Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) are mandated to include patient, family, people with lived and living experiences and care partner engagement in all of our work in planning, design and decision-making processes. This dedicated group of community members act as representatives across many FLA OHT working groups, support structures and networks. They bring the lived and living experience to the co-design of our health care system.
Learn more about the Community Council
Paquet de bienvenue
Un dossier de bienvenue est disponible pour les nouveaux membres du Conseil communautaire de la FLA OHT. Il fournira des informations sur qui nous sommes et sur la manière dont vous pouvez contribuer à la construction d'un nouveau système de soins de santé.
Rencontrez les coprésidents
Le conseil communautaire est coprésidé par deux membres dévoués de la communauté, tous deux impliqués dans les soins de santé depuis de nombreuses années - Allan Katz et Dorothyanne Brown.
Principes et valeurs
Le Conseil communautaire défend de nombreux principes et valeurs dans tout le travail qu'il accomplit. Il s'agit notamment d'être inclusif, collaboratif, respectueux, transparent et bien plus encore.
Meet the Community Council Members
Dorothyanne Brown, Co-Chair
Community Member, Transitional Leadership Collaborative and Chronic Disease Prevention
Dorothyanne studied Nursing (Queen’s) and completed a Master of Economics (London, UK), then worked in Canada, the USA and the UK, in nursing, public health, and primary care. She has lived experience with chronic diseases and retired at the age of 50 with a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. Dorothyanne also supported her children with severe asthma, her parents with lengthy cancer battles and her mother-in-law in palliative care. She now enjoys writing, teaching and volunteering with the FLA OHT.
Brenda Luffman, Co-Chair
Community Member, Digital Technologies Support Structure
After Brenda graduated from Nursing at Queen’s she worked in the FLA region. After her initial work in critical care nursing and clinical education at Kingston General Hospital, she worked in management and senior leadership roles at Lennox and Addington County General Hospital and Providence Care Hospital. Now retired, Brenda’s career and caregiver experience has led to her join the FLA OHT journey to improve health-care access and increase use of digital health technologies
Susan Barberstock ?
Community Member, Transitional Leadership Collaborative, Indigenous Wellness Council
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Kate Brant
Community Member, Transitional Leadership Collaborative, Health Home, Palliative Care, Indigenous Wellness Council
Kate Brant is a stroke survivor and works in community health as an Indigenous Community Development Worker. Also known as Grandmother Kathy, she provides invaluable support through Indigenous openings, smudging and teaching at groups and events. Kate participates in multiple health and wellness tables, such as the Indigenous Health Council, the Indigenous Interprofessional Care Team, and provides training on Trauma-Informed Care, advocating for community resilience.
Lynn Brant ?resign
Community Member, Transitional Leadership Collaborative, Indigenous Wellness Council
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Helen Cooper
Community Member, Aging Well at Home Working Group and Wellness Network
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Sharon Coyle
Community Member, Access to Primary Care
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David Gorman
Community Member, Wellness Network
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Michael Judd
Community Member, Primary Care Network, Social Determinants of Health Community of Practice
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Allan Katz
Community Member, Wellness Network, Social Determinants of Health Community of Practice, and the Réseau de santé
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Alastair Lamb
Community Member, Integrated Addictions & Mental Health Network
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Latré Lawson
Community Member, unattached to a working group
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Larry Meikle
Community Member, Integrated Addictions & Mental Health Network
Larry graduated from York University and worked in management at the LCBO. He returned to university after retiring and achieved a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Writing and later a Post-Masters Certificate in Teaching Creative Writing. Larry participated in Centre for Addiction and Mental Health research and shared with public audiences how that experience helped him deal with his own depression and anxiety.
Angela Morin
Community Member, Communication & Engagement Support Structure
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Eleanor Plain
Community Member, Palliative Care Partnership
Eleanor is retired now after working in the field of health-care in Kingston for many years. She brings a broad range of experience to the FLA OHT. Primarily employed as a senior health-care
administrator in local community and hospital health-care organizations, such as the Community Care Access Centre, Eleanor has also been an active community volunteer including the Seniors Association Kingston, the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston, and Hospice Kingston.
Jeanine Proulx
Community Member, Communications and le Réseau de santé
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Arthur Ronald
Community Member, Health Home
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Donna Segal
Community Member, Health Home
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Duncan Sinclair
Community Member, QuE3ST Support Structure - explain
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Kerry Stewart
Community Member, Access to Primary Care Working Group
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Gerhard Wendt
Community Member, Digital Technologies Support Structure
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Vicky Willis ?
Community Member, Unattached to a project
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