January 30, 2006

Over the next four months, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre will engage in a strategic planning process that will transform our Regional, Community hospital to an Academic Health Sciences Centre that will be a source of pride and healing for present and future communities in Northwestern Ontario.

A Steering Committee comprised of 24 energetic and experienced staff and leadership from the Health Sciences Centre will provide oversight and strategic direction for the planning process. The composition of this committee represents both emerging and historical perspectives of where we have come from as an organization, and how we will contribute to the future health and vitality of our city and region.

The Steering Committee, with the support of expert strategic planning consultants from Queen’s University, will consult broadly with stakeholder groups and individuals from throughout Northwestern Ontario as we build a strategic plan that reflects our collective priorities for acute health services, education and research.

Through the planning process, we expect to make tough decisions about how our organization must change, where we must invest new resources and where these resources will come from. We will analyze areas for considerable performance improvement and make hard decisions about programs and services that may not be our strength or our core business.

The strategic plan will lead to a tangible blue print for our future, embedded in concrete initiatives and actions. It will breathe new life into Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and demand substantive changes to organizational culture and traditional paradigms.

If you would like to know more about the strategic planning process, I invite you to review the PowerPoint presentation (Adobe PDF 89 KB) that is linked to this site.

Sincerely,

Ron Saddington
President & CEO

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