THE POWER OF PRIMARY CARE CONFERENCE
ADVANCING THE FOUNDATION FOR INTEGRATED CARE IN ONTARIO
October 23-24, 2025
Westin Harbour Castle
Toronto, ON
This isn’t just another healthcare conference — it’s a call to action.
Join AFHTO and partners for a two-day gathering built by and for the primary care community.
At a time when momentum is building and the system is looking for answers,
this is the place to bring your boldest ideas, sharpest evidence, and most future-focused solutions.
We’re not designing for the next four years.
We’re building the foundation for the next 40.
The Power of Primary Care is where necessary conversations meet actionable strategies.
Together, we’ll challenge the status quo, shape policy from the front lines, and
unlock the full potential of team-based care.
It’s our time — right here, right now.
Call for Abstracts is Open!
This year’s conference isn’t about passive learning. It’s about bold conversation, cross-sector collaboration, and co-designing the primary care system we need for the future. We’re looking for abstracts that spark insight, challenge assumptions, and generate new thinking — not just what you’ve done, but what it means for the future.
Deadline for submission: Monday June 16, 2025 5:00PM EDT
Call for Bright Lights Awards Opening Soon!
Image: AFHTO’s 2024 Bright Light Award Winners!
Shining a Light on Primary Care Excellence
AFHTO’s Bright Lights Awards celebrate the bold ideas, collaborative spirit, and real-world impact of our member teams and individuals who are driving transformation in Ontario’s primary care system. These awards recognize those who are not just doing great work—but redefining what’s possible in interprofessional, team-based care.
Whether through expanding access, embracing digital tools, building partnerships, or addressing the needs of underserved populations, our Bright Lights are changemakers. Their work reflects the very best of primary care: accessible, equitable, connected—and making a measurable difference in people’s lives. Award winners will be recognized at the AFHTO 2025 Conference during the awards ceremony on October 23, 2025
Nominations open in June 2025
Sponsorship
Increase your visibility and transform the way you do business with primary care.
This conference is a unique opportunity to engage with a diverse audience and even connect one-on-one with executive directors, nurse practitioners, physicians, front-line staff and others shaping healthcare. Whether you’re connecting with big city, rural, or Northern teams of any size,
The Power or Primary Care conference, hosted by AFHTO, offers an experience that could transform the way you do business with the healthcare sector.
Register to Join the Movement
Early Bird Registration Opens July, 2025
We have worked hard to keep the ticket costs as low as possible to support our community to be able to attend the conference and send more team members. Registration fees will be posted soon.
Program Information
Program-at-a-glance will be available at time of Early Bird Registration late June 2025.
Pre-Conference
October 22, 2025
1pm - 5pm EST
Member Organizations Only
Day 1
October 23, 2025
8am - 6pm EST
All Participants Welcome
Day 2
October 24, 2025
8am - 2pm EST
All Participants Welcome
Scientific Planning Committee
Jason Bartell BScN, MN
Executive Director and Nurse Practitioner
Chatham-Kent Family Health Team
Dragana Boljanovic-Susic PT, MSc
Advanced Practice Physiotherapist and
Centre Coordinator of Clinical Education
Holland Centre- Sunnnybrook Health Sciences
Anna Chavlovski MD, MSc
Family Physician
Loyalist Family Health Team
Francine Janiuk BScN, MPA
Chair AFHTO Membership Committee and Board Member
Clinical Manager
Queen’s Family Health Team
Michele Lajeunesse BPHE, MHK
Chief Operating Officer and
Health Promotion Coordinator
Marathon Family Health Team
Dinny Mathew MD, MSc, MBBS, RDCS
Executive Director
Prescott Family Health Team
Chair, Ontario Medical Group Management Association
Ivy Oandasan MD, MHSc, CCFP, FCFP
Family Physician
Director of Education,
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Dave Pearson BA, MSc
Executive Director
Headwaters Healthcare Ontario Health Team
Denis Tsang MSc, MAN, RD, CHE, CDE
Dietitian and
Quality Improvement Decision Support Specialist (QIDSS)
Woodbridge Medical Centre Family Health Team
Rod Ward
Mayor
Township of Armour
Chair
Almaguin Highlands Health Council
Roxanne Pierssens - Silva RN
Executive Director
Norfolk Family Health Team
Jess Rogers BA
CEO
Association of Family Health Teams of Ontario
James Scott PhD
Chair
Patient and Family Advisory Committee at
Taddle Creek Family Health Team
Anusha Sivalogarajah RN
Nurse
East GTA Family Health Team