December 2023

OPA PRESIDENT’S YEAR END MESSAGE

2023-12-12T14:19:23-05:00December 12th, 2023|Advocacy, Association Planning, Interaction|

What the #$%@$% is OPA doing? What are we doing? This is a question that OPA gets often. While the answer can be found in our various communications, we do know that it takes time to stay up-to-date on Association activities. We are working on making it easier and faster for you to find [...]

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December 2018

ANNUAL STRATEGY DAY FOR HOME AND HOSPITAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES

2020-09-14T17:24:37-04:00December 18th, 2018|Association Planning, Leadership, Volunteers|

The Home Care Advisory Committee (HCAC) and the Hospital Advisory Committee (HAC) met on November 17, 2018 in Toronto for their annual in-person meeting. The morning started off with a very informative presentation on bundled funding (integrated funding models) delivered by Chris Sulway, Vice President, Quality Performance and Accountability, and Luciano Veta, Manager, Contracts [...]

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September 2018

PARTNERSHIPS TO WEATHER STORMS & CHANGE

2020-09-14T17:24:39-04:00September 6th, 2018|Advocacy, Association Planning, Leadership|

The border between Canada and the United States running from Little Gold Creek to Campobello is often reported as the longest undefended border in the world. Citizens north and south of the border have lived in relative harmony for the better part of two centuries. There is a high likelihood that one of the [...]

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December 2017

OPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS STRATEGIC PLANNING DAY

2020-09-14T17:24:43-04:00December 11th, 2017|Association Planning, Leadership|

On November 25 the OPA Board and senior staff met with Danny Nashman and Catherine Creede of the Potential Group to bring together all the information gathered, and build our new OPA 2018-2023 strategic plan as part of the national collaborative strategic plan. This year our process was intentionally different than it has been [...]

October 2017

COLLABORATING, PLANNING AND CREATING POSITIVE SPACE

2020-09-14T17:24:44-04:00October 31st, 2017|Association Planning, Innovation|

Once a year the Home Care Advisory Committee (HCAC) and the Hospital Advisory Committee (HAC) are fortunate to join forces and collaborate on past and present issues. This fall, on October 28, we met and had a guest speaker from the 519 who presented on LGBTQ health and physiotherapy, and creating positive spaces. The [...]

REFLECTIONS ON OPA’S PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CONNECT EVENT

2020-09-14T17:24:44-04:00October 18th, 2017|Association Planning, Professional Development|

Like many other professional development opportunities, the PHC Connect event taught me new skills to use immediately in my practice, drew on recent research, and provided a forum for participants to exchange ideas. The PHC Connect event, however, went a step further and helped each of us to reflect on how we consciously shape [...]

July 2017