Welcome to our Community of Practice!

In today's fast-paced world, facilitating knowledge sharing, collaboration, and coordination among supply chain teams and stakeholders across Canada is more crucial than ever, especially in supporting healthcare delivery.

The Community of Practice brings together a diverse range of expertise, represented by a Pan-Canadian team of researchers and over 60 partner organizations. This collaborative approach is central to our mission, ensuring that we harness the collective wisdom and experience of our network to drive meaningful change in healthcare supply chain practices.

Advancing Resilience

Strengthen supply chain resilience in Canadian health systems for post-pandemic recovery, locally and globally.

Expected Outcomes

Promoting Sustainability

Support a robust, sustainable health workforce through strategic supply chain initiatives for economic recovery and stability.

Foster Self-Reliance

Design, implement, and scale supply chain strategies leveraging cross-jurisdictional expertise and domestic supplier networks to enhance economic self-reliance.

Workgroup Solutions

Meet the Workgroup Leaders

  • Dr. Anne Snowdon

    Leadership & Policy

  • Judy Birdsell

    Citizen Forum Co-Lead

  • Don McLeod

    Citzen Forum Co-Lead

  • Jay Singh

    Sourcing, Procurement, & Collaborative Stockpile Strategy

  • Tony Williams

    Sourcing, Procurement, & Collaborative Stockpile Strategy

  • Dr. Colleen Metge

    Digital Supply Chain

  • Nancy Pakieser

    Digital Supply Chain

  • Ron Johnson

    Domestic Supplier Network Sustainability

  • Jayson Myers

    Domestic Supplier Network Sustainability

  • Dr. Kathleen MacMillan

    Workforce Sustainability

  • Dr. Trevor Jamieson

    Workforce Sustainability

  • Dr. Christian Leuprecht

    Supply Chain Security & Sustainability

  • Rick Prinzen

    Supply Chain Security & Sustainability

Dialogue Forums

Dialogue Forums bring together Community of Practice members to mobilize the respective strengths, insights and expertise of multi-sectoral partners across federal agencies, provincial health systems, private sector partners and citizens. These events provide participants an opportunity to share knowledge and identify collaborative pathways to build co-designed solutions.

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