About the Partnership Grant

In the summer of 2018, Project Director Dr. Laurie Gottlieb was awarded a Partnership Grant for a ground-breaking research project entitled Transforming Nurses’ Work Environments Through a Strengths-Based Leadership and Management Training Program.

The five-year project includes co-investigators, collaborators, and institutional partners from academic, not-for-profit, and hospital backgrounds in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. The grant is jointly funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). 

The main objective of this project is to refine, deliver, and evaluate a Strengths-Based Nursing and Healthcare Leadership Program (SBNH-L Program). The leadership program will empower nurse managers to lead via a Strengths-Based approach, enabling them to access the full scope of their competencies, create healthier work environments for interdisciplinary teams, and to ultimately provide the best care possible.

Our innovative and unique leadership program contains three components:

1. Story-Sharing Materials
   The creation of innovative, multi-media teaching materials for story-sharing and sharing circles to be used in each of the 12 modules (#2);
2. 12-Module Course
   The refinement of a 12-module course that integrates the best practice of healthcare with a Strengths-Based approach, paying attention to sex and gender issues in the workplace;
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   The development of a mentorship program with situated coaching over the course of the leadership program to ensure implementation and sustainability. Mentees will have an opportunity to consolidate their learnings and to deepen their understanding of how challenges can be guided by a Strengths-Based approach.

The training program will be delivered to nurse managers at the project's five clinical partner institutions beginning in the fall of 2020. 

Read more about the SBNH Leadership Program here.

The Partners

Project Director

Laurie Gottlieb, RN, PhD, Ingram School of Nursing

Co-Applicants

• Marilyn Ballantyne, RN (EC), PhD, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
• Alain Biron, RN, PhD, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Health Centre
• Kathleen Boies, PhD, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
• Christina Clausen, RN, PhD, Jewish General Hospital
• Bruce Gottlieb, PhD, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital
• Steven High, PhD, Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, Concordia University
• Pam Hubley, RN, MSc, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Beverley-Tracey John, RN, MBA, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
• Mélanie Lavoie-Tremblay, RN, PhD, Ingram School of Nursing, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ
• Kimberley Manning, PhD, Political Science, Concordia University
• Michael Villeneuve, RN, MSc, Canadian Nurses Association

Collaborators

• Chantal Bastien, BSc.N, MA, CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de'l'Ile-de-Montréal
• Annie Chevrier, RN, MScA, CMSN(C), Ingram School of Nursing, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ
• Julie Fréchette, N, CHRP, CEC, PMP, PhD, Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec
• Sylvie Lambert, RN, PhD, Ingram School of Nursing, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ
• Emma Monaco, RN, MScA, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Health Centre
• Jérome Ouellet, RN, PhD (c.),  Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
• Marie-Claire Richer, RN, PhD, Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec
• Karen Spalding, RN, PhD, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
• Erin Ziegler, NP-PHC, PhD, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University

Partner Institutions

• ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, Montreal, QC (Host Institution)
• Canadian Nurses Association, Ottawa, ON
• Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) du Centre-Ouest-de-l'ÃŽle-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC
• Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux (CIUSSS) de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, QC
• Concordia University, Montreal, QC
• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON
• The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
• ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ Health Centre (MUHC)