HSI&SP
(Steph's Team)
(Steph's Team)
Public Health works with community partners ACCKWA, Sanguen, and Healing of the Seven Generations in this collaborative initiative with Community Services Department.
What is the Emergency Shelter & Harm Reduction Initiative (ESHRII)?
(Rebecca)
This committee involves over 20 members and aims to provide access to mental health and addiction services through paramedic transport to a community-based care setting.
What is the Alternate Destination Clinics Steering Committee?
(Heather Nelson)
The name of the Lean project currently happening within Support Services which will impact all new employees coming into Public Health.
What is the Public Health Onboarding Lean Project?
(Kirsten Keil-Mehlenbacher)
A circumstance that occurs when the personal health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) has been violated. And Personal Health Information (PHI) is compromised.
What is a Privacy Breach?
(Saana)
This world traveler has visited 23 countries to date but is planning to tour more of their home country this summer.
Who is Steph Watson?
Falls Prevention is a topic covered in the Public Health training organized by SPS for this division within ROWPHP.
What is Paramedic Services?
(Katelyn)
Peer Workers in this program recovered over 30,400 needles, 9,400 glass pipes, and over 5,800 litres of Harm Reduction supplies across Waterloo Region in 2023.
What is the WINS Program?
(Georgia)
These 2 positions on the BAP team will work side-by-side to facilitate, track and plan the upcoming workstation and equipment moves on the 2nd and 3rd floors.
Who are the Project Coordinator and Clerk?
(Bailey Dearling)
This plan for PHP is developed yearly in conjunction with the 5-year Corporate Strategic Plan.
What is the Annual Business Plan (ABP)?
(Lyndsay)
This team member got their start in the working world repossessing cars from purchasers who defaulted on their loan payment.
Who is Rhonda?
One of public health’s long-standing programs that has been operating since 1988.
What is the Peer Program?
(Ashley and Sabrina)
This program collaborates with 25 local partners to distribute medicine that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses.
What is the Ontario Naloxone Program?
The number of Ministry Financial Reports completed in a calendar year for Public Health (not including Paramedic Services).
What is 17?
(Kim McDonald)
The standard turnaround time for ClinicalConnect, Panorama, iPHIS, ISCIS, and OHISS account creation.
What is "up to 5 business days"?
(Xiaofei)
This extremely talented team member writes with their non dominant hand due to influence of a grandparent with a military background.
Who is James?
Newly launched in 2024, this Departmental initiative involves three focus areas: a responsive and inclusive workforce, building capacity, and coordination and knowledge sharing.
What is the Departmental Reconciliation and Equity Plan? (will also accept Equity Plan as new name has not yet been communicated widely)
(Cheryl and Sabrina)
A team comprised of 22 ACBi, Indigenous, and Racialized youth who allocated almost $1M in funding.
What is the Youth Decision Making Team?
(Zainab)
This role oversees administrative tasks, ensuring organizational policies, procedures, systems and protocols are developed and implemented.
Who are Supervisors, Program Administration?
(Sonja Hollingworth)
EDH has spent significant time on ensuring the accessibility of this public-facing Power BI report by adding alt-text to all elements of the report and testing its effectiveness with screen readers, with the help of Lyndsay McCallum.
What is the Annual Infectious Disease Surveillance Report?
(Sana)
This good Samaritan has donated their hair at least 4 times.
Who is Mai?
The 5 focus areas for this plan are: Supportive Ways of Working, Connecting & Sharing, Commitment to Learning, Aligned Action, and Transparent Decision Making & Timely Communication.
What is the Public Health Staff Wellness Action Plan?
(Rebecca and Katelyn)
Provides access to research articles, supports literature searching, and facilitates research training.
What is the PHO Shared Library Service?
(Katie)
This group of casual employees provides temporary administrative coverage for the department.
Who are Relief Clerks?
(Trisha Miller)
Other than public health or health informatics training, these are degrees and certifications held by various members of the EDH team adding to the interdisciplinary nature of EDH.
What are Master of Science in Statistics, Master of Science in Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Licensed Hair Stylist, and Bachelor of Environmental Studies?
(Bingying)
This studious individual Studied math and Spanish in undergrad.
Who is Katie?