Working towards a shared mission

Learn how working groups are driving systemic change to help Canada’s health care workforce in six key areas.

Six key focus areas

Canada’s Health Workforce Well-Being Plan focuses on the following six priority areas. 
01

Creating positive work environments

Supportive work and learning environments foster collaboration and well-being. These environments support psychological safety, policies that ensure respect and protection, and efforts to mitigate burnout. These practices are essential for health care workers to deliver high-quality care and feel fulfilled.
02

Investing in research and measurement

Data and research play a crucial role in driving change. This priority ensures robust data collection and research are used to assess workforce well-being and inform improvements. It focuses on developing relevant metrics, identifying evidence-based strategies, and operationalizing research findings.
03

Supporting mental health & reducing stigma

Addressing mental health challenges is central to improving well-being. This priority aims to reduce the stigma around seeking mental health support and ensure access to resources. It emphasizes self-care, creating supportive environments, and implementing policies that enhance mental health support.
04

Minimizing administrative burden

Administrative tasks can be overwhelming. Simplifying them allows health care professionals to focus on patient care. This priority seeks to streamline documentation and workflow processes by improving health information systems and adopting new policies to reduce administrative burdens.
05

Institutionalizing well-being as a core value

Making well-being a permanent, central value will help ensure lasting change. This priority emphasizes embedding well-being into organizational policies, culture, and operational and strategic decision-making. It includes assessing workload, encouraging leave policies and providing professional development opportunities.
06

Recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce

Building a diverse and inclusive workforce is vital to the future. This priority promotes recruitment strategies that address diversity gaps, retention in rural and underserved areas, and professional development and mentorship programs to ensure health care workers feel supported.

Our working groups

To help make progress on Plan priorities, we have assembled interdisciplinary working groups to address several topics. They include members from across the country who are committed to improving well-being for health care workers.
Alexandra  Harris  Co-chair 
Jake  Hayward  Co-chair 
Katie  Mallam  Co-chair 
Victor  Do  Co-chair 
Enas   El Gouhary  Co-chair 
Amanda  Bell  Member 
Ellen   Cristie  Member 
Stephanie   Milone  Member 
Dakotah   Janes  Member 
Lauren   Walters  Member 
Rani   Sirvastava  Member 
Marcia   Hills  Member 
Jena   Hall  Member 
Marie-Laure   Hemery  Member 
Maxine   Holmqvist  Member 

 

Leslie   Flynn  Co-chair 
Aviva  Goldberg  Co-chair 
Kimberly  LeBlanc  Member 
Hazel   Booth  Member 
Kevin  Zizzo  Member 
Karen  Cohen  Member 
Nathalie  Fleming  Member 
Laura  Dawson  Member 
Emma  Bruce  Member 
Catharine  Munn  Member 
Tiffany  Buglass  Member 
Gino  Somers  Member 
Rita  Shah  Member 
Quinten  Clarke  Member 
Edward  Spilg  Co-chair 
Melanie  Jaeger  Co-chair 
Garielle  Brown  Member 
Jungwee  Park  Member 
Christopher  Simon  Member 
Ina  Bartlett  Member 
Henry  Li  Member 
Danusia  Moreau  Member 
Jeremy  Beach  Member 
Deanna  Missins  Member 
Katherine  Kavanagh  Member 
Melissa  Langevin  Member 
Juan   Quinonez  Member 
Pamela  Kryskow  Member 
Michael   Kaufmann  Co-chair 
Valerie  Grdisa  Co-chair 
Tess  Kroeker  Member 
April  Steele  Member 
Hadeel  Aljazzaf  Member 
Erene  Stergiopoulos  Member 
Rebecca  Biffard  Member 
Behdin  Nowrouzi-Kia  Member 
Maria   Migliaccio  Member 
Paige  Lau  Member 
Bryan  MacLeod  Member 
Laura Marie  Drudi  Member 
Kelly  Kokus  Member 
Ted  Bober  Member 
Michael   Quon   Co-chair  
Saleem   Razack   Co-chair  
Dax   Bourcier   Member  
Erin   Norris   Member  
Tisha   Joy   Member  
Marco   Mueller   Member  
Haroon   Yousuf   Member  
Monique   Lizon   Member  
Keith   Goertzen   Member  
Manpreet   Dhillon   Member  
Barbara    Bailey  Member  
Edward   Cruz   Member  
Nadine    AbuGhazaleh  Member  
Jalees  Razavi   Member  
Alex   Lee   Member  
Donna    Wells  Member