e-Health 2025 Program Committee vote – Round 2

The e-Health 2025 Program Committee suggested additional emcees, patient partners, government representatives, knowledge keepers, plenary/keynote speakers, and topics for the upcoming conference. Please cast your vote to help narrow down the options.

Kindly review the list of options below and submit your votes by 5 PM ET on Monday, December 2.

The voting form can be found HERE. Thank you in advance for your input.

Emcees

  • Avis Favro, Health Journalist, re-invite Avis Favro, as she did a great job in hosting e-Health 2024; while she might not be an ‘e-Health insider’ she understands the issues facing the health system and is relatable to many in attendance, especially the patient partners. A fresh perspective can help us see things differently.
  • Cassie Frazer, Principal, Reliance Healthcare Consulting Inc., Cassie Frazer is an excellent emcee who connects people and ideas well and provides a strong, positive leadership voice for the national event.
  • Joann Shields, CIO, Health Canada
  • Nasir Kenea, VP and CIO, CIHI
  • Pete Bombaci, the visionary founder and CEO of GenWell, Canada’s Human Connection Movement
  • Sarah McVanel, International Recognition, Retention & Culture Expert: She could do a bit of an opening to include her key messages that are motivating, inspirational etc. to kick off the conference, and then stay to emcee the conference. If we end up doing the HHR topic, maybe she could even moderate that, bringing her culture experience to the discussion (without being an official panellist).
  • Shelagh Maloney, Senior Business Advisor and Board Member.
  • Zayna Khayat, Ph.D,  Health futurist

Patients, Patient Advisors, Patient Partners, and Emerging Professionals

  • Alies Maybee, co-founder of the Patient Advisors Network, EAG member for the Pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy (Toronto)
  • Alifa Khan, Patient Partner, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Dr. Amy Freier, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Lead, HDRN Canada (Researcher)
  • Dr. Catharine Whiteside, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Diabetes Action Canada (Clinician)
  • Conrad Pow, Digital Health, Diabetes Action Canada
  • James Ehiagwina, Nursing Student at York University, Clinical Extern at SickKids, and on the KHP National Youth Advisory Committee
  • Laetitia Satam, Kids Help Phone BoD, Campaign Cabinet & National Youth Council Co-chair, and on the KHP National Youth Advisory Committee
  • Laura Williams, MSW, RSW, CHE, Senior Director, Patient Experience, University Health Network
  • Linda Mouhamou, Patient Partner, Focuses on bringing Business, Health Equity and Lived Experience to Mental Health & Digital Health
  • Louise Binder, Patient Advisor, Health Policy Consultant, Save Your Skin Foundation
  • Maxime Le, Co-Chair – Ontario Health East Patient and Family Advisory Committee +
  • Sandra Holdsworth, Patient Partner in Healthcare & Research
  • Sandra Ketler, Member HQBC Patient Voices Network, Patient Advisor

Government Representatives (provincial and federal)

Indigenous Knowledge Keepers

Health Data Governance, Security and Privacy + Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare/Medicine

  • Brenda McPhail, Director, Executive Education, Public Policy in Digital Society Program, McMaster University
  • Claire Synman (BC), Mother, wife, patient experience expert, author, speaker, advocate for access to care and authentic partnership
  • Dr. Cole Stanley, Family Physician, QI and Innovation Lead and Medical Director with BC Health Data Coalition
  • Dr. Ewen Effleck, Hospitalist, Northwest Territories Health & Social Services Authority + Advisory Group -a former EAG member from the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy, Public Health Agency of Canada + Senior Medical Advisor – Health Informatics, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (NWT, AB),
  • Darren Mastropaolo, VP, Innovation & Data, Kid’s Help Phone
  • Lydia Sequeira, Director, Service Programs and Innovation Implementation, Director, Service Programs and Innovation Implementation with Kid’s Help Phone, previously with CAMH
  • Muhammad Mamdani Vice President – Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto, Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
  • Patient Partner TBD
  • Ryan Chan, Assistant Professor, Teaching Scholar, PhD Nursing, Western University
  • Zayna Khayat, Ph.D,  Health futurist

A Health Data Approach for Enabling Integrated Care

  • Carolyn Steele-Gray – Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementing Digital Health Innovation
  • Debbie Pinter, Chief Clinical Information Officer, Alberta Health Services
  • Dr. Jeremy Theal, Chief Medical Information Officer, Alberta Health Services or Dr. Tim Graham, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Alberta Health Services
  • Jodeme Goldhar, Vice-Chair, International Foundation for Integrated Care & co-founder IFIC Canada
  • Penny Rae, Chief Information Officer, Alberta Health Services
  • Maritime Provinces’ instance of EPIC – speakers TBD
  • Quebec’s integration journey – speakers TBD
  • UHN’s instance of EPIC – speakers TBD

Healthcare Human Resources

  • Geoff Crocker, ED Business Enterprise Systems, PHSA
  • Health Workforce Canada speaker TBD
  • Jo Voisin, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Policy Branch, Health Canada
  • Dr. Karima Velji – Chief of Nursing & Professional Practice; Assistant Deputy Minister of Health – Province of Ontario
  • Lauren Hristoski, ED HR People Systems at Interior Health Authority
  • Sharon Torgerson, VP People at Island Health, Vancouver Island Health Authority or Michael Cleghorn, Chief Provincial Digital Solutions, PHSA
  • Additional Panellist TBD – BC and ON diversity perspectives speakers TBD

Healthcare Access and Accessibility

  • Dr. Andrew Boozary, Executive Director – Social Medicine and Population Health, University Health Network focuses on population health and social determinants of health like food and housing.
  • Hon. Jane Philpott, MD, Former Federal Minister of Health, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen’s University is joining OPS. Combine her past leadership of the Ontario Health Data Council with her current focus on primary care. **Might be early in her role, limited info she could share**

Indigenous Reconciliation and First Nations Healthcare

  • Dr. Alika Lafontaine, past president, Canadian Medical Association and clinical leader who advocates for data modernization, digital health and interoperability.
  • Dr. Evan Adams, is a Coast Salish actor and family physician from the Tla’amin First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia. Since 2014 Dr. Adams has been Chief Medical Officer with the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia; in this capacity he works closely with government partners on population and public health issues.
  • Dr. Marcia Anderson: Vice-Dean Indigenous Health, Social Justice and Anti-Racism, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. An Indigenous leader and a clinician with a breadth of knowledge on health and digital data issues.

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