Decision-Making Partners

To provide first class learning opportunities in actual health services and policy making environments, the OTC has partnered and continues partnering with a significant number of leading-edge health care organizations (referred to as Decision-Making Partners, which include Managers and Policy Makers). 

Health services and policy organizations that supported the initial development of the OTC include:

• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Aboriginal Recruitment Coordination Office (ARCO)
• Canada’s Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies
• Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE)
• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• Canadian Nurses Association
• Ontario Association of Community Care Centres
• Northern Shores District Health Council
• St. Joseph’s Health Centre (Sudbury)
• Sudbury and District Health Unit (Public Health Research, Education, and Development Program)
• Sudbury Regional Hospital

A partial list of health services and policy organizations that have provided field placement (Policy Practicum) opportunities over the last five years include:

• Bluewater Health
• Canadian Blood Services
• Canadian  Expert Drug Advisory Committee
• Canadian Federation of Nurses
• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
• Health Canada (First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Natural Health Products Directorate NHPD, Public Health Agency of Canada, Women’s Health Bureau)
• Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Studies (ICES)
• Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)
• Northern Shores District Health Council
• Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy, Assistant Deputy Minister Office, Mental Health and Rehabilitation Policy Unit, Nursing Secretariat, Ontario Midwifery Program, Ontario Women’s Health Council, Population Health Unit, Women’s Health Institute Project)
• PalCare Network for York Region
• Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
• St. Michael’s Hospital
• University Health Network (UHN) Women’s Health Program
• Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services
• Women’s College Hospital