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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…
Exploring the Benefits of Institutional Membership at the CFD: The Michener Institute joins!
We had the opportunity to speak with Jordan Holmes, Senior Manager, Centre for Learning, Innovation, and Simulation. He is also a CFD Member and active contributor to the CFD within our Executive Committee. Jordan was instrumental in bringing the benefits of CFD membership to faculty…
Celebrating 10 Years of NEAL: In Conversation with Ernie Lam, NEAL Alumni
We had the opportunity to speak with Ernie Lam, NEAL alumni from the 2015/2016 cohort, active contributor to the CFD and NEAL program as a selection committee member, and this year as a Coach. Q: We are so thrilled to see you join this…
Celebrating 10 Years of NEAL: Reflections from our NEAL Program Lead, Cate Creede
We caught up with the new Program Lead for the New and Evolving Academic Leaders (NEAL) program, Dr. Cate Creede. This is the 10th year of the NEAL program, and we were excited to learn more from Cate about the past, present and future of…
