Inclusion Works '13: Formula for

Success

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan April 29, 2013

Presentation Overview

• Saskatoon Health Region Profile

• Representative Workforce & Aboriginal Health

• SHR’s Engagement Practice

Saskatoon Health Region Profile

Our Vision: Healthiest People, Healthiest Communities, Exceptional Service

Our Mission: We improve health through excellence and innovation in service, education and research, building on the strengths of our people and partnerships

Our Values: Respect; Compassion; Excellence; Stewardship; Collaboration

Saskatoon Health Region (SHR)• SHR is the hub of Saskatchewan and

provides services to 71 communities

and up to 300,000 residents in and out of the SHR area

• The largest health region in the province, serving approximately 318,000 local residents in more than 100 cities, towns, villages, RMs and First Nations communities

• Largest employer in Saskatchewan with approximately 13000 employees

SHR Cont’d

• An organization providing services and programs in more than 75 facilities, including 10 hospitals (including three tertiary hospitals in Saskatoon), 29 long term care facilities, and numerous primary health care sites, public health centres, mental health and addictions centres, and community-based settings

Representative Workforce & Aboriginal Health

• Retention – Peer networking– Mentorship– Exit Interviews

• Recruitment– Scholarships Program– Gabriel Dumont Institution (GDI)– Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC)– Saskatchewan Indian Institute Technology

• Step Into Health Careers program– Pre-Employment Entry level training

program– SHR Award

• Cultural Competency – Baseline data for developing – Cultural Competency Framework– Cultivating Change

Representative Workforce Strategy

Representative Workforce & Aboriginal Health

• Aboriginal Health Strategy – recommendations from Strengthening the Circle project

• Aboriginal Health Council– TOR to be presented in

November for final approval by member leadership

• Translation Services

• Cultural Spiritual Helpers

• SK Children’s Hospital

Aboriginal Health

Community Engagement

• Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC)• Federation of Saskatchewan

Indian Nations (FISN)• Saskatchewan Indian Institute

of Technologies (SIIT)• Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI)• Metis Nation – Saskatchewan

(MN-S)• Whitecap Dakota First Nation• Health Canada – First Nation

Inuit Health Branch

Questions?