I. Welcome Message

WELCOME MESSAGE

It is an honour to welcome you to the inaugural Dialogue Forum for the Community of Practice for Supply Chain Resilience in Canadian Health Care Systems, an event focused on assembling partners to share their diverse range of perspectives, experiences, and insights on health supply chain in Canada. As individuals, we are experts in our respective knowledge domains of healthcare, social determinants of health, government, policy, business, data analytics, supply chain and logistics, and more. Together, we are trailblazers forging a path to advance supply chain resilience in health systems to deliver care safely, effectively, and equitably for the benefit of all Canadians.

The goals of Dialogue Forum I are to foster strong multi-disciplinary partnerships between stakeholders, mobilize knowledge across professional sectors and jurisdictions, and explore strategic priorities, foreseeable challenges, and anticipated outcomes for the identified workgroups. All of this while creating a culture of equity, inclusion, diversity, transparency, and trust. This event will lay the foundation for our community of practice to begin co-designing, validating, and scaling solutions that strengthen supply chain resilience across Canadian heath and community systems.

Your participation in this event is appreciated and needed to ensure a strong foundation for the community of practice through brokering partnerships and incorporating diverse feedback into planning of our objectives. We are grateful for the support from our host, Alberta Innovates, and strategic partners, Shoppers Drug Mart and GS1 Canada. Thank you to our incredible lineup of renowned thought leaders sharing their insights and perspectives on a range of topics while also identifying shared values and priorities. We are very grateful to everyone for joining us in Edmonton for this critically important initiative. We sincerely look forward to working collaboratively towards building supply chain resilience in the Canadian healthcare system. Sincerely, Dr. Anne Snowdon

Dr. Anne Snowdon

Scientific Director & CEO, SCAN Health

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