Thank you for sharing your voice, your vision!

The Discovery Phase of HSN and HSNRI’s 2025-2030 Strategic Plan is now complete and we have started writing the plan! Your insights, perspectives and aspirations are invaluable as we chart the course for the future of healthcare in Northeastern Ontario.

More opportunity to participate coming soon during our Validation Phase! Stay tuned on our website and social media to learn how you can continue to get involved.

Timeline of Events

  • November 2023 -
    February 2024

    November 2023 - February 2024 Preparation Phase

  • Formation of Steering Committee

  • Development of Environmental Scan

  • February 2024 -
    July 2024

    February 2024 - July 2024 Discovery Phase

  • Key stakeholder consultation through internal and external focus groups, electronic brainstorming, electronic web portal and mobile kiosks

  • Guest Lecture Series Launch

  • August 2024 -
    November 2024

    August 2024 - November 2024 Analysis & Synthesis Phase

  • Analysis of data from consultations

  • Development of first draft of strategic plan

  • December 2024 -
    January 2025

    December 2024 - January 2025 Validation Phase

  • Validation of draft plan through open sessions with Patient and Family Advisory Committee (PFAC), employees, medical staff, learners, volunteers, external partners and leadership

  • February 2025

    February 2025 Approval Phase

  • Approval of plan through Steering Committee, Governance Committee and Board of Directors

  • March 2025

    March 2025 Strategic Plan Launch

Environmental Scan

As HSN and HSNRI embark on their strategic plan for 2025-2030, we are looking to improve in areas that matter to the people who work, learn, research and receive care at our facilities.

Through preliminary consultation sessions with nearly 200 internal stakeholders and Patient and Family Advisor Council members, themes have started to emerge as areas for consideration.

Steering Committee

The 30-member Steering Committee includes HSN and HSNRI staff, medical staff, healthcare and academic stakeholders, Patient and Family Advisory Committee members, members from our Foundations, as well as the Chief of Staff, the Board Chair, the Board Vice Chair, the Strategic Plan Special Advisor, and the President and CEO of HSN and HSNRI.

Members

David McNeil, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, HSN and HSNRI

Dr. Pankaj Bhatia
Chief of Staff, HSN

General Surgeon, HSN

Stéphan Plante
Senior Vice President – Ontario, Retail Banking, Desjardins

HSN & HSNRI Board Chair, HSN Board Long Range Planning Committee Member

Tom Laughren
HSN & HSNRI Board Vice Chair

HSN & HSNRI Board Vice Chair HSN Board Long Range Planning Committee Chair

Russell Landry
Special Advisor to the CEO for Strategic Planning, HSN

Patricia Hearty-Haw
Executive Assistant – Strategic Planning

Dr. Catherine Cervin
Professor Emeritus, NOSM University

HSN Board Member, HSN Board Long Range Planning Committee Member (former HSN & HSNRI Board Vice Chair)

Chantal Makela
Chief Executive Officer, Spark Employment Services

HSN Board Member, HSN Board Long Range Planning Committee Member

Pamela Williamson, PhD
Owner / Founder, Biish Management and Consulting

HSN Board Member, HSN Board Long Range Planning Committee Member (former HSNRI Board Member)

Meredith Armstrong
Director, Economic Development, City of Greater Sudbury

HSNRI Board Member

Natalie Aubin, PhD
Regional Vice President, Cancer Care

Vice President, Social Accountability, HSN

Michelle Nogalo
Administrative Director, Pharmacy, HSN

Amanda Campagnaro
Registered Nurse, CVT ICU, HSN

Venkadesan Rajendran, PhD
Advanced Practice Physiotherapist, Medicine and Stroke, HSN

Rida Alzahran
Ward Clerk, 7N, Volunteer, Emergency Department, HSN

Kinesiology Student (Y3), Laurentian University

Matthew Frederick
Support Service Worker, HSN

Mélissa Bishop
Quality Improvement Consultant, HSN

Dr. Sathish Kumar Gopalakrishnan
Oncologist / Hematologist, Shirley and Jim Fielding Northeast Cancer Centre, HSN

Rita O'link
Patient and Family Advisor, HSN

Trans rights activist

Laura Voltti
Regional Manager, Northern Ontario, Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)

Patient and Family Advisor, HSN

Samuel Hebert
MD Candidate (Y4), NOSM University

Chris Verschoor, PhD
Scientist / Research Lead in Healthy Aging, HSNRI

Daniel Giroux
President, Collège Boréal

Former HSN & HSNRI Board Member, Vice Chair, Chair

Dr. Jennifer Jocko
OB-GYN, Department Chief, Obstetrics and Gynecology, HSN

Dr. Kevan Saidi
Orthopedic Surgeon, HSN

Dr. Brad Long
Family Physician / Hospitalist, HSN

Kristy Côté, PhD
Administrative Director, Family Medicine & Strategic Advisor to the President, NOSM University

Northern Cancer Foundation Board Member (Past Chair)

Joseph Colasimone
Nursing Student, Laurentian University

Dr. Robert Ohle
Vice President, Academic and Research Impact, HSNRI Emergency Physician, HSN Heart & Stroke Foundation

NOSM University Chair in Indigenous and Rural Health Research

Dawn Morissette
Chief Executive Officer, Services de santé de Chapleau Health Services

Joanne Gervais
Directrice générale, l’Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario du grand Sudbury

HSN Francophone Advisory Committee Member