Our Podcast Series: The HQ

  On episode 6 of The HQ, we discuss the role and importance of quality improvement and innovation with healthcare leader Samantha Hamilton, Director, Quality, Patient Safety & IPAC at The Ottawa Hospital. What is quality improvement as it relates to healthcare? How has COVID-19 impacted quality improvement and innovation initiatives? What innovations have we […]

  In this episode of The HQ podcast, we are joined by special guest Jacqueline Per, Executive Director Learning, Research and Innovation at Fraser Health in BC, to discuss health human resource planning and innovation, and what can be done to retain and expand our health workforce post-COVID-19.   About Jacqueline Per Jacqueline is a […]

  We are delighted to welcome back Kristen Winter, Vice President of Human Resources, Workforce Optimization and Leadership at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto as our special guest on episode 4 of The HQ podcast. In this episode, we discuss the topic of immigration and our healthcare workforce and tackle some of the questions […]

  In this episode we are going to cut to the issue facing healthcare today – the crisis of our health human resources or, in more simple terms, the crisis of the people in healthcare. It is a topic on the lips of those in government, including our federal and provincial ministers of health. It […]

  When you hear the word, “Coaching” what comes to mind? What does it mean to be a coach? And, more importantly, what does it mean in healthcare? In most organizations and certainly healthcare organizations, we talk about teams, we talk about leaders, and we might even talk about game plans – but where does […]

  This is Part 2 of our two-part episode on The Psychological Wellness of Leadership During the Pandemic where we’ve been speaking with Kristen Winter, Vice President of Human Resources, Workforce Optimization and Leadership at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. In Part One, Kristen shared very candidly about what it’s like to be a […]

  In this special two-part episode, we talk to Kristin Winter Vice President of Human Resources, Workforce Optimization and Leadership Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. In Part 1, we discuss with Kristen what it’s like to be a healthcare leader and especially a people leader during the pandemic and the impact it has had on her […]