This session will address the challenges of providing access to health data for research and policy development. Joining former CRDCN Chair Andrew Bjerring as moderator will be: Ted McDonald, Professor and CRDCN Academic Director at the University of New Brunswick, member of the Health Data Research Network (HDRN) Canada Executive Committee and the CRDCN Board’s HDRN liaison; Kimberlyn McGrail, a Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and Scientific Director of Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada; and Kathleen Morris, Vice President, Research and Analysis at the Canadian Institute for Health Information.