2025 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit

Proudly hosted by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute's Canadian Women's Heart Health Centre, and Heart & Stroke, the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit is the only event of its kind and has become the national reference point for health professionals seeking up-to-date knowledge of women’s heart, brain and vascular health.

Building on the success of the previous four Summits, we have assembled national and international experts and collaborators to further advance women’s heart, brain, and vascular health.

Together, we will transform and enhance Canadian women’s lives through research, awareness, policy development, and care.

2025 Summit Objectives

1. Discuss the progress made in sex and gender-based research and practice since the first Summit in 2016;
2. unite key collaborators to improve heart, brain, and vascular health among women;
3. identify emerging and future areas, gaps and health disparities in research and clinical practice for heart, brain, and vascular conditions affecting women; and
4. champion and make use of equity-promoting strategies to enhance the adoption of evidence-based research and clinical practices for heart, brain, and vascular health in women.