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
Katie Mallam co-chair
Jake Hayward co-chair
Gillian Strudwick member
Kyle Brown member
Ruth Lavergne member
Michelle Acorn member
Alexis Botkin member
Erinn MacCaulay member
Andrea Burton member
Tina Jamieson member
Ayla Azad member
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
Tara Rector member
Leslie Flynn co-chair
Aviva Goldberg co-chair
Kevin Zizzo member
Nathalie Fleming member
Laura Dawson member
Emma Bruce member
Catharine Munn member
Tiffany Buglass member
Rita Shah member
Stewart Madon member
CJ Blennerhasse member
Fiona Deller member
Staci Cooper member
Carolyn McCoy member
Pasqualina Santaguida member

 

Edward Spilg co-chair
Melanie Jaeger co-chair
Garielle Brown member
Jungwee Park member
Christopher Simon member
Henry Li member
Danusia Moreau member
Jeremy Beach member
Deanna Missins member
Katherine Kavanagh member
Melissa Langevin member
Juan Quinonez 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