Vol.5 No.15 | July 26, 2012

News and notes

• The Margret Comack Award of Excellence in Nursing Leadership. Call for Nominations is now open.
• Healthcare tops agenda at premiers' meeting today
• OMA confuses its self-interest with healthcare
• Ross Memorial Hospital not cutting nurse numbers
• B.C.'s health system needs huge overhaul‎
• Nurse who bullied co-workers could fight for her job back
• No Duty To Train Medical Manager On Ladder Use: Not Part Of His Job, Says Ontario Court
• Seniors care is a solution to crowded hospitals
• Sask.'s chief medical officer returning to the land Down Under
• Toronto ERs feel weight of downtown condo boom
• Should I tell 'No Spring Chicken' her skirt is too short for the office?
• Ten must-ask job interview questions
• How to strike back against workplace bullying
• This one question kills a good interview and reveals absolutely nothing
• U.S. hospital tech arrested after 30 infected with hepatitis C with tainted needles
• More news here

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Transitions

Dr. Michael Kawaja to Associate Dean, Life Sciences and Biochemistry in the Faculty of Health Sciences, Queens University.
Mark Rochon to Associate in KPMG’s Global Healthcare Centre of Excellence
Claire Duboc to the Board of Trustees, The Hospital for Sick Children
Timothy H. Penner to the Board of Trustees, The Hospital for Sick Children
Cheryl V. Reicin to the Board of Trustees, The Hospital for Sick Children
Terrence (Terry) Sullivan to the Board of Trustees, The Hospital for Sick Children
Leslee Thompson to Board of Directors of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Arnprior Regional Health is the new name of the Arnprior District Memorial Hospital and its related facilities
Tanya Hickey to Arnprior Regional Health Board of Directors
Jay Johnston to Arnprior Regional Health Board of Directors
Cathy Jordan to Arnprior Regional Health Board of Directors
Misheck Mwaba to Arnprior Regional Health Board of Directors
Hugh Brownlee  to Arnprior Regional Health Board of Directors
Dr. Denis Roy, President and CEO of Health Sciences North/Horizon Santé-Nord (HSN), has been named the 2012 Most Outstanding Regional Health Care Executive Worldwide
Catherine Hunter to Director, PwC Canada
Dr. Simon Moore elected to President of the Canadian Association of Interns and Residents
Paula MacNeil to President, Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA)
Dr. Amy Kaise to Director SickKids Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Irit Shay to Director SickKids Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Jordan Bitove to Director SickKids Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Nancy McCain to Director SickKids Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Walied Soliman to Director SickKids Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Jonathon Lyon to President & CEO, Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sharilyn Hale to President and CEO The Hincks-Dellcrest Foundation, Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Craig McFadyen to Regional Vice President, Mississauga Halton Regional Cancer Services

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