Canadian Network on Hepatitis C
CanHepC is a national collaborative research and training network on the hepatitis C virus funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Public Health Agency of Canada bringing together over 100 member researchers, student trainees and knowledge-users from across Canada, as well as international partners.
Our overarching goal is to improve health outcomes for people living with hepatitis C at all stages of the cascade of care, closing the gap between knowledge and practices while training and building capacity in research.
Blueprint to inform hepatitis C elimination efforts in Canada
Eliminating hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030 is central to CanHepC's mission and is the main focus of our research agenda. We are also working with our national and regional partners to anchor our knowledge translation and exchange strategy around the hepatitis C elimination Blueprint and the Roadmap project.
CanHepC Annual Meeting & 14th Canadian Symposium on HCV
February 27 2025
CanHepC held its Annual Meeting and 14th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus in Québec City on February 27th and 28th, 2025.
The CanHepC Annual Meeting and Symposium are annual highlights for the network. Over two days, members and invited guests were engaged in discussions about the network's research, training program and future direction as well as hearing presentations about advances in HCV research, programs and practices. These events showcase the incredible strength of the network and its impact within Canada and globally.
News
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025
September 30 2025
September 30th is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: a day to honour the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, and their families and communities. The Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) honours the strength, resilience, and lived experiences of Indigenous peoples. We recognize the enduring impacts of colonialism and the intergenerational trauma caused by residential schools and other systemic injustices.
World Hepatitis Day 2025: Breaking Down Barriers to Elimination
July 22 2025
July 28, 2025 – World Hepatitis Day is a time to remember the 1.3 million lives lost annually to chronic viral hepatitis (B & C) and to call for urgent, coordinated, global action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a global public health threat by 2030. This is also a time to raise awareness about viral hepatitis, which causes inflammation of the liver and can lead to severe liver disease and liver cancer.
This year’s theme, “Hepatitis: Let’s break it down,” is a call for action to dismantle the financial, social, and systemic barriers—including stigma—to hepatitis elimination. It’s also a call to break down misunderstandings about viral hepatitis, a preventable and curable disease that is often overlooked.
New Report: Scaling Up Needle and Syringe Programs
June 06 2025
New Report: Scaling Up Needle and Syringe Programs
Co-authored by CanHepC Investigators Drs. Guillaume Fontaine, Adelina Artenie and Jason Grebely, this report provides an evidence-based roadmap to strengthen harm reduction globally using implementation science.
Postal address
University Health Network
Toronto General Hospital
200 Elizabeth Street, 9EB-234
Toronto (ON) M5G 2C4
CanHepC's administrative office is situated on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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