Happy Holidays / Joyeuses Fêtes

Thank you for helping to shape our year.

Wishing you comfort and joy during this holiday season!

The College Board of Directors and Staff

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Merci de nous avoir aidés à façonner notre année.

Que ce temps des Fêtes soit rempli de joie et de beaux moments!

Le Conseil d’administration et le personnel du Collège

The College will be closed between December 24, 2013  (noon EST)
and January 1, 2014 inclusive.

Le Collège sera fermé du 24 décembre 2013 (à compter de midi, HNE)
au 1 janvier 2012 inclusivement.

Spotlight on: College awards / En vedette: Les prix du Collège

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Although the nomination deadline has passed for a number of awards, we are still accepting nominations for the following awards until February 3, 2014.

EXTRA Program for Healthcare Improvement / Programme FORCES pour l’amélioration des services de santé

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Led by prestigious Canadian and International faculty and practice leaders, the EXTRA program gives participants the skills and knowledge to become change agents in healthcare improvement. It offers unique opportunities for participants to conduct evidence-informed improvement projects in their organizations, with the goal of enhancing patient outcomes, quality of care and cost-effectiveness.

EXTRA Program - 2013 Congratulations: December 2013 update / Programme FORCES - 2013 Félicitations : Mise à jour décembre 2013

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This article has been updated to include Marilyn R. El Bestawi, CHE, EXTRA Fellow from our Greater Toronto Area Chapter. The College apologizes for this oversight. Find the details about Marilyn's project below.

The College would like to extend its sincerest congratulations to all members who completed the EXTRA program in 2013.

As a partner with CFHI’s EXTRA Program, the College has established a strategic alliance whereby the EXTRA Fellows who are members of the College are formally recognized when they enroll in the CHE or Fellowship programs. For additional information about these programs visit the College web site at www.cchl-ccls.ca

2014 nominations for the Board of Directors / Mises en candidature au conseil d’administration 2014

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Board elections will be required in 2014 for the provinces of Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Prince Edward Island and Northwest Territories/Nunavut/Yukon. All certified members from these provinces are eligible to nominate candidates, for their province, to stand for election to the Board of Directors for the 2014 to 2017 term.

Membership renewal: December 2013 update / Renouvellement d'adhésion : Mise à jour décembre 2013

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The membership team would like to thank the members that reflect the 33% renewed memberships to date!

If you have not received your College renewal notice please contact Johanne Featherstone, Membership & Corporate Services Assistant at jfeatherstone@cchl-ccls.ca or at 1-800-363-9056 ext. 223.

New members: December 2013 / Nouveaux membres: décembre 2013

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Period of November 15, 2013 to December 14, 2013 – listed by Chapters:

New College Active Members

Bluenose
Pamela Trainor
Executive Director, Corporate Development & Innovation, Health PEI (Charlottetown, PE)

Greater Toronto Area
Tommasa Giallo
Access and Flow Leader, William Osler Health Centre (Brampton, ON)

Corporate membership renewal: December 2013 update / Renouvellement d'adhésion corporative : Mise à jour décembre 2013

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As mentioned previously, the College has adopted a new Association Management System platform for its database and web site. Integrated in this custom platform are a multilingual membership database, a mass e-mail tool, and a web site content management system. Online functionality includes: membership management, event management, e-mentorship, committee management, and other related processes.

Healthcare Management Forum: Winter 2013 feature article abstract / Forum Gestion des soins de santé : Résumé de l’article de fond du numéro d'hiver 2013

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Corporate social responsibility and hospitals: US theory, Japanese experiences, and lessons for other countries
Toshiro Takahashi, PhD, Moriah Ellen, MBA, PhD, Adalsteinn Brown, PhD Phil

This paper examines the role that corporate social responsibility can play in advancing hospital management. Corporate social responsibility is the integration of social and environmental concerns within business operations. The authors discuss how corporate social responsibility can help hospitals and provide suggestions to hospitals in deciding which corporate social responsibility initiatives to pursue.

National Mentorship Program: Challenge yourself! / Programme national de mentorat : un défi à relever!

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Building professional capacity is the most effective way to ensure that Canadian health leaders change their own organizations and, ultimately, the health system. Mentorship is one way that the College supports its members to continue life-long learning and skill development.

The College's mentorship program is offered at no cost to all College members, at every stage of their career. Individuals with different levels of experience and varied areas of expertise can become involved in mentoring relationships.

Spotlight on: The National Awards Program / En vedette: Programme national des prix

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Although the nomination deadline has passed for a number of awards, we are still accepting nominations for the following awards until February 3, 2014:

• 3M Health Care Quality Team Awards
• Award for Excellence in Mental health and Quality Improvement
• Chapter Awards for Distinguished Service
• Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award
• Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award
• Healthcare Safety Award
• President's Award for Outstanding Corporate Membership in the College
• The Robert Wood Johnson Awards

EXTRA 2014... it's time to apply / FORCES 2014... La période d’inscription bat son plein

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CFHI 2014 call for EXTRA program team applications

Collaborative learning for healthcare improvement
Now celebrating its tenth year, CFHI’s EXTRA program for healthcare improvement supports teams of up to four health leaders in the design, implementation and evaluation of an improvement project in their own organization(s), or with multi-site teams.  During their 14-month learning process, each team works collaboratively within their organization or ministry (or across jurisdictions) to achieve efficient, high quality services that improve healthcare of their population.

Membership renewal update / Mise à jour sur le renouvellement de la cotisation

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As mentioned previously, the College has adopted a new Association Management System platform for its database and web site. Integrated in this custom platform are a multilingual membership database, a mass e-mail tool, and a web site content management system. Online functionality will include: membership management, event management, e-mentorship, committee management, and other related processes.

New members: November 2013 / Nouveaux membres: novembre 2013

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Period of October 15, 2013 to November 14, 2013 – listed by Chapters:

New College Active Members

BC Lower Mainland
Vishal Chaudhry
Director, Quality Improvement, Utilization Management, Accreditation, Providence Healthcare (Langley, BC)

Susan Larson
Director, Medical Imaging, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (Vancouver, BC)

Nicholas Whittle
Chief Financial Officer, New Vista Society (Burnaby, BC)

Corporate membership renewal: November 2013 / Renouvellement d'adhésion corporative : novembre 2013

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On November 22 2013, the College embarked on its 2014 corporate membership renewal campaign.

As mentioned previously, the College has adopted a new Association Management System platform for its database and web site.  As a result, corporate members now are able to renew their membership on-line.

Members will also be asked to update their company descriptor and update the list of organization representatives. This will allow the College to have the most up to date information on all its members.

Should you have any questions please contact Jaime M. Cleroux at jcleroux@cchl-ccls.ca or Carole S. Ménard, at csmenard@cchl-ccls.ca or via telephone at 1-800-363-9056 ext. 235 or 231 respectively.

Your corporate membership team: Jaime M. Cléroux, Vice-President, Membership & Corporate Services, Carole S. Ménard, Coordinator, Corporate Partnerships and Johanne Featherstone, Assistant, Membership and Corporate Services.

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Le 22 novembre 2013, le Collège a entrepris sa campagne de renouvellement d’adhésion corporative pour l’année 2014.

Comme nous vous l'avons déjà indiqué, le Collège utilise désormais la plateforme Association Management System pour sa base de données et son site Web.  En conséquence, les membres corporatifs peuvent désormais renouveler leur adhésion en ligne.

Ceux-ci seront également invités à mettre à jour la description de leur enterprise et mettre à jour la liste des représentants de l’organisation. Cela permettra au Collège d’avoir la plupart des informations à jour sur tous ses membres corporatifs.

Si vous avez des questions, veuillez communiquer  avec Jaime M. Cléroux, au jcleroux@cchl-ccls.ca ou Carole S. Ménard, au csmenard@cchl-ccls.ca ou par téléphone au 800-363-9056 postes 235 et 231 respectivement.

Votre équipe des services corporatifs: Jaime M. Cléroux, Vice-présidente, Services aux membres et services corporatifs; Carole S. Ménard, Coordonnatrice, partenariats corporatifs et Johanne Featherstone, Adjointe, services aux membres et services corporatifs.

Healthcare Management Forum: Fall 2013 feature article abstract / Forum Gestion des soins de santé : Résumé de l’article de fond du numéro d’automne 2013

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Facilitating emergent change in a healthcare setting
Peter M. Dickens

During my doctoral research, I identified new ways of thinking about complexity in organizations. This involved embracing the capacity of complex systems to find their own form of order and coherence, often referred to as self-organization, and then asking the question, “What can organizational leaders do to create the systems and structures that would facilitate emergent change?”

It’s not too late! Get your award nominations in by Thursday, November 21 / Il est encore possible de soumettre votre mise en candidature -- Date limite est le 21 Novembre

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The 2014 National Awards Program boasts 15 awards honouring leaders in healthcare, including senior executives, emerging leaders, administrative and operational teams, nurses, students and more.  The nomination deadline for the awards featured below is November 21, 2013. The nominations for our other awards  are due February 3, 2014.

Over the next few issues of Communiqué we will be profiling the various awards and calling for your nominations.  Award recipients will receive paid travel and accommodations and a complimentary registration to attend the National Health Leadership Conference. Award presentations will be held at the College’s National Awards Gala, Annual General Meeting and at the National Health Leadership Conference. All events are being held in Banff, Alberta from June 1 – 3, 2014. Instructions on how to submit a nomination can be found below.

The new CHE Program officially launches in November 2013 / Le nouveau Programme CHE sera lancé officiellement en novembre 2013

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Over 24 months ago we began the journey of transforming the CHE ^TM Program. On behalf of the CHE Program Committee, I am pleased to report that we have made it. The new CHE Program officially launches in November 2013!

Every aspect of the CHE Program has been reviewed, revised and updated. Consultation, academic advice, discussions, piloting and testing exam questions were all part of the journey. Aligning the CHE core competencies with the LEADS framework was our first step. Once that was completed, we were able to look at each part of the program and ask: “what leadership capabilities and domain of the LEADS framework should candidates demonstrate in each aspect of the CHE Program?” Having a program that covered all five (5) domains, demonstrated the necessary skills, knowledge and judgement required of leaders in the Canadian health system and was suitable for all members of the College regardless of career stage was essential. Ensuring a good connection and transition from the CHE designation to the Fellow designation was also a key driver for the CHE Program Committee, our sub-committees and working groups (Exam and SDL, Markers and Evaluators, CHE Program Working Group).

National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC) 2014: Call for Abstracts / Conférence nationale sur le leadership dans les soins de santé (CNLS) 2014: Appel de présentations

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Deadline for submission - November 3, 2013

The Canadian College of Health Leaders (College) and the Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA) are pleased to co-host the National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC). Themed Raising the bar: A critical time for bold leadership, the conference will be held in Banff, Alberta on June 2-3, 2014.

This conference is the largest national gathering of health system decision-makers in Canada including trustees, chief executive officers, directors, managers, department heads and other health leaders representing various sectors and professions in health regions, authorities and alliances, hospitals, long-term care organizations, public health agencies, community care, mental health and social services. As well, the conference draws participants from government, education and research organizations, professional associations, consulting firms and industry.

Colonel-in-Chief Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal visits the Royal Canadian Medical Service / Son Altesse Royale la princesse royale visite le Service de santé royal canadien, dont elle est le colonel en chef

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal presents the Royal Canadian Medical Service with a Royal Banner in recognition of Afghanistan operations

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Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden, Ont. – The Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Medical Service, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, today visited medical personnel at the Canadian Forces Health Services Training Centre in Borden. She presented The Princess Royal's Banner as a sign of royal favour in recognition of the sacrifice, valour and clinical excellence of Royal Canadian Medical Service personnel during operations in Afghanistan since 2002.

Survey invitation: EMBA in Health Care / Invitation à participer à un sondage sur la maîtrise en administration des affaires pour cadres en soins de santé

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The Canadian College of Health Leaders is pleased to partner with The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on its survey for the delivery of its Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) in Health Care.

This survey will assist the planning committee in expanding the scope of the UBC EMBA program to support Canadian healthcare professionals in learning about business skills that can be used to create the future of sustainable healthcare.