RequestforStudentApplications

VernissageHealth:LeadershipandLeadingChangeinHealth:ADialogueSeries

(JanuarytoApril2020)

ConceptDialoguecanbeapowerfulcatalystfortransformativelearningandsystemicchange.ThisisthecentralideabehindaninitiativecalledVernissageHealth™,are-interpretationofthe18thcentury“salon”asaforumforcontemporaryleadershipdevelopment.SupportedbyIHPMEandRotmanfaculty,VernissageHealth™isaninnovativeleadershipdevelopmentopportunityin2020.

VernissageHealth™bringstogethertwoleadershipgroupsina“salon”environmentfordialogueaboutleadershipandhealthsystemtransformation:graduatestudentsfromtheInstituteforHealthPolicy,ManagementandEvaluation(IHPME)andtheRotmanSchoolofManagementembarkingoncareersinhealth(emergingleaders)andlatecareerseniorexecutivesandleadersintransitionfromestablished,successfulcareersacrossbroadsectorsinhealth(experiencedleaders).ThescopeofexperiencedleaderswillincludeCEOsandseniorexecutivesintheprivateandpublicsectors–consultants,hospitals,advocacyandprofessionalassociations,government,andphysicianleadersinmanagement.

Dialoguesessionsprovideauniqueopportunityfortheseleaderstoselfreflect,shareexperiences,andexchangeconceptsandideasaboutleadership.Ultimately,thisuniqueexperiencewillhelpimpactanddevelopemergingleaderswhocansuccessfullynavigatepositivechangewithinCanada’shealthsystemforthefuture.

ObjectivesThedialoguesessionsaredesignedtoprovideapositive,informallearningenvironmentthatachievesthefollowingobjectives:

• fostersinsightsandauthenticconversationaboutleadershipandleadingchangeinhealthorganizations,thebroaderhealthsystem,thecommunityandsocietyatlarge;

• allowsnetworking,createsrelationshipandsharedlearningamongandbetweenparticipantswhoareemergingandexperiencedleadersinhealth;

• providestheopportunitytoexaminediverseexperiences,thoughtsandinsightsaboutthechallengesfacinghealthleadersnowandinthefuture

• allowsparticipantstolearnaboutandexperiencedialogueanditscoreelementsasaformofcommunicationthatcanfacilitateengagement,changeandtransformation.

ThefoundationofVernissageHealth™isaseriesoffivesmallgroupsessions—or“hostedconversations”–scheduledonMondaysfromJanuarytoApril2020.Herearethedetails:

• January27• February10• March2• March23• April20

Allsessionsareheldat155CollegeStreet,from4:30pmtoapproximately7:30pm.Giventhatdialogueandrelationshipsbuildovertime,selectedparticipantsareexpectedtocommittoattendallsessionsinperson.

ApplicationInstructionsandApplicationDeadline:4p.m.onFriday,October25,2019ApplicationsareopentoallIHPMEgraduatestudents,inadvancedstagesofstudy,aswellasgraduatestudentsenrolledintheCenterofBioethicswithinDLSPH.

PleasesubmittwoMicrosoftWordDocumentswiththefollowingfilenames:

1. Sendcoveremailandanswerstotheapplicationquestions(seebelow)savedasfirstname.lastname.IHPMEVernissageapplication

2. Yourcurriculumvitae(maximumoftwopages)savedasfirstname.lastname.CV

ApplicationQuestions:(Pleaseanswerthefollowingthreequestionswithinthewordlimit).

1. Pleasebrieflydescribethequalities,skillsorexperiencesyoupossessthatwouldmakeyouanidealparticipantinsuchadialogueseries.(250wordmax.)

2. Pleasebrieflydescribeyourcareergoalsasaleaderinhealthandhowtheexperienceofthisdialogueserieswouldcontributetoorsupportthesegoals.(250wordmax.)

3. Whataspectwithinthehealthsystem,communityorsocietyatlargedoyoumoststronglyfeelrequireschangeandtransformationandwhereyoumightfocusyourattentionasaleader?Pleaseidentifyhowyoufeelthisissuemightchangeorevolveinfuture.(250wordsmax.)

Formoreinformationaboutthisinitiative,pleasecontactWendyNelson,IHPMEProjectLeadatwnelson@rogers.com.CompletedapplicationsshouldbesenttoVernissage@utoronto.canolaterthan4p.m.onFriday,October25,2019.