes in this population. Check out the best available evidence in our recent rapid synthesis www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/pro...

The @latimes.com' High School Insider recently published an article on how the Southern California wildfires affect high school students’ mental health. Great to see our rapid evidence profile was able to help inform this piece highschool.latimes.com/daniel-pearl...

We are offering summer research assistant job opportunities for undergraduate students enrolled at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social. Candidates are encouraged to apply early with a final deadline of 12:00 p.m. on 10 March 2025 www.mcmasterforum.org/about-us/new...

In 2025, we look forward to continuing our work to support health and social systems, and those supporting evidence-informed policymaking, in Ontario, across Canada, and around the globe newsletters.cubiclefugitive.com/t/y-BEBEA080...