To Board Chairs, Lead MD/NPs and EDs of AFHTO-member organizations: Over the past 20 months many of you have interacted with Clarys Tirel, our Provincial Lead of the Governance and Leadership program, and former ED of the North York FHT and Mount Sinai FHTs. With deep sadness I am informing you that Clarys is leaving AFHTO. We are very grateful that she will stay to see us through to the end of the AFHTO annual conference (Oct.15-16). As some of you will know, Clarys has been caring for a number of people in her extended family and has felt the need to take a pause in her career. Clarys has been a huge contributor to AFHTO’s work. Among her accomplishments, she has:
- Developed a cadre of peer leaders from FHTs and NPLCs
- Run sessions of the Effective Governance for Quality in Primary Care program
- Delivered resources for FHT and NPLC boards: the Fundamentals of Governance ( guidebook, tools and videos), the Statutory Compliance Toolkit and others posted on the Governance page of the AFHTO members-only website.
- Launched and facilitated the ED Advisory Council (click here for members), the Governance and Leadership Advisory Committee (click here for members), and the Health Link leads group.
For AFHTO members, Clarys has been the voice of experience and encouragement to build confidence strengthen their capacity to lead and govern. For AFHTO staff, she has been an anchor to keep us strongly rooted in the reality of governing, managing and delivering patient care in an interprofessional primary care organization. She will be greatly missed. Recruitment for a new Provincial Lead for our Governance and Leadership Program begins immediately. Angie Heydon Executive Director
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