President and CEO
North Bay Regional Health Centre, Ontario
"My mental model has shifted thanks to the curriculum, the participants, and the innovative concept of the National Health Fellows program."
Patient Advocate & Co-Chair
Barrie and Area Ontario Health Team
“The collaboration from all levels of healthcare present in this fellowship gives me a tremendous amount of hope."
Chief of Health Programs
Canadian Red Cross, Ontario
"The program has been incredible, insightful, and challenging."
Pharmacist & Board Member
Ontario College of Pharmacists Board of Directors
“The program fostered creativity in decision making and instilled the fundamentals of collaboration in governance.”
Professor and Chair
McMaster University
"This program has given me renewed energy and a renewed commitment in my daily job."
The Health Leadership Academy offers programs for health leaders that focus on learning, and unlearning, the necessary skills to navigate and adapt to our ever-changing health environment in Canada.
Understand the new world of governance and the unique responsibilities and challenges confronting today’s health and social service sector boards.
The healthcare sector is facing urgent pressure and scrutiny on systemic issues at every level. Board directors need to think and lead differently to become the drivers of change.
In partnership with the McMaster Health Leadership Academy, the Collaborative Health Governance Program (CHG) has been designed with an understanding of the new world of governance and with the unique requirements of health and social sector boards in mind.
This multi-day virtual program will help directors gain an understanding of the new world of collaborative governance and provide an opportunity to co-design new and innovative approaches to health governance.
Get equipped with the networks, behaviors, and evidence-based tools to advance health and wellbeing across the broader healthcare system, along with other leaders.
Canada’s health leaders are looking for ways to revitalize, re-imagine and retool for a changing world. Business as usual is no longer an option. It is now particularly clear that building new or honing existing capabilities is critical. The National Health Fellows Program will connect our most talented healthcare leaders with skilled, “new power” leaders, educators, complex change facilitators, and mentors to strengthen the networks, behaviors, and evidence-based tools needed to advance health and well-being across the broader healthcare system.
From the moment you start the program, you will become part of a growing movement charged with re-imagining our national health ecosystem capable of delivering more for you, your organization, your patients, employees, communities, for your world. Over the course of 6 months, you will develop a deep understanding of how to create a leadership culture that embraces a systems thinking mindset, gain the practical skills and tools to progress your own leadership capabilities, and put these into practice tackling real-life opportunities and challenges within your organization and across the broader health system.
If you have any questions, require further information, or need assistance in choosing the right course to suit your career goals, our dedicated team is here to help kick-start your DeGroote education journey today.
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