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Head "Back to School" This Fall with Vernissage Health - Two Opportunities to Enhance Your Leadership Practice
- wnelson19
- 10 hours ago
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Join the Vernissage Health Leaders Book Club - Monday, October 26 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Health systems are some of the most intricate systems we encounter, and transforming them can seem daunting, even for our most experienced leaders. We often feel helpless when faced with persistent "wicked" challenges. But what if the ability to create change isn't just for a select few? What if leaders like us adopted a few simple daily habits and became extraordinary agents of change?
Read Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement by Adam Kahane (a Member of the Order of Canada and a leading expert in designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder change processes).
Then join the Vernissage Health community, along with author Adam Kahane, who will host our discussion. Drawing from thirty years of experience with change makers in over fifty countries, Kahane will help us explore the seven daily habits that empower everyday leaders to achieve remarkable results. Share how you've applied or wish to apply these habits to your own work.
Prior to the session, registered participants will be asked to post one insight and question they've taken away from reading the book. These questions will be addressed by Adam during the first hour of the session.
After the first hour, we will set aside time for small group storytelling among health leaders at various career stages, reflecting on how we have transformed or wish to transform the systems we lead and serve.
Our discussions are always guided by the Vernissage Health dialogue touchstones, ensuring a safe space for sharing leadership stories. These stories will help us uncover the inner work required for change and explore how we can shift from feeling powerless to creating the change we desire.
Register for the upcoming virtual Vernissage Health book discussion on Monday, October 26th, 2026 from 7 - 8:30pm. Reflective questions to accompany your reading will be provided to early registrants!
Happy reading!
Apply NOW - 2027 Early Career Health Leaders (ECHL) Program
"A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself" - Oprah Winfrey
Applications to the 2027 ECHL program are now open! Kick start or rekindle your leadership practice! The Early Career Health Leaders program supports and develops early to middle career leaders to successfully navigate the complexities of health leadership in order to have impact and create positive change within Canada’s health system.
This unique program is aimed at early to mid career health leaders who:
are currently in leadership roles in health (leadership roles are broadly defined to include leadership positions or roles in health organizations as well as leadership in health advocacy or community development).
in later stages of completing a Masters or PhD health related program or have completed a graduate degree in health care in the past 5-7 years (including graduate programs in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Rotman School of Management, IHPME and DLSPH) and other universities and colleges with graduate programs in health;
Apply early! Offers of participation are issued as applications are processed. Application Deadline: November 20, 2026.
To apply to the program, please complete the following:
Attend an information session this fall (optional but recommended).
Register Now
Send cover letter and curriculum vitae to Vernissage@utoronto.ca.
Complete the application survey ECHL Application Survey
For more information about the ECHL program, please contact Wendy Nelson, Founder and Project Lead at wendy.nelson@utoronto.ca or visit ECHL Program
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