This webinar explores how sustainability and quality of care are closely linked within health systems, and how Quality Improvement (QI) can support the transition toward environmentally responsible healthcare. It discusses frameworks and principles for QI and how sustainability can be embedded into improvement efforts at both organizational and provincial levels to reduce environmental impacts while maintaining or improving care quality.
This webinar features Jeffrey Tochkin sharing his experiences navigating the health impacts of climate emergencies and outlining the cycle of preparedness, response, and recovery. It explores lessons learned through a leadership lens and discusses strategies to strengthen health system resilience, emphasizing the role of health organizations in supporting broader societal resilience during increasingly complex climate-related emergencies.
This webinar explores how programmatic change initiatives connect high-level provincial strategy with frontline organizational action to advance sustainability in healthcare. It features sustainability leaders David Smith and Caroline Stigant, who share insights on operationalizing sustainability within clinical sectors, including surgical quality improvement, planetary health initiatives, and environmentally sustainable kidney care. The session is part of the Leadership and Strategy for Sustainable Health Systems series.
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the fifth of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the second of seven events highlighting seven organizational practices to advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. These practices are presented in the upcoming CASCADES playbook Strategic Planning for Sustainable Healthcare. The series is organized in partnership with the with the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business/Centre for Climate and Business Solutions, the Sandra Rotman Centre for Health Sector Strategy at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, Dalhousie University Faculty of Management, and other university partners
This webinar explores how Fraser Health, Interior Health, and Vancouver Coastal Health developed Planetary Health strategies to support climate-resilient, sustainable, and low-carbon health systems between 2023 and 2024. It features authors of a new CASCADES resource, including Karen Reutlinger, Amanda McKenzie, Kady Hunter, and Breanna Gregory, who discuss governance, leadership, strategic alignment, measurement, and key lessons for organizations developing similar sustainability strategies.
This webinar explores how climate change and environmental degradation pose growing risks to health systems, while healthcare itself contributes significantly to carbon emissions, resource use, and pollution. It features teams from Interior Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Fraser Health, who share their Climate Change and Sustainability Roadmap and Planetary Health strategies, including how these plans were developed and integrated into organizational decision-making.
This is an example of a Terms of Reference for a working group, task force, community of practice, or similar network. The categories suggested here can be merged or grouped in different ways and not all are relevant to all groups. It is best to use this guide as a heuristic rather than as a template.
The Organizational Readiness Playbook compiles resources to answer these questions, so that organizations can move forward strategically. It provides a framework for completing a high-level readiness assessment & identifies priority areas of focus & opportunities to increase the visibility & impact of sustainability efforts.
Between 2023-2024, three British Columbia Health Authorities—Fraser Health, Interior Health, and Vancouver Coastal Health—developed Planetary Health organizational strategies, with the aim to guide and inform each organization’s efforts and priorities in creating a climateresilient, sustainable and low-carbon health system.
