Northern Lights 2022 Speakers
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Dr. Zaki Ahmed
Associate Professor - Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Former Chief of Staff, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Critical Care Physician, Master of Health Sciences (Health Administration), Former Chief Department Internal Medicine, Fund raiser for Regional Food Distribution Authority (RFDA), advocate for patient safety with a leadership vision of the “Right care at the right time in the right place by the right provider".
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Amanda Bjorn
Business Coaching Advantage Certified Coach
Former Executive Vice President, People, Culture & Strategy at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, former occupational therapist, Registered Corporate Coach, experience coaching leaders within healthcare, educational, and business organizations, creator of the “ME to We to ALL” human development framework, particular interest in working with leaders who want to make a difference and work on the hard stuff to step out of ME and focus on the greater good for the We and the All.
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Dr. Jennifer Kwan
Family Physician & Health Advocate
Known for her daily synthesis of Ontario COVID-19 data in a series of accessible graphs, Co-founded Masks4Canada group to advocate for masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission, Co-founded Doctors for Justice in Long-Term Care campaign to call on Ontario Government to take action to control spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes, Freelance artist and graphic designer, Founder of mental health initiative 10/10 moment, Recipient of multiple awards including 2021 Pillars of the Pandemic Award (University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health), 2021 Award of Excellence (Ontario College of Family Physicians), 2021 Power List of Top 30 Canadian Doctors (Medical Post).
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Dr. Homer Tien
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Trauma and acute care surgeon, President & CEO Ornge, Former Chair, Ontario COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, Member, Ontario Vaccine Secretariat, Lead Operation Remote Immunity, Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology, Former Director of Trauma Services at Tory Regional Trauma Centre, Colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces Health Services, Current Canadian Forces Major Sir Frederick Banting Term Chair in Military Trauma Research.
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Dr. Nel Wieman
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority
Deputy Chief Medial Officer, First Nations Health Authority, Anishinaabe (Little Grand Rapids First Nation), Lives works and plays on unceded territory of Coast Salish peoples – səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, President Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada, Executive Committee Member National Consortium on Indigenous Medical Education, , Appointment BC Provincial In Plain Sight Task Team (Help resolve Indigenous specific racism in healthcare and make system culturally safe for Indigenous peoples and all people in BC), Faculty appointments Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, McMaster University.