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Your Child’s Surgery
Parents & Families / BoostUp
Do you have an idea about how to help cardiac kids or their families? Is your pediatric heart project ready to take the next step? Stop waiting for the pieces to fall into place – get the boost you need to launch and succeed from WCCHN.
BoostUp is a unique and entirely virtual pediatric cardiac pitch competition designed to give good ideas a leg up. Innovators and change-makers across Western Canada are invited to pitch their ideas for a chance to receive seed funding up to $10,000.
Open to the entire WCCHN community, BoostUp is the embodiment of our commitment to supporting grassroots ideas that can positively impact the lives of cardiac children and families in Western Canada. Whether you’re a clinician, hospital administrator, care provider, parent or member of the public, if you have a good idea, we want to hear it!
The inaugural BoostUp virtual pitch competition took place on February 8, 2022.
The next will be Heart Week February 9, 2023. Applications to pitch open October 1.
The inaugural WCCHN BoostUp Pitch Competition was an astounding success! 19 applications for funding were submitted, 8 finalists were selected to pitch and 4 judges awarded over $30,000 in seed funding to support important heart projects.
By combining their work on 3D printed heart models with an online open education forum, this project will improve teaching and learning for congenital heart disease at all levels - from patients and families to the teams who care for them.
Edmonton:
Calgary:
Saskatoon:
Winnipeg:
Vancouver:
National:
CHAMPS Camp in Saskatchewan is tried, tested and true. By establishing a formal model, backed by evidence and research, this type of child-focused cardiac rehab could be replicated more easily in other parts of the Network. This means even more kids will benefit from the physical activity, heart health, and mental health supports they need to be able to look after themselves as they grow into adulthood.
Mending Little Hearts Fund of Saskatchewan:
Jim Pattison Children's Hospital:
University of Saskatchewan:
University of Regina:
By leveraging the existing connection across network sites, this registry will advance the care of infants, children and adolescents with single ventricle forms of congenital heart disease by collecting and analyzing the data. This will lead to innovation in quality improvement, increased research engagement and efficiency, and improved patient outcomes.
Stollery Children’s Hospital:
Mazankowski Adult Congenital Cardiology:
Children’s Heart Center, HSC Winnipeg:
BC Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology:
Alberta Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology:
Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Pediatric Cardiology:
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