Organizational Structure

The CHN’s organizational structure is based on a model of shared governance. The CHN has three main components to its organizational structure – the Council, the Board of Directors, and a Coordinating Committee. A number of project task forces and working groups carry out the work of the Network.

COUNCIL
The Council is responsible for setting the direction and leading CHN toward fulfillment of its vision. Membership of Council includes a representative of the Board of Governors and the CEOs from each member organization.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the work of CHN, and developing and monitoring the implementation of CHN’s annual operating plan. The Board is made-up of members of Council appointed through an open nominations process. It meets six times per year.

  • REPRESENTATION

  • CCACs

  • Short Stay Paediatric Units/Level II Nurseries

  • Regional Children’s Health Centres/Level II Nurseries

  • Regional Children’s Health Centres/Advanced Level II Nurseries

  • Tertiary Care Centres

  • Physician Leads

  • CEO/ORGANIZATION

  • Cathy Szabo, Central Community Care Access Centre

  • Janet Beed, Markham-Stouffville Hospital

  • Rob Devitt, Toronto East General Hospital

  • Bonnie Adamson, North York General Hospital
    Carolyn Baker, St. Joseph’s Health Centre
    Brian Lemon, Lakeridge Health Corporation

  • Seonag Macrae, SickKids
    Sheila Jarvis, Bloorview Kids (Chair)
    Leo Steven, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

  • Glenn Berall, Chair, Paediatric Services Task Force
    Mathius Gysler, Chair, Maternal Newborn Services Task Force
    Jonathon Tolkin, CHN Medical Advisor

COORDINATING COMMITTEE
The Coordinating Committee is responsible for coordinating the work of the Council’s task forces and clusters to ensure that it is consistent with the Council’s strategic directions and annual operating plans. The Coordinating Committee is made up of one representative from each member organization, the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and the electronic Child Health Network (eCHN).

TASK FORCES
The CHN establishes task forces to address targeted areas and carry-out specific projects on behalf of the Network. Current task forces include:

  • Maternal/Newborn Services Task Force
  • Paediatric Services Task Force
  • The work of these Task Forces is supported by a number of working groups that carry out specific projects.

Regular meetings are also held with medical leadership representatives in the Network to advance issues of concern with respect to establishment of the regionalized system.

  • NORTH CLUSTER

    • Bloorview Kids*
    • Community Care Access Centre of York Region*
    • North York Community Care Access Centre
    • North York General Hospital
    • Southlake Regional Health Centre
    • Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre*
    • York Central Hospital

  • EAST CLUSTER

    • Community Care Access Centre of York Region*
    • Durham Access to Care
    • Lakeridge Health Corporation
    • Markham Stouffville Hospital
    • Rouge Valley Health System
    • Scarborough Community Care Access Centre
    • The Scarborough Hospital

  • CENTRAL CLUSTER

    • East York Access Centre
    • Humber River Regional Hospital
    • Mount Sinai Hospital*
    • St. Joseph’s Health Centre
    • St. Michael’s Hospital
    • The Hospital for Sick Children*
    • Toronto Community Care Access Centre
    • Toronto East General Hospital
    • York Community Care Access Central

  • WEST CLUSTER

    • Community Care Access Centre of Halton
    • Community Care Access Centre of Peel
    • Etobicoke Community Care Access Centre
    • Halton Healthcare Services
    • The Credit Valley Hospital
    • Trillium Health Centre
    • William Osler Health Centre
*member of two clusters

Further information on the planning clusters is available on this website in the CHN report titled Confirmation of Planning Clusters: Facilitating Local Planning for Maternal/Newborn and Children’s Services in the GTA" included in the Publications section of this website.