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20 Years of Stepping Stones: In Conversation with Tova
This year, CFD is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our inaugural Stepping Stones program! We recently interviewed Tova Nathanson, Clinical Dietitian, about her experience with the program as a former participant and a Journal Club facilitator. Q: Tell us a little about yourself and your…
20 Years of Stepping Stones: In Conversation with Julia Lee
This year, CFD is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our inaugural Stepping Stones program! We recently interviewed Julia Lee, Simulation Educator, Respiratory Therapist, and Stepping Stones grad (2023), about her experience in the program. Q: Tell us a little about yourself and your involvement in…
20 Years of Stepping Stones: In Conversation with Ivan Silver
This year, CFD is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our inaugural Stepping Stones program! We recently had the opportunity to interview Ivan Silver, the inaugural Director of the CFD, about how Stepping Stones began and how it’s changed. Q: Tell us about yourself and your…
Exploring Institutional Membership with the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
This month, we had the opportunity to interview Dr. Rahim Karim, DC, MBA, CHE, ICD.D, President and CEO of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). We talked CCNM updates, changes in faculty development, and what institutional membership has in store for them. Q:…
Exploring Institutional Membership with Sunnybrook Health Sciences
We had the opportunity to connect with members of the annual Sunnybrook Education Conference planning committee (Ari Zaretsky, Elizabeth McLaney, Lisa Di Prospero, Agnes Ryzynski, and Christopher Townsend) to discuss their planning to date and joining the CFD this academic year as an Institutional Member.…
Member Event Highlights
Coaching: From What's the Matter to What Matters Thank you to all who joined us on Thursday May 25th, 2023 at our first hybrid Member Event with our guest speaker, Haesun Moon. It was great having such an engaged audience, both in-person and virtually. We…
Celebrating 10 Years of NEAL
NEAL 10th Anniversary Celebrations Thank you to all those who were able to join us on Thursday, May 11th, 2023 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the New and Evolving Academic Leaders (NEAL) program! It was incredible to see everyone in-person and celebrate the accomplishments…
Meet Euson Yeung, Program Lead for Education Scholars Program
Meet Euson Yeung, Program Lead for Education Scholars Program We are excited to announce Euson Yeung as our new Program Lead for our renewed Education Scholars Program (ESP). Get to know more about Euson and the ESP program in our interview! Congratulations on your new…
New Bursaries Announced for our Longitudinal Programs
We strive to engage a cohort with diverse perspectives, both in professional areas and lived experiences, to optimize the learning in our programs. As such, we are launching new bursaries in recognition that funding access varies across health professions and institutions.
Ashish Kumar’s Reflections as a Neurosurgery Educator
Dr. Ashish Kumar is a neurosurgeon at Sunnybrook and is cross-appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He joined the Division of Neurosurgery as a surgeon-educator, and his field of expertise is in cerebrovascular and endovascular surgery.…
Meet our new Associate Director, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization, Dr. Suzanne Zerger
We are proud to welcome Dr. Suzanne Zerger to the Centre for Faculty Development. Get to know our latest team member in an interview with our new Associate Director of Evaluation & Knowledge Mobilization. Q: Welcome to CFD! You are not new to Unity Health…
Celebrating 10 Years of NEAL: In Conversation with Shelley Craig, NEAL Coach
We had a conversation recently with Shelley L. Craig, PhD, RSW, LCSW. Shelley is a NEAL alumni from 2017 and an active contributor to the CFD and NEAL program as a Coach. Q: Thank you for your continued connection to the CFD as a Coach within…