Our Podcast Series: The HQ

Welcome to The HQ, CHA Learning’s/HealthCareCAN’s podcast series where we explore and discuss the topics relevant to healthcare today. The HQ focuses on the people that make up and lead our complex, adaptive system of healthcare. The HQ is your trusted headquarters as, together, we engage with thought-leaders to learn and understand what matters most to those that lead our health workforce.

Hosted by Dale Schierbeck

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November 7, 2024

Rethinking Healthcare, Planetary Health and Systems Change Through an Indigenous Lens with Dr. Nicole Redvers

In this thought-provoking episode of The HQ, we continue our exploration into the interconnectedness of healthcare and planetary health. Building on previous discussions about climate change, environmental sustainability, and the broader social impact of our consumptive healthcare practices, we now take a deeper dive into alternative approaches that challenge the prevailing systems. Our guest, Dr. […]

October 10, 2024

Why We Must Rethink Healthcare’s “Throwaway Culture”: Dr. Mahmood Bhutta on Planetary Health and Sustainable Solutions

In this episode of The HQ, we explore a crucial yet little discussed issue in healthcare: the environmental – and social – harms caused by our medical supply chains. These challenges became particularly evident during the pandemic, when global supply chains were pushed to the brink, highlighting our dependence on foreign production for critical medical […]

September 11, 2024

From Crisis to Solutions: Canada’s Chief Nursing Officer Dr. Leigh Chapman on What It Will Take to Solve Our HHR Crisis

In this episode of The HQ, we have the privilege of speaking with Dr. Leigh Chapman, Canada’s Chief Nursing Officer. With the ongoing challenges facing our healthcare workforce, as highlighted by the Snapshot of Canada’s Healthcare Workforce, a benchmarking survey of HealthCareCAN member institutions, this conversation could not be more timely or important. The survey […]

August 8, 2024

A Winning Recipe for Leading Organizational Change in Planetary Health – A Panel Conversation with Sunnybrook’s Green Task Force

Welcome back to The HQ podcast, where we continue our insightful series on Planetary Health. In our last episode, Dr. Husein Moloo introduced the concept of planetary health, providing valuable insights on how we can shift from eco-anxiety to eco-action. His discussion laid the foundation for understanding the broader impact of environmental sustainability within the […]

July 11, 2024

Understanding Planetary Health & What one Leader is Doing to Make a Difference: Insights from Dr. Husein Moloo

Did you know that healthcare is one of the largest contributors to pollution, waste, emissions, and overall environmental harm? As such, The HQ podcast is starting a series to examine and discuss this in more detail. In this first episode, we explore the concept of planetary health, an area of growing importance around the world […]

June 6, 2024

Addressing Burnout in Healthcare with Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley: Strategies for Organizational Change and Sustainable Well-being

Burnout is a widespread system issue that significantly impacts healthcare professionals today. The consequences are far-reaching, contributing to a healthcare system in crisis as professionals leave their jobs or struggle to continue in increasingly overwhelming conditions. How can we address this pervasive issue? What is getting in our way? Is it a matter of knowing […]

May 9, 2024

How Artificial Intelligence Can Be a Solution to our HHR Crisis and Transform the Future of Healthcare with Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Welcome to a special milestone episode of The HQ Podcast! And what better way to celebrate our 50th episode than with another inspiring and critically important conversation. Today, we dive into a topic that’s rapidly reshaping all parts of our lives, including the future of healthcare: artificial intelligence (AI). Dale’s conversation with Dr. Muhammad Mamdani, […]

April 18, 2024

The What and How of Change Leadership: Transforming Cultures and our Approach to Ageing Care with Dr. Allen Power

In episode 49 of The HQ Podcast, Dr. Allen Power, Schlegel Chair in Aging and Dementia Innovation at the Schlegel—University of Waterloo Research Institute for Aging in Ontario and keynote speaker at the upcoming Walk With Me 2024 conference, joins us to explore the relationship between leadership, culture change, and organizational transformation all so very […]

April 4, 2024

Why are We Discussing Models of Care as Part of a Reshaping of Healthcare: In Conversation with Suzanne Madore, COO and CNE at The Ottawa Hospital

In this thought-provoking episode of The HQ podcast, we dive into one of the critical topics surrounding the future of healthcare delivery and a key solution out of the health human resource (HHR) crisis healthcare is facing today. With a special focus on the concepts of models of care and scope of practice, we explore […]

March 12, 2024

Canada’s health research crisis and why you should care: A panel discussion with 3 champions of Canadian health discovery

In episode 47 of The HQ podcast we discuss the fundamental role Canadian health research plays not only in uncovering game-changing new discoveries, but also in improving healthcare and health systems around the world. From the discovery of insulin in 1921 to directing decades of scientific research that led to the development of messenger RNA […]