CAMH Governance:  Board of Trustees and Committees

The Board of Trustees 
The Board of Trustees of CAMH has overall responsibility for the governance of CAMH. It provides strategic leadership to CAMH in establishing its vision, mission and core values and defining policies that reflect them. It adopts policies to ensure the effective management of the organization's human and financial resources. The Board is also responsible to its funders and the community at large for the operations of CAMH. 

Elected by the CAMH's Constituency Members, the Board of Trustees consists of 20 elected and 6 ex officio voting members; they meet on a regular basis and must meet at least eight times a year. The Governance Committee nominates persons to fill vacancies, guided by the Principles of Governance in the CAMH by-laws that require Board membership to reflect "the breadth, depth and diversity" of the community CAMH serves. 

The Board membership is to be comprised of individuals who bring a provincial perspective, direct experience in the addictions/mental health area; experience from other boards; community involvement; and the perspective of consumers and families to the Board table. Board membership must also have regard for the cultural, gender, ethnic, linguistic and religious characteristics of the communities served.

The Chair of the Board of Trustees is appointed for a one-year term and can be renewed annually for a maximum of three consecutive years. The Chair presides over all meetings of the Board, provides general leadership to the Board of Trustees, and reports to each Annual Meeting of CAMH on the management and operations of CAMH.

All Board meetings are open to the Constituency Members and the public, unless, under the administrative by-laws, the Board is required to vote to hold the meeting in camera.

 

Membership list as of June 22, 2011

Chair

Mr. T. Daniel (Dan) Burns

 

Trustees

Mr. Gordon Bell
Mr. John Bowcott
Ms. Helen Burstyn
Ms. Mary Anne Chambers
Ms. Theresa Claxton
Mr. Jim Griffiths
Ms. Christine Hart
Mr. John Honderich
Mr. John Hunkin
Ms. Pam Jolliffe
Ms. Betsy Little
Mr. Tom MacMillan
Ms. Sylvia Maracle
Mr. Shekhar Prasad
Mr. Bud Purves                                
Ms. Anne Ramsay
Ms. Pat Sanagan
Dr. Chris Spence      
Mr. David Wilson

Ex-Officio Trustees

Dr. Catherine Zahn, President and CEO

Dr. Lisa Lefebvre, President, Medical Staff Association

Ms. Kelly Meighen, Chair, CAMH Foundation Board of Directors

Dr. Benoit Mulsant, Physician-in-Chief

Dr. Rani Srivastava, Chief of Nursing and Professional Practice

Dr. Catharine Whiteside, University of Toronto Representative on the Board, Dean, Faculty of Medicine & Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions

 

On this topic

• Constituency Member Model
• Standing committees of the CAMH Board
• Board of Trustees Schedule of Meetings
• Procedures for attending and addressing meetings of the Board of Trustees

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Content updated: January 10, 2012 1:30 PM

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