Media Release

November 30, 2009

ATTN: NEWS / HEALTH EDITORS

Trillium’s Janet Davidson named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women

Trillium Health Centre President and CEO recognized by Women’s Executive Network™

MISSISSAUGA / WEST TORONTO, ON – The Women’s Executive Network™ (WXN) announced today that Janet Davidson, O.C., president and CEO, Trillium Health Centre, is one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

“I want to congratulate Janet on this well-deserved honour. She is an inspirational leader and an influential thinker whose strength derives from her intelligence, integrity, commitment and passion,” says Anne Sado, chair of Trillium Health Centre’s Board of Directors.
 
"Janet has a significant impact on public health care in our community and the entire country thanks to her expertise in regional integration, strategic partnerships and fiscal sustainability. We are proud to have her as Trillium's president and CEO.”

Janet Davidson was nominated and chosen for inclusion in the Top 100 by the WXN Advisory Board.

“I am very grateful, and humbled, by this honour,” she says. “I'd like to thank the many outstanding people with whom I work and from whom I learn so much. I have benefited throughout my life from the encouragement and support of exceptional people – many of whom are women – with whom I share a common goal: building a safe, high quality health care system in all our communities.

“I also want to thank the Women’s Executive Network for this recognition and for the excellent work it does, helping women develop professionally as managers and executives through mentoring and networking opportunities.”

"I am proud that there is no glass ceiling in the health care sector, as evidenced by the many hospital CEOs, including myself, who started as nurses providing care to patients and now bring that clinical experience to the executive suite. I wish the WXN much success in its work supporting women in all sectors and industries in realizing their potential for career advancement."

Mississauga South MPP Charles Sousa says, “I have witnessed first hand Janet’s commitment and dedication to Trillium Health Centre and to the well being of our community. I have always been impressed by her ability to motivate and inspire others. 2 Janet is a champion in the public health sector and most worthy of being named one of Canada's Most Powerful Women."

Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion, a strong supporter of Trillium with whom Janet has worked closely since taking the reins at Trillium, summed up Janet's contribution. "Janet's commitment to innovation in the field of health care and her genuine concern for the well-being of the community is most inspiring. The City of Mississauga depends greatly on the efforts of individuals like Janet Davidson whose many contributions have helped improve the quality of life for many in Mississauga and beyond."

Biographical information

Janet M. Davidson, O.C., BScN, MHSA, LLD (Hon), joined Trillium Health Centre as President and CEO in March 2007. She has more than 30 years experience in health care management in the hospital, government and voluntary sectors in Ontario, B.C. and Alberta.

Janet graduated as a nurse from the Toronto East General Hospital, earned a BScN from the University of Windsor and has an MHSA from the University of Alberta.

Prior to joining Trillium, she was Chief Operating Officer - Vancouver Acute with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. Prior to that, Janet served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Toronto East General Hospital (TEGH.) She has also served as Assistant Deputy Minister of Health for Alberta, Chief Operating Officer for the Alberta Mental Health Board, and Chief Operating Officer of the University of Alberta Hospital.

In addition to her responsibilities at Trillium, she acted as Interim President and CEO of the Kingston General Hospital from July to December 2008, while that hospital was under government supervision.

Neatly interwoven into Janet’s career has been her volunteer work with the International Red Cross/Red Crescent, the largest voluntary humanitarian organization in the world. Honoured as an Officer of the Order of the Red Cross, Janet has volunteered for over 30 years (many in a senior governance capacity) fighting on the front lines of malaria and HIV/AIDS relief in Africa, rebuilding tsunami- and hurricane-affected countries, providing feeding programs in war-ravaged and drought-ridden countries, and protecting victims of conflict in different regions of the world.

In 2006, Davidson was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for her work with the Red Cross. She has also been recognized several times for her professional contributions, including the 1998 YMCA Woman of the Year Award in Business and Management, and, in 1999, the 125th Anniversary and Queen’s Jubilee Medals and recognition in Chatelaine’s Who’s Who of Canadian Women.

In 2004, she was a recipient of an Alumnae Honor Award from the University of Alberta, an honour replicated in May 2009, when she accepted the Allison Roach Alumna Award at Toronto's Branksome Hall. In June 2009, Janet received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Windsor.

About Trillium
Health Centre Trillium Health Centre is one of Canada’s largest academically-affiliated tertiary care hospitals with highly-specialized regional programs in advanced cardiac, vascular, stroke, neurosciences, orthopaedic, and sexual assault/domestic violence services. Housing a model ambulatory care centre and the largest free standing day surgery centre in North America, Trillium serves over one million residents in Peel and West Toronto and from other communities across Ontario. Last year Trillium’s doctors, staff and volunteers cared for more than 700,000 patients at the Mississauga (100 Queensway W.) and West Toronto (150 Sherway Dr.) locations. With the continued support of the Trillium Health Centre Foundation, the hospital’s fundraising arm, the twosite facility is attracting international attention for its innovative approach to providing safe, high quality health care services and has received numerous national awards for quality and innovation.

For more information, go to www.trilliumhealthcentre.org.

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