This webinar presents the Atleo Centre for Compassionate Leadership’s “Ya’akstulth: Leading with Compassion in a Tumultuous Era,” which explores leadership rooted in relationality, compassion, and cultural integration. It introduces a philosophy that emphasizes “adding no more harm,” building connection before content, and fostering self-connection and resilience. The session reflects on how compassionate leadership can support collaboration, trust, and innovation in complex health and social systems. It features Heather Atleo and Shawn Atleo, who share their experiences and approach to leadership grounded in Indigenous and Western teachings, relational practice, and transformative system change.
This webinar explores how healthcare organizations in Canada and internationally are increasingly estimating their full scope of greenhouse gas emissions, both direct and indirect. It examines what organizations can gain from these efforts while also considering the limitations of using emissions estimation as a tool to drive health system change.
This webinar in the Leadership and strategy for sustainable health systems series is the sixth 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 third 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 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 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.
Guided by CASCADES’ playbook “Strategic Planning for Planetary Health and Sustainable Care” this tool provides seven organizational practices to guide and advance strategic planning for sustainable healthcare. This tool is not a scorecard; it is a reflective guide to support dialogue, alignment, and strategic decision-making within leadership structures to advances strategic planning for planetary health and sustainable care. After completing the assessment, you will receive a summary report of your responses by email.
