CHWN Working Papers, Reports and Policy Briefs
Working papers, reports and policy briefs published by the Canadian Health Workforce Network from 2020 to present can be found here. To search by theme or sector, visit the "Activities" section of our website.
January - Toward a Mental Health and Substance Use Health Workforce Strategy - Kathleen Leslie, Mary Bartram, Jelena Atanackovic, Gord Garner, Sophia Myles, Ivy Bourgeault, Allison Dunning, Christopher Summerville, Michaela Slipp, Colby Fraser, Jesse Klaus
July - How-To Playbook for Health Workforce Planning: A resource to guide planning for the future of your health workforce - Canadian Health Workforce Network and Ontario Health Toronto
July - Executive Summary of Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation (2022-24 Project Overview) - Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine, The College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Health Workforce Network
February - International Scan: Highlights: Mental Health and Substance Use Health Workforce Strategies - Mental Health Commission of Canada, Canadian Health Workforce Network and Athabasca University
January - Health Practitioner Regulation Systems: A large scale rapid review of the design, operation and strengthening of health practitioner regulation systems (Annexes) - Anne-Louise Carlton, Kathleen Leslie, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Madhan Balasubramanian, Raha Mirshahi, Stephanie D. Short, Jenny Carè, Vivian Lin
May - COVID-19 Impacts on the Capacity of the Mental Health and Substance Use Health Workforce in Canada - Jelena Atanackovic, Mary Bartram, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Jesse Klaus, Kathleen Leslie, Raha Mirshahi, Danielle Rice, Christine Tulk
December - Sustaining Nursing in Canada: A set of coordinated evidence-based solutions targeted to support the nursing workforce now and into the future (infographic) - Dr. Houssem Eddine Ben Ahmed, Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault
July - Special issue of Healthcare Management Forum on Frontline Health Workers - Ivy L. Bourgeault, Brandon Djukic, Kelly Grimes, Ed Mantler, Adrian MacKenzie, Gillian Strudwick, Rayeh Kashef Al-Ghetaa, Ewan Affleck
April - Canadian Health Workforce Network on Canada's Health Workforce - House of Commons Standing Committee on Health
December - Introduction to the Health Workforce in Canada - Stephanie Aboueid, Ivy Bourgeault, Kristen Burrows, Madison Brydges, Caroline Chamberland-Rowe, Karen Cohen, Christine Covell, Chantal Demers, Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick, Sharon Fotheringham, Brenda Gamble, Isabelle Giroux, Mark Given, Brian Glebezon, Lindsay Hedden, Billie Jane Hermosura, Yvonne James, Ian Jones, Christine Kelly, Josée Lagacé, Karen Lawford, Myuri Manogaran, Emily McMorris, Raha Mirshahi, Elena Neiterman, Sarah Newell, Sameer Rati, Shamel Rolle Sands, Emily Rowland, Sara Torres, Meredith Vanstone, and Michael Vout (alphabetical order)
December - A path to improved health workforce planning, policy & management in Canada: The critical coordinating and convening roles for the federal government to play in addressing 8% of its GDP - Ivy Bourgeault
December - Healthy Professional Worker Partnership: Preliminary Comparative Findings. Examining the Gendered Nature of Mental Health Issues, Leaves of Absence & Return to Work Experiences from a Comparative Perspective - Sarah Simkin, Henrietta Opoku, Renata Khalikova, Kennedy Onyechie and Christine Tulk, Jelena Atanackovic, Mylène Shankland, Ivy Bourgeault
October - Developing a Systematic Grey Literature Tool for Health Workforce Studies in Canada - Mara Mihailescu, Ivy Bourgeault
December - Canada’s Health Workforce Digital Research Infrastructure Ecosystem: Building the Foundation for Canadian Health Workforce Science & Informed Decision-Making - Ivy Bourgeault, Geoff Ballinger, Brenda Gamble, Neeru Gupta, Gayle Halas, Lindsay Hedden, Kate Leslie, Sarah Simkin, Steve Slade, Arthur Sweetman