The College’s 2015 Board of Directors / Le Conseil d’administration du Collège pour 2015

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At its 44th Annual General Meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on June 14, 2015, the Canadian College of Health Leaders welcomed the Board of Directors for 2015-2016 from across Canada including:

Front row: Col Daniel Farris, CHE, Canadian Armed Forces Director; Pat Coish-Snow, CHE,
 Newfoundland and Labrador Director;  Karen Mumford, CHE, Nova Scotia Director;
Susan Owen, CHE,  Vice-Chair; Andrew MacDougall, CHE, Prince Edward Island Director;
Shannon Webber, CHE, Manitoba Director; Michael Redenbach, CHE, Saskatchewan Director

Back row: Brian Schmidt, FCCHL, Board Chair; Feisal Keshavjee, CHE, Alberta Director;
Jeff Carter, CHE, New Brunswick Director; David Thompson, CHE, British Columbia Director;
Robert Devitt, CHE, Ontario Co-Director; Paul Heinrich, CHE, Ontario Co-Director; Stephen Jackson, CHE, Northwest Territories/Yukon/Nunavut Director; Pamela Winsor, CHE, Corporate Director;
 Marie-Suzanne Lavallée, CHE, Quebec Director; Ray Racette, CHE, President and CEO

During the ceremony, outgoing Board Directors were recognized and thanked for the service and leadership they provided to the College over the past few years:

Alice Kennedy, FCCHL Past Board Chair

Gino Picciano, CHE Ontario Co-Director

Chapter Advisory Council meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island / Réunion du Conseil consultatif, section régionale à Charlottetown (Île-du-Prince-Édouard)

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The Chapter Advisory Council (CAC) held its annual face-to-face meeting in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on June 12, 2015. The chapter chairs and representatives discussed the implementation of the College’s strategic plan as well as the initiatives, successes and challenges of the chapters over the last year. The goal of the CAC is to share with each other and to develop strategies for future success.

A joint planning session was also organized with the Board of Directors, CAC and the national office staff to further look at the implementation of the College’s strategic plan.

Front row: Brian Schmidt, FCCHL, Board Chair; Wayne Overbo, CHE, Midnight Sun; Brenda Rebman,
Northern Alberta; Cathy Bailey, NEON Lights; Julie Campbell, Southwestern Ontario;
Barbara Major-McEwan, CHE, Southwestern Ontario; Nancy Roberts, CHE, New Brunswick;
Mollie Butler, Newfoundland and Labrador; Heather Wolfe, CHE, Bluenose and outgoing CAC Co-Chair; Beverley Laurila, Manitoba; Gabriela Prada, CHE, Eastern Ontario; LCol Stephan Plourde, CHE, Starlight;
Daniel Currie, CHE, Bluenose; Ray Racette, CHE, President and CEO

Back row: Martin Beaumont, FCCHL, Québec; Dudley Cosford, Greater Toronto Area; Gregory Marr, CHE,
Northern BC; Paul Gallant, CHE, BC Lower Mainland; Tim Orr, CHE, Vancouver Island; Victoria Case, Assiniboia; Barbara Boyer, Southern Alberta; Kris Kristjanson, BC Interior

Other chapter chairs not present in the picture: Mark Pugh, CHE, BC Interior;
Sean Molloy, CHE, Greater Toronto Area; Bryan Herechuk, CHE, Hamilton and Area and CAC co-chair;
Mark Hartman, CHE, NEON Lights; Cathy Hoyles, CHE, Newfoundland and Labrador;
Sandra Blevins, CHE, Northern and Central Saskatchewan;
Jennifer McCue, Southern Alberta and CAC Co-Chair

National Health Leadership Conference: June 2015 update / Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé : Mise à jour de juin 2015

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The 2015 National Health Leadership Conference, presented by the Canadian College of Health Leaders and HealthCareCAN, featured two days of dynamic programming in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The conference theme was “Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement.” Over 700 participants heard keynote speakers: the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Dr. Anne Snowdon, Dr. Charles Alessi, Louise Bradley and Jessica Holmes. The conference also featured the first Great Canadian Healthcare Debate hosted by Tony Dagnone and moderated by Jeffrey Simpson. Thirty-two concurrent sessions on a variety of topics were also offered. To view the presentations, please visit www.nhlc-cnls.ca

LEADS Exchange Day 2015: July update / Journée d’échange sur le Cadre LEADS de 2015 : mise à jour de juillet

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The 2nd annual LEADS Exchange Day was held on June 17, 2015 in historical Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. With over 50 participants, the day was full of sharing leadership journeys, as well as the exchange of LEADS-based initiatives and tools from some of the Canadian organizations who are using the LEADS framework for leadership capacity development.

To learn more about how these exchanges and how LEADS can help maximize the leadership capacity within your organization, visit our web site at www.leadscollaborative.ca

Making headlines: National Health Leadership Conference and National Awards Program / En manchette : Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé et Programme national des prix

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The National Health Leadership Conference, including the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate, and the National Awards Program were recognized across Canada. See a list of headlines below, along with links to the Twitter conversations that took place during these events.

National Health Leadership Conference and the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate

Ideas That Stick #NHLC2015 (July 10, 2015)
Retrieved from: https://www.linkedin.com

Crumbling Hospital Infrastructure Threatens the Care of Canadians (June 16, 2015)
Retrieved from: http://www.healthcarecan.ca

New Model of Mental Health Services for Adolescents Dramatically Reduces Length of Stay for Treatment (June 16, 2015)
Retrieved from: http://www.healthcarecan.ca

Thank you to our 2015 National Health Leadership Conference sponsors / Merci à nos commanditaires de la Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé 2015

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The College Canadian College of Health Leaders, and our event partner HealthCareCAN, would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support towards the 2015 National Health Leadership Conference, held June 15 &16, 2015 in Charlottetown, PEI. With your support, we were successful in delivering another outstanding event to over 700 delegates from across Canada.

Plans are already underway for our 2016 National Health Leadership Conference to be held June 6 - 7 in Ottawa, Ontario. We will be in touch in the fall as we finalize our sponsorship opportunities. We hope you will consider supporting this event once again.

Title sponsor:
Sodexo Canada

Thank you to our 2015 National Awards Gala sponsors / Merci à nos commanditaires du Gala de remise des prix nationaux 2015

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The College was pleased to host the 2015 National Awards Gala on Sunday, June 14, 2015 in Charlottetown, PEI. We would like to acknowledge the generous support of our gala sponsors, without whom, this event would not have been possible.

Presenting Sponsor:
Compass Group Canada Healthcare

The Northern BC Chapter has been revitalized! / Le Northern BC Chapter s’est renouvelé!

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The College’s Chapters are of paramount importance for creating local networks that support knowledge exchange, mentorship, career connections and professional development.

In keeping with our new strategic directions of creating networks of influence and revolutionizing the College experience, we are pleased to announce that the College’s Northern BC Chapter has been revitalized, with a new chapter executive elected on June 2, 2015.

Making headlines: June - July 2015 / Des membres qui ont fait les manchettes : juin-juillet 2015

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College members are recognized nationally and internationally for advancing health leadership as a profession.

Please join us in congratulating these individual and corporate members, and health organizations on their achievements.

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Gail Crook, CHE
Chief Executive Officer and Registrar, Canadian Health Information Management Association

CHIMA announces board of directors (July 8, 2015)

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Gail has been a member of the College since 1997 and received her certification in 2,000.

CHIMA and the College also partner on professional development and leadership training initiatives.

Partnership announcement: Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care / Annonce de partenariat : Coalition canadienne pour un système de santé écologique

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The Canadian College of Health Leaders (the College) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with the Canadian Coalition of Green Health Care (the Coalition) to encourage health leaders to take an active role in the greening of their organization.

The Coalition represents more than 350 organizations, associations and environmentally-focused business associates who have had a significant impact upon the greening of the Canadian health system through national, provincial and local initiatives.

New members: June 2015 / Nouveaux membres : juin 2015

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Period of May 15, 2015 to June 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

New College Active Members

BC Lower Mainland

Megan Stowe
Director and Clinical Lead, Fraser Health Authority (New Westminster, BC)

Bluenose

Ronald MacCormick
Site Manager, Nova Scotia Health Authority (Parrsboro, NS)

College members on-the-move: June 2015 / Membres du Collège à l'affiche : juin 2015

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Period of May 15, 2015 to June 14, 2015 – listed by chapters:

BC Lower Mainland

Lynn M. Pelletier, CHE
FROM: Principal, Pelletier Management Consulting Inc. (Coquitlam, BC)
TO: Vice President, Mental Health & Substance Use, Provincial Health Services Authority (Vancouver, BC)

Bluenose

Lynn Drake
FROM: Master of Health Administration Student, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
TO: Clinical Trials Coordinator, Health PEI (Charlottetown, PEI)

The July edition of Healthcare Management Forum is out! / Le numéro de juillet du Forum Gestion des soins de santé est sorti!

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Log into the College web site to read the July edition of Healthcare Management Forum: http://www.cchl-ccls.ca

All about mental health, this edition includes articles about the following: proposed system improvements to better identify symptoms in children and youth in residential and in-patient care settings; research examining the access of French-speaking Canadians to psychiatrists in Ontario hospitals and how language poses an important barrier to specific and highly specialized mental health services; and a study which outlines the development and implementation of a collaborative protocol between the Niagara Health System and the Niagara Regional Police Service that resulted in a 57% reduction in police wait times in emergency departments.

The Canadian College of Health Leaders Recognizes Leadership Excellence through the 2015 National Awards Program / Le Collège canadien des leaders en santé reconnaît l’excellence du leadership au moyen de son Programme national des prix de 2015

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OTTAWA, ON – The Canadian College of Health Leaders (the College) was honoured to present its awards at the 2015 National Awards Gala, held at the PEI Convention Centre, in Charlottetown, PE on Sunday June 14, 2015.

Additional awards will be presented during the National Health Leadership Conference held at the PEI Convention Centre, PE, on Monday and Tuesday, June 15 and 16, 2015.

For almost two decades, the College has celebrated leadership and recognized success of individuals, teams and organizations who have demonstrated leadership qualities, commitment, integrity and development of leading practices across the health industry.

Register now for the 2015 National Awards Gala / Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant au Gala 2015 de remise des prix nationaux

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The College’s 2015 National Awards Gala, a hallmark of excellence in healthcare and professionalism, will be held in Charlottetown, PEI on Sunday, June 14, 2015. We invite you to join our evening emcee, Bill Carr, and celebrate the accomplishments of the 2015 National Awards Program recipients.
 

 Bill Carr, multi-media artist, an actor,
humorist, writer, motivational speaker
and filmmaker.  

National Health Leadership Conference: May 2015 update / Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé : Mise à jour mai 2015

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National Health Leadership Conference: Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement
June 15-16, 2015
Charlottetown, PEI

The Canadian College of Health Leaders and HealthCareCAN are pleased to co-host the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). Themed ‘Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement’, the conference will be held in beautiful Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island on June 15-16, 2015.

Join us for an unparalleled opportunity of networking and knowledge sharing amongst national, provincial and community health leaders from across the country.

Plenary speakers include:

• The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health 
• Dr. Anne Snowdon, Academic Chair, Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation
• Dr. Charles Alessi, Co-chair, National Association of Primary Care, UK
• Jessica Holmes, Celebrated Comedian and Author 
• Louise Bradley, President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada  

LEADS Exchange Day 2015 / Journée d’échange sur le Cadre LEADS 2015

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LEADS Exchange Day: LEAD into practice – Learning Collaboratively 

Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Location: Prince Edward Island Convention Centre, Charlottetown, PEI

Come join us in historical Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island for a full day of sharing leadership journeys as well as the exchange of LEADS-based initiatives and tools.  Come together with other Canadian health leaders who use or are interested in using the LEADS framework for leadership capacity development and help develop a plan to:

2015 Italy Study Tour / Voyage d'étude en Italie 2015

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Italy Study Tour
September 26-October 2, 2015
Rome, Florence, and Bologna, Italy

Join us for a one-week study tour to the cities of Rome, Florence, and Bologna.

This tour will focus on private and public hospitals delivery, teaching and innovation centres, primary care models and local health networks which work directly with primary care and private and public hospitals to provide care. Italy is moving towards increased specialization of hospitals and establishing volume controls which balance hospital activity with hospital and physician performance management.

HIROC interview with the National Health Leadership Conference organizers / Entrevue de HIROC avec les organisateurs de la Conférence nationale sur le leadership en santé

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The organizers of the 2015 National Health Leadership Conference, themed Driving a culture of engagement, innovation and improvement, introduce the Great Canadian Healthcare Debate this year offering health leaders and trustees a unique opportunity to debate and pass policy resolutions aimed at assisting policy-makers at all levels to raise the bar in designing solutions to the key healthcare policy challenges facing Canada.

According to the Let’s Talk with HIROC article (May 2015):

Farewell to Josée Lariviere, Executive Assistant and Manager, Membership Services / Adieu à Josée Lariviere, adjointe exécutive et gestionnaire des services aux membres

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The College would like to inform you that Josée Lariviere, Executive Assistant and Manager, Membership Services, left the College on May 6, 2015 to join NewCo, a new wholly owned Canadian Medical Association subsidiary.

Josée Lariviere

Josée was a valued member of the College team for 13 years, supporting the College's Certified Health Executive (CHE™) and Fellowship programs before joining the executive office to serve as Executive Assistant and Manager, Membership Services. Josée was instrumental in supporting the President and Chief Executive Officer, and the Board of Directors in implementing a new governance model, establishing the processes for the College's new Fellowship program and played a pivotal role in improving the operations of the College's committee and council structures. In membership services she contributed to the complex project of converting the College's membership database and renewal processes into the College's new Association Management System in 2013.

Making headlines: May 2015 / Des membres qui ont fait les manchettes : mai 2015

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College members are recognized nationally and internationally for advancing health leadership as a profession.

Please join us in congratulating these individual and corporate members, and health organizations on their achievements.

Joanne Maxwell
Project Manager- Clinical Adoption; Collaborative Practice, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Portal at Holland Bloorview achieves rapid success (May 6, 2015)

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Joanne has been a member since 2014.