{"id":1246,"date":"2024-01-25T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralandremoteconference.ca\/?page_id=1246"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:10:57","slug":"co-chairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ruralandremoteconference.ca\/conference-2025\/co-chairs\/","title":{"rendered":"CO-CHAIRS AND PLANNING COMMITTEE\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our 2025 co-chairs are <strong>Dr. Sarah Giles<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. Selena Papetti.<\/strong> The SRPC R&amp;R Planning Committee is tasked with organizing the growing and dynamic Rural &amp; Remote Medicine Conference. Now involving over 1,000 participants, it is one of the largest rural medicine conferences in Canada. Renowned for its excellent peer-to-peer teaching and hands-on workshops, it is one of the few conferences that takes no funding from pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b4;color:#00b8b4\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><div class=\"alignwide alignwide wp-block-tsb-team\" id='tsbTeamMembers-1' data-attributes='{&quot;members&quot;:[{&quot;background&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#0000&quot;},&quot;border&quot;:{&quot;radius&quot;:&quot;3px&quot;},&quot;shadow&quot;:[],&quot;photo&quot;:{&quot;id&quot;:2459,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ruralandremoteconference.ca\\\/conference-2025\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Dr.-Sarah-Giles-2025.png&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Dr. Sarah Giles-2025&quot;},&quot;photoBorder&quot;:{&quot;radius&quot;:&quot;50%&quot;},&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dr. Sarah Giles&quot;,&quot;nameColor&quot;:&quot;rgba(13, 53, 86, 1)&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;R&amp;R 2025 Co-chair&quot;,&quot;titleColor&quot;:&quot;rgba(13, 53, 86, 1)&quot;,&quot;separator&quot;:{&quot;width&quot;:&quot;20%&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:&quot;3px&quot;,&quot;color&quot;:&quot;rgba(0, 184, 180, 1)&quot;},&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Dr. Sarah Giles is a rural generalist who lives in beautiful Kenora, Ontario (or, as we call it, Mantario). She spends most of her time in the ER but also works as a hospitalist. Having practiced medicine on every continent, Sarah now enjoys the challenges of living in one place. 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She practices in Seven Sisters Falls, focusing on primary care, office procedures, home visits, and personal care home work. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;As Associate Head of Distributed Medical Education for the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Papetti has over ten years of experience teaching medical students and residents, sharing her passion for rural family medicine.&quot;,&quot;bioColor&quot;:&quot;#000000&quot;,&quot;social&quot;:[{&quot;link&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-facebook-f&quot;}},{&quot;link&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-twitter&quot;}},{&quot;link&quot;:&quot;#&quot;,&quot;icon&quot;:{&quot;class&quot;:&quot;fab fa-linkedin-in&quot;}}],&quot;socialIconColors&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;object&quot;,&quot;default&quot;:{&quot;color&quot;:&quot;#fff&quot;,&quot;bg&quot;:&quot;#4527a4&quot;}}}],&quot;columns&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:2,&quot;tablet&quot;:2,&quot;mobile&quot;:1},&quot;columnGap&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;rowGap&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;textAlign&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;padding&quot;:{&quot;vertical&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;horizontal&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;},&quot;isSocial&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;wide&quot;,&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;isLinkNewTab&quot;:false,&quot;photoWidth&quot;:&quot;170px&quot;,&quot;photoMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:4,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;20px&quot;},&quot;nameTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:20,&quot;tablet&quot;:18,&quot;mobile&quot;:16},&quot;fontWeight&quot;:600},&quot;nameMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:4,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;},&quot;isTitle&quot;:true,&quot;titleTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:16,&quot;tablet&quot;:16,&quot;mobile&quot;:16}},&quot;titleMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:4,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;},&quot;isSep&quot;:true,&quot;sepMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:4,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;15px&quot;},&quot;isBio&quot;:true,&quot;bioTypo&quot;:{&quot;fontSize&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:15,&quot;tablet&quot;:15,&quot;mobile&quot;:15}},&quot;bioMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:4,&quot;bottom&quot;:&quot;15px&quot;},&quot;socialSize&quot;:&quot;22px&quot;,&quot;socialIconMargin&quot;:{&quot;side&quot;:2,&quot;vertical&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;,&quot;horizontal&quot;:&quot;10px&quot;}}'><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#00b8b4;color:#00b8b4\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Planning Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Mrs. Jennifer Barr<br>Ms. Jessica Bennett<br>Dr. Paul Cano<br>Mrs. Diana Chavez<br>Dr. Sherif El Meniawy<br>Dr. Declan Fox<br>Dr. Sarah Giles<br>Ms. Jessica Katerenchuk<br>Mrs. Jenna Keindel<br>Ms. Patti Kemp<br>Dr. Scott Kish<br>Dr. Darlene Kitty<br>Ms. Kristen Kluke<br>Dr. Michelle Lajzerowicz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Dr. Courtney Leary<br>Mr. Aaron Lewis<br>Dr. Trina Mathison<br>Dr. Sean Moore<br>Dr. Tina Nash<br>Dr. Selena Papetti<br>Ms. Kelly Peters<br>Ms. Chantal Schultz<br>Dr. Kyle Sue-Milne<br>Ms. Amy Tolhurst (Annemarie Goodall)<br>Ms. Stacey Thomson<br>Dr. Janet Tootoosis<br>Dr. Jon Witt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our 2025 co-chairs are Dr. Sarah Giles and Dr. Selena Papetti. 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