Program

Setting the tone: Leading together through uncertainty

Reflections on healthcare disruption and leadership in the age of volatility Brian Golden, Professor, Strategic Management, Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy, Rotman

David Coletto CEO Abacus Data

Format: Interactive plenary + table work Purpose: Develop a shared understanding of the collective value of Canada’s child and youth health ecosystem Key Questions: What unites organizations providing health services to children and youth, academia, and philanthropy? What makes child and youth health a distinct national priority? How would we explain our value in one powerful sentence? Output: • Draft collective value proposition • Shared language for advocacy and partnerships

Format: Facilitated plenary with interactive mapping and small-group work- group within geographic regions Purpose: To clarify the distinct and complementary roles of federal, provincial, and territorial actors—and their associated organizations—in advancing child and youth health, and to align advocacy and action across jurisdictions to reduce duplication, close coordination gaps, and strengthen collective impact. Focus: Participants will map how different parts of the ecosystem contribute to shared priorities, examining levers such as: • Health system leadership and scale (provincial/territorial) • Academic medicine and research translation • Philanthropic capital and influence • Policy leadership, public narrative, and public trust (federal and national) Key Questions: • What are the unique responsibilities and levers at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels? • Where do efforts unintentionally duplicate or work at cross-purposes? • Where are the biggest gaps in leadership, coordination, or ownership? • How can federal advocacy reinforce—rather than conflict with—provincial healthcare reform agendas? • How can national organizations amplify provincial efforts without overruling them? • What principles should guide coordinated child and youth health advocacy across jurisdictions? Outputs: • A Collective Action Map identifying priority issues, lead and supporting roles (by jurisdiction), and required enablers (data, funding, policy, narrative) • A short set of principles for coordinated FPT child and youth health advocacy • 3-5 concrete collaboration actions across CHC, PCC, CIHR, and CCHF to improve alignment, timing, and messaging Facilitator - Brian Golden

Alignment tells us who does what. Behaviour determines whether it works. This conversation is about the leadership discipline required to make coordination real rather than aspirational Format: Facilitated plenary discussion with small-group reflection and commitment-setting Purpose: To move beyond structural alignment and identify the practical behaviour changes required by leaders and organizations to make coordinated action across jurisdictions possible and effective. Rationale: Even with shared priorities and clarified roles, collective action fails without shifts in how leaders behave day to day. This session focuses on the human and organizational practices that enable trust, coordination, and follow-through in a constrained and complex system. Facilitator - Brian Golden

Government Relations Consultant

Emily Gruenwoldt

Join us for a reception and continue the conversation with Parliamentarians, colleagues and partners