The Canada West Health Leaders Conference will present an opportunity to explore themes and leadership lessons learned from Canada’s west coast health leaders. Themed Emerging from chaos – Empowering leadership for what comes next, the conference will be held in virtually on October 28-29, 2021.
This conference is a large gathering of health system decision-makers which includes trustees, chief executive officers, directors, managers and department heads. Participants represent health regions, authorities and networks, hospitals, long-term care organizations, public health agencies, community care, mental health services and social work.
The CWHLC will focus primarily on two domains of the LEADS in a Caring Environment Capability Framework: Lead Self and Engage Others. For more information on the LEADS Framework, please visit the LEADS Canada website.
Expected Outcomes
Conference participants will:
- Build strong networks as well as an improved sense of community and support from other leaders facing similar challenges;
- Exchange knowledge on leading practices, tools, and ideas that can be implemented into their work settings;
- Identify champions of healthcare innovations that will influence improvements in the areas of diversity and inclusion, indigenous healthcare, and green healthcare; and
- Engage with other leaders to explore traits of effective and innovative leadership to foster efficient solutions to manage today’s complex times.