About the Conference
The 2025 Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership is the premier event for physician leaders looking to enhance their skills, broaden their networks and address the most pressing challenges in today’s healthcare system.
This year’s program offers practical leadership strategies through expert-led plenaries, interactive workshops and peer-to-peer discussions to tackle leadership and healthcare challenges with purpose.
The conference also serves as a platform to honor the recipients of the Chris Carruthers Excellence in Medical Leadership Award and celebrate the latest cohort of Canadian Certified Physician Executives.
What Will I Gain from Attending This Conference?
Through dynamic sessions and face-to-face conversations with colleagues and thought leaders, attendees will have the opportunity to:
- Explore how courageous and compassionate leadership can transform workplace culture and strengthen trust, resilience, and collaboration within healthcare teams.
- Examine the leadership behaviours that foster psychological safety, enabling teams to address difficult issues such as conflict, bullying, and system pressures.
- Develop strategies to lead through uncertainty and complexity, including navigating system change, organizational resistance, and evolving health system demands.
- Strengthen your capacity for authentic leadership through reflection on personal values, vulnerability, and effective communication.
- Learn practical approaches to supporting physician well-being and professional fulfillment while creating healthier work environments.
- Understand the role of physician leaders in addressing emerging global challenges, including planetary health and climate-related impacts on healthcare systems.
- Identify actionable leadership tools to build stronger teams, promote accountability, and inspire meaningful engagement across organizations.
- Explore how courageous conversations and compassionate leadership can drive meaningful system change.
- Connect leadership values to daily practice, transforming intentions such as courage, kindness, and integrity into concrete actions.
For more information:
Colleen Galasso
E-mail: colleen@physicianleaders.ca
Phone: 613-369-8322 (please leave a message)