Please join us for our eleventh Emerging Leader Forum Speaker Series on Monday, November 9, 2009, as Camille Orridge, Executive Director of the Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre (CCAC), speaks candidly about leading community care into the future.

Date & Time:
Monday, November 9, 2009; 5:30 – 7:30 PM

Location:
Empire Grill & Lounge, 50 Cumberland Street, www.empiretoronto.com

About our Speaker:
Camille Orridge
Executive Director, Toronto Central CCAC

As Executive Director of the Toronto Central CCAC, Camille Orridge provides leadership to an organization that serves close to 19,000 clients monthly and has an annual budget of $172 million to coordinate and provide publicly funded home and community-based care and to facilitate placement in long-term care.

With a reputation as a passionate and vocal advocate for the needs of the community, Camille has taken leadership roles in major provincial initiatives involving e-health, ethics of care, health system performance measurement, chronic disease management, and health human resources.  She is also deeply involved in community work focused on AIDS prevention.

To RSVP to this event, please complete the registration form.  Participation is FREE for ELF members.

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Please join us for an Emerging Leader Forum Development Seminar on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, as Martin Gurbin, Director of business Development & Innovation at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, discusses what it means to communicate effectively in the healthcare sector, including:

• The impact of communication styles
• Appreciating the context of our healthcare environment
• Selling ideas & getting your message across to clinicians, administrators and government officials

Date & Time:
Tuesday, October 27, 2009; 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Location:
445 King St. W., 3rd Floor

About our Development Seminar Speaker:

Martin Gurbin
Director Business Development & Innovation Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Marty reflects upon his experience with the Ontario Hospital Association as Sr. Economist, as Director of the Ontario Hospital eHealth Council, and as Director of the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario, in the context of generating momentum for change in healthcare. More recently, he has been working with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as Director of Business Development and Innovation, where he works with the senior team, and a broad range of senior clinicians, researchers and entrepreneurs, to help Sunnybrook fulfill its quest to invent the Future of Healthcare.

To RSVP to this event, please complete the registration form.  Participation is FREE for ELF members, but please note that registration will be limited to 25 participants only.

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Come meet some of your fellow ELF members!

There are four essential ingredients to ELF’s Summer Social:

1. Patio weather
2. Drinks
3. Food
4. Emerging healthcare leaders!

Over the past year ELF has held several successful events.  There was the Guided Leadership Session in January where members had the chance to speak candidly with Dr. Matthew Morgan, Dr. Catherine Zahn, Ken Deane and Richard Alvarez about leadership, mentorship and career development; the Speakers Series events with Michael Kirby and Matt Anderson; and a Development Seminar on strategic thinking with Dr. Michael Guerriere.   Come help us celebrate 2008/09 and plan for 2009/10.

EVENT: ELF Summer Social
DATE & TIME: August 14, 2009, 5:30 – 7:30pm
LOCATION: Empire Grill & Lounge, 50 Cumberland Street, www.empiretoronto.com

Please RSVP to attend!

Committee Member Recruitment

ELF is continuing to grow, learn and expand in 2009/10!  We wish to expand on the successful launch of ELF’s four pillars this past year.

Last August we welcomed three new members to the ELF Committee to lead the Speaker Series, Guided Leadership Sessions and Development Seminars.  This year we are recruiting for two positions:

1. Development Seminar Lead – Beth Dewitt has done an exceptional job this year, but will be on maternity leave next year.  We are looking for a passionate and driven ELF member to fill her shoes.
2. Think Tank Lead – Next year we are hoping to establish a Think Tank, consisting of a small group of ELF members, that will meet regularly to discuss selected topics of interest in healthcare.  The output of the Think Tank could potentially be a whitepaper suitable for publication!

Application Process

All ELF members are welcome to apply. Click to download the application form that provides more information about the roles available and the time commitment required. If you are interested in joining the ELF Committee, fill out the application form and email it to ELF@emergingleaderforum.com by Friday, July 31, 2009.

The applications will be reviewed by the Committee, and a short list of applicants will be asked to participate in a brief teleconference to finalize members by Friday, August 7, 2009.

The new Committee members will be introduced at the ELF Summer Social!

LEADERS SCHOLARSHIPS: New for Summer 2009

In the spirit of continued learning and ongoing career development for ELF members, the ELF Committee is introducing its Leaders Scholarship Program.  This summer, the ELF committee will award two ‘scholarships’ valued at $450 each, to a one-day workshop focused on the development of leadership skills. Successful applicants may subscribe to one of the below listed workshops or suggest a workshop to the committee that is better suited to their learning objectives.

Some examples of available workshop topics include:

• Habits of Highly Effective People
• How to Achieve Organizational Greatness Through Knowledge Leadership
• How to Achieve Your Highest Priorities

All ELF members are welcome to apply.

Application Process:

If you are interested in applying for the ELF Leaders Scholarship, please fill out the application form and email it to elf@emergingleaderforum.com by Friday, July 31, 2009.

The applications will be reviewed by the Committee, and the winners of the scholarships will be announced at the ELF Summer Social on Friday, August 14, 2009.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this process, please email the ELF Committee at elf@emergingleaderforum.com.