Managing Holiday Stress

• Doctors says heart attacks spike during holidays
• The Myth of the Holiday Blues
• Survive the Holidays AND Preserve Your Mental Health
• Travelling with weed this holiday season? Here's what you need to know
• Don't Let Holiday Distraction Create Risk Around Your Home
• ‘Tis The Season: A Refresher On Social Host Liability
• Public health urges Christmas revellers to spread holiday cheer — not gonorrhea
• Holiday shopping at work? Canadians admit to covert spending on the clock
• In Canada, Christmas traditions change as fewer people see religion as the reason for the season
• Baking Cookies Can Make You Less Stressed During The Holidays
• A very minimal Christmas: Cutting out the shopping, stress and debt
• Poll unwraps drop in Canadian affection for saying “merry Christmas”

Featured Careers

• Manager, Practice Quality - College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, ON
• Director of Support Services - Wellington Health Care Alliance (Groves Memorial Community Hospital & North Wellington Health Care), Fergus, ON
• Chief Financial Officer - Wellington Health Care Alliance (Groves Memorial Community Hospital & North Wellington Health Care), Fergus, ON
• Chief Executive Officer - Five Counties Children’s Centre (FCCC), Peterborough, ON 
• Clinical Operations Leader - Allevio Pain Management Clinic, Toronto, ON
• Senior Health Analytics Consultant - Government of Saskatchewan, Regina, SK 
• Clinical Risk Management/Patient Relations & Experience Officer - Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, Huntsville and Bracebridge, ON
• Registered Nurse,  Medical Programs - Providence Care, Kingston, ON
• Manager, Infection Prevention & Control - St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, ON 
• Manager, Microbiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Project Manager - Community Living Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
• Chief Executive Officer - Canadian Medical Protective Association, Ottawa, ON 
• Manager, Mental Health and Addictions - Ministry of the Solicitor General, Toronto, ON
• Director of Employee and Labour Relations - William Osler Health System, Brampton, ON 
• Physician-In-Chief - Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, Whitby, ON
• Director, Clinical Services, Executive Lead and CNO - Niagara Health, St. Catharines, ON
• Manager, Microbiology - Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Project Manager - Community Living Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
• Chief Executive Officer - Canadian Medical Protective Association, Ottawa, ON

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The Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education

Longwoods Publishing, in cooperation with the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR), presents this award yearly for an ‘Innovation in Education’ program that advocates and enables education in health, health services or health management at a healthcare organization.

Submissions are open to all healthcare organizations. The award will recognize those individuals or organizations that inspire, advocate and enable education in health, health services and healthcare management. A representative from the winning organization will be recognized during the 2020 CAHSPR Conference.

Submission Deadline is 5 p.m., Friday, February 28, 2020. Click here to download Submission Guidelines

Breakfast with the Chiefs

Stay Tuned for more Breakfast with the Chiefs:

• Franklin Holtforster, CEO, Colliers International
• Susan Fitzpatrick, Interim CEO, Ontario Health
• Jennifer Zelmer, President and CEO, CFHI
• Shirlee Sharkey, President and CEO, SE Health

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Click here to see videos of past speakers.

From the Longwoods Archives

News

• Health Canada to start testing cannabis vape emissions from products already on market
• Head of Southlake hospital accused of throwing nurses under the bus in her blog post describing an overnight shift
• New Members Appointed to The Ontario Caregiver Organization’s Board of Directors
• Family doctors should begin screening patients for alcohol addiction at age 12, B.C. guideline says Social Sharing
• Addressing stigma in Canada's health system is critical for improving health outcomes
• LifeLabs pays ransom after cyberattack exposes information of 15 million customers in B.C. and Ontario
• Vaping increases the risk of lung disease by a third, U.S. study suggests
• Doctors warn Crohn's, arthritis patients will pay a price as province pulls drug funding Social Sharing
• Should government have a say in what drugs are prescribed to patients? André Picard
• Flu activity recorded across Canada for 1st time this season: PHAC
• Ottawa doctor pens nursery rhyme to teach proper handwashing
• Ontario moves to create a mental health 'centre for excellence'
• Ontario passes bill to join opioid class-action lawsuit launched by B.C.
• Canadian skin banks ready to help New Zealand treat volcanic eruption victims
• Health PEI reaching out to psychiatrists who've left province to find out why 
• After four student suicides, uOttawa group demands better mental health services
• Nearly 14,000 Canadians killed by opioids since 2016, federal advisory body says
• Atheist nurse wins fight to end mandatory 12-step addiction treatment for health staff in Vancouver

Transitions

• Maggie Keresteci to Executive Director, CAHSPR, Toronto, ON
• Stephanie Aboueid to Senior Consultant, Healthcare Sector, KPMG, Toronto, ON
• Kimberly Widdicombe to Acting Administrator, Chartwell Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
• Sheila Banks-Switzer to Interim Vice President, Quality Performance and Accountability, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Jocelyn Denomme to Quality Improvement Specialist, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Karen Bell to Director Acute Care Performance, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Darryl Tooley to Director, Sub-Region Planning and Integration – East, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Rebecca Repa to Executive Vice President, Clinical Support and Performance, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
• Rhonda Lordly to Manager Enterprise Risk Management and Radiation Safety, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON
• David Ostrow to Chief Medical Officer, Premier Health Group, Vancouver, BC
• Susan Abermann to Administrator, Island Health for Selkirk Seniors Village, Victoria, BC
• Lee Jebb to Board Chair, Prairie Mountain Health, Brandon, MB
• Wayne McWhirter to Board Chair, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
• Hermann Saxler to Board Member, Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority, Selkirk, MB
• Lon Cullen to Board Member, Prairie Mountain Health, Brandon, MB
• Bryce Matlashewski to Board Vice-Chair, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
• Lauren Stone to Board Member, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, MB
• Marc Rodger to Physician-in-Chief, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
• Diego Martin to Radiologist-in-Chief, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC
• Jean Bartkowiak to Retire, President and CEO, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay, ON
• Francesca Grosso to Board Chair, Patients Canada, Toronto, ON
• Nachiketa Sinha to Treasurer, New Brunswick Medical Society, Fredericton, NB
• Mira Back-Shannon to Executive Lead, Mississauga Health Team, Mississauga, ON
• Kelsi Rousseau to Director, Quality and Patient Safety, Humber River Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Rajesh Aery to Senior Manager Technology Infrastructure Services, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Gillian Ritcey to Managing Director, Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
• Debra Woods to Implementation Lead, Northern Health, Prince George, BC
• Kim Delahunt to President and CEO, Headwaters Healthcare, Orangeville, ON
• Drew Wesley to Vice President Business, Technology, CIO, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON
• Victoria Aceti Chlebus to Patient Care Manager, Sault Area Hospital, Sault Ste Marie, ON
• Ehsan Adiban to Clinical Manager, University Health Network, Toronto, ON
• Jai Mills to Director, Planning and Integration, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Martin Montanti to Assistant Deputy Minister, Procurement and Supply Chain, Government of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Nisa Karan to Consultant – Workers Health, Global Plan of Action, Pan-American Health Agency, Washington, DC
• Lois Champion to Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON
• Diana Sherifali to Heather M. Arthur Chair, Inter-Professional Health Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
• Sudha Kutty to Interim Vice President, Quality Improvement, Ontario Health, Toronto, ON
• Jesse Tolan to Manager – Quality, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
• Joanne Carter to Manager, Administration and Research Services, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS
• Kelly Isfan to President and CEO, Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay, ON
• Denis Prud'homme to Vice-Chancellor, University of Moncton, Moncton, NB
• Stirling Bryan to President, British Columbia Academic Health Sciences Network, Vancouver, BC
• Amir Asif to Vice President of Research & Innovation, York University, Toronto, ON
• Carl Tremblay to President of the Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Québec, Montreal, QC