The CEPPP is building on the work of the Office of Collaboration and Patient Partnership (Faculty of Medicine, UdeM) and the Canada Research Chair in Patient and Public Partnership (CRCHUM), to build synergies and bridge the gap between the practices and the science of partnership between patients, professionals and the public.

The CEPPP will unite strengths throughout the UdeM network, in healthcare, education, research, and community development, to extend and establish large-scale collaborations between patients, caregivers, citizens, health professionals, researchers and policy makers. By bringing together experts (including patients) in partnership, from Montréal, Canada and internationally to identify key issues, this will foster mutual learning, shared expertise and breakthrough discoveries and allow UdeM to lead in the creation of common solutions that will humanize and improve the health of our communities.