Engaging Health Leaders in Canada's HHR Crisis
What role may health leaders play to retain the current health human resource (HHR) workforce and prepare for the influx of a new and younger workforce, so that the health system is sustainable, and the HHR workforce is engaged, empowered, and retained.
CCHL National Conversation
The purpose of the CCHL’s annual National Conversation is to inform, inspire, and align health leadership actions towards solutions for priority challenges facing the health system
Part 1 – National Virtual Conversation
Hosted May 1 from 12 pm – 1 pm Eastern Time
What is being done at the systems level to engage, support, and retain the current HHR workforce, and prepare for a new health workforce across Canada?
An online panel will share programs and current initiatives addressing the health human resource crisis from a systems perspective. This will include experts sharing an overview of federal and provincial government programs and a sample of provincial health authority actions.
Featured Speakers:
Dr. Karima Velji, CHE, Assistant Deputy Minister of Health and Chief of Nursing and Professional Practice at the Ontario Ministry of Health
Dr. Velji is a health care leader with a proven track record in fostering the engagement of the patient (service user) and system partners to drive innovative models of care, integrating research and care to drive next practice, and creating cultures to unleash the potential of high performing teams to achieve stellar results. She has implemented innovative health human resource solutions within these models of care to ensure optimal scope of practice of all clinicians.
Deborah Gordon, CHE, Interim CEO, Health Workforce Canada
Deb Gordon has been working as the interim CEO for Health Workforce Canada since late November 2023. Prior to joining Health Workforce Canada, Deb worked for more than 15 years in executive leadership roles at Alberta Health Services. Her last role at AHS was Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In that role, she was responsible for the effective provision of patient-focused, integrated and sustainable health services across Alberta. Prior to her executive leadership career, she worked in progressive clinical nursing and leadership roles in British Columbia and Alberta.
Dr. Ivy Bourgeault, CIHR Chair in Gender, Work and Health Human Resources, University of Ottawa
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, PhD, is a Professor in the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies at the University of Ottawa and the University Research Chair in Gender, Diversity and the Professions. She leads the Canadian Health Workforce Network, the Empowering Women Leaders in Health initiative and co-leads the Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation project. Dr. Bourgeault has garnered an international reputation for her research on the health workforce, particularly from a gender lens. She was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in September 2016 and received the 2016/17 University of Ottawa Award for Excellence in Research.
Facilitator:
Dr. Michael Gardam, MSc, MD, CM, MSc, FRCPC, CHE
Michael is the Chair of the Board of Directors at HealthCareCAN and former Chief Executive Officer of Health PEI. He is a pioneer of using complexity science-based approaches to improve patient safety, system transformation, staff engagement and other complex challenges. Michael has advised organizations in Canada and internationally. His interest in physician leadership and organizational culture led him to become Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee at UHN (2015-2017) and Chief of Staff at Humber River Hospital in Toronto (2018-2020). He currently Program Director of Schulich School of Business Healthcare Leadership Development Program and is an instructor for the Physician Leadership Institute of the Canadian Medical Association.
Part 2 – In-person Conversation as a concurrent session
Hosted June 3 – 10:45 am - Concurrent session at the CCHL National Conference
How are health care organizations engaging, supporting, and retaining their workforce, and what changes are they making to prepare for a new workforce to ensure health system sustainability?
An in-person panel will present the actions taken by their organizations to engage, support, and retain their health human resource workforce, identifying what is working and what they might do differently. Panelists will also share changes being made to prepare for the new workforce, to ensure health system sustainability, and an engaged and empowered health workforce.
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Part Three - Online Summary Session and Regional Contextualization
Hosted in Fall 2024
What coordinated actions might be taken by CCHL members within a geographical region, informed by Parts One and Two, to engage, support, and retain the current health human resource workforce, and prepare for the influx of a new and younger workforce, so that the health system is sustainable, and the health workforce is engaged, empowered, and retained?
Part Four - Online Reflections on Actions and What’s Next?
Hosted in Spring 2025
Members reflect on their experience to date, and identify their next steps.
