June 16, 2009

Edward (Ted) Garrard to President and CEO, SickKids Foundation (Toronto, ON)
Patrick Dumelie to President and CEO -- Covenant Health is Canada’s largest catholic provider of health care, with 16 catholic facilities in 11 communities across Alberta.
Susanne Bjerno to Guelph General Hospital as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer (Guelph, ON)
Peter Szota to Grand River (ON) Community Health Centre as Executive Director
Christian Pair to Executive Director, Center Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal (CHUM)
Dr. Brenda Milner, the Dorothy J. Killam Professor at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Quebec
Jane Ratcher Roberts to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Robert Warren Law to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Pierre Richard to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Carole Weir to member of the board, Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
Janice Cibart from Regina to Canadian worker representative to the International Labour Organization's Committee on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work. More.
Dr. Chris Bourdon to acting chief of staff, Sudbury Regional Hospital

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June 9, 2009
Jennifer Zelmer to Editor in Chief of the journal Healthcare Policy

Denis Protti an honorary doctorate from City University, London, UK

Paul-Émile Cloutier to Secretary General & CEO, Canadian Medical Association

Murat Firat to the Canadian Medical and Biomedical Engineering Society (CMBES) 2009 Outstanding Canadian Biomedical Engineer.

Mark Brisson to Acting Assistant Deputy Minister and Executive Director of Information Management, Information Strategic Services Division, Alberta Health and Wellness.

Dr. Scott Halperin to head of a national influenza research network focused on pandemic vaccine evaluation -- a partnership between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). More.

Ronald E. Geettam to Chairman of the Board of Directors, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc.

Arnold Steinberg to Chancellor, McGill University

Patricia McCunn-Miller to President and CEO, Climate Change Central

Michael F. O’Callaghan to Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

Ron Sapsford to acting President and Chief Executive Officer of eHealth Ontario

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June 2, 2009

Bertha Paulse to interim Chief Executive Officer, Sudbury Regional Hospital (ON)
Dr. Wahbi Hammouda to Head, Division of Hematopathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto)
Cara Flemming to The Scarborough Hospital (ON)
Dr. David Zelt to Chief of Staff and Vice President Medical Administration, Kingston General Hospital
Maureen Solecki to President and CEO of Grey Bruce Health Services (ON)
Edward Garrard to President of the SickKids Foundation
Elizabeth Dodds leaving her position of chief of staff to Public Safety Minister Van Loan
Danielle Shaw leaving her position of chief of staff to Canada's Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq
Laurie Throness leaving her position of policy advisor to Canada's Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq
Dr. Daniel Weeks to Vice-President (Research), University of Lethbridge
Digvir Jayas to Vice-President (Research), University of Manitoba
Joanne Keselman to Vice-President (Academic) and Provost, University of Manitoba

May 26, 2009
Tom McHugh to CEO, Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital and Alexandra Hospital

May 19, 2009

Tom Sommerville to Business Technology at Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Honourable Susan Whelan to Chief Executive Officer, the Canadian Cancer Society – Ontario
Susanne Bjerno to Guelph General Hospital as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer
Dr. David Ostrow to Vancouver Coastal Health as President and Chief Executive Officer (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Szota to Grand River Community Health Centre as Executive Director
Dr. Chaim Bell to 2008 Applied Health Services and Policy Chair. More (PDF).

May 12, 2009
Julia Scott to Vice President Clinical Programs & CNE, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Markham (ON)
Dr. Kelly Leitch to the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (ON)

May 5, 2009

Peter Goodhand takes the President’s Chair yesterday at the Canadian Cancer Society.
Roland Aurich to President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Canada Limited
Dr. Philip Baker to Dean of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
Dr. Tom Marrie to Dean of Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.
Dr. Iain D. Young to Vice-Dean Academic, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University
Dr. Suzanne Strasberg to incoming president of the Ontario Medical Association