Education

Graduate in physiotherapy and occupational therapy (Université de Montréal)
Trained in case management (Association of Medical Case Managers, California)
Certificate in health services management

Professional Experience

Six years experience as a nanny
Five years experience as a pediatric physiotherapist and occupational therapist
Fourteen years experience as a program director and manager

Integrated Services for Northern Children (ISNC), Network North, Sudbury, Ontario
Children's Treatment Centre, Laurentian Hospital, Sudbury, Ontario

• Planning, organizing and evaluating services provided
• Management of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams
• Negotiation of agreements between government ministries and the community agencies benefiting from transfer payments
• Communication and interpretation of program operational elements with the staff within a context of developing a cohesive work team in the rural and urban communities
• Planning, administrating and forecasting annual budgets in the amount of three million dollars
• Evaluation of administrative procedures, submitting recommendations and implementing changes : management information system, policy and procedures manual, program evaluation and continual improvement
• Organizing and participating in corporate promotional activities with government representatives, other organizations, the media and the public

Related Career Experiences

• “Centre de Santé Communautaire”, Sudbury, Ontario
  Member of the Children's Committee
• Social Services Research and Advisory Group (SSRAG), Sudbury, Ontario
  Member of a committee in charge of identifying cases extremely difficult to service
• Association of Treatment Centres of Ontario (ATCO), Toronto, Ontario
  Member of an administrative group as representative of the Children's Treatment Centre, Laurentian Hospital
• Representative of Northern Ontario at the Administrative Council of ATCO
  Member of the professional consultants group and of the statistics committee
• Special Needs Services Program, Sudbury, Ontario
  Member of the Admissions Committee, later nominated president of this committee
• Sudbury-Manitoulin Regional Health Council, Sudbury, Ontario
  Member of the paediatrics committee, a sub-committee of the acute care committee
• Assistive Devices Program (ADP), Toronto, Ontario
  Member of the sub-committee on prosthetics and orthotics
• Victorian Order of Nurses, Sudbury, Ontario
  Member of the Administrative Council

Interests and Activities

• Alpine and cross-country skiing, cycling and hiking
• Computers
• Gourmet cooking
• Travelling