Meeting Agenda: St. Joseph's Board of Directors

Date: Monday, March 30, 2026
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: St. Joseph's Hospital

AGENDA

Call to Order – Donna Ladouceur

Reflection - Lynne Livingstone

1. Full Agenda / Consent Agenda (5 mins)

1.1 Adoption of Full Agenda (2 mins)

  • Consideration is given to the agenda items listed. Members may request items be added, deleted or moved to in-camera.

1.2 Approval of Consent Agenda (Appendix 1) (3 mins)

  • Clarifying questions will be entertained
  • Any Member has a right to remove any item from the consent agenda, in which case it is transferred to the regular agenda so that it may be considered and voted on separately

It is recommended that the Consent Agenda for the March 30, 2026 Board meeting, consisting of the recommendations and reports found in Appendix 1, be approved and/or received for information by St. Joseph’s Board of Directors.

2. Reports (50 mins)

2.1 Board Chair Remarks [D. Ladouceur] (5 mins)
(a) Board Committee Structure

2.2 President and Chief Executive Officer [R. Butler] (10 mins)
(a) Monthly report to Board
(b) St. Joseph's Strategic Plan Annual Aims 2026/27 (for approval)

2.3 Medical Advisory Committee Chair [L. Lyons] (5 mins)

2.4 Quality Report
(a) Patient, Resident, Caregiver Story [M. Campbell / V. Doria] (5 mins)
(b) Quality Improvement Plan 2026/27 [P. Cassidy / V. Capewell] (15 mins)

3. Business Arising
(Standing agenda heading for business being carried forward from past meetings)

4. New Business (30 mins)
4.1 Executive Committee Recommendation - Executive Compensation tied to the 2026/27 Quality Improvement Plan [D. Ladouceur] (10 mins)

4.2 Resource Planning & Audit Committee Recommendation - Operating Budget 2026/27 [J. Melchers] (15 mins)

4.3 Chair Updates from Standing Committees of the Board (5 mins)
(a) Stoplight Report from Quality Committee [P. Cassidy]

5. In-Camera Meeting

6. Termination of Meeting

Appendix 1 – Consent Agenda Items

Members are invited to ask clarifying questions, in relation to the items appearing on the consent agenda, in advance of the meeting, through the Governance office (@email). Clarifying questions will also be entertained at the Board meeting when the consent agenda is introduced. Before the meeting or at any point up to the approval of the consent agenda, any Member has a right to remove any item from the consent agenda, in which case it is transferred to the regular agenda so that it may be considered and voted on separately. The remaining items are then approved en bloc without discussion.

RECOMMENDATION: The following items on the consent agenda be unanimously approved and/or received for information by St. Joseph’s Board of Directors.

Items FOR APPROVAL:

A. Minutes of St. Joseph’s Board of Directors Meeting of February 23, 2026

B. Governance Committee of the Board:
1) Renewing Terms of Reference: Governance Committee
2) Renewing Board Policy: Board Evaluations
3) Renewing Board Policy: Selection Process for Second Vice-Chair, Board of Directors

C. Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) of the Board:
1) REFERENCE for the MAC recommendations below: The credentialing process / Board’s role
2) New Credentialed Professional Staff Appointments
3) Changes to Credentialed Professional Staff Appointments

D. Resource Planning & Audit Committee of the Board:
1) Internal Audit Plan 2026/27

Items RECEIVED FOR INFORMATION:

E. For Information:
1) Lawson LEADS Newsletter - March 2026
2) St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation Report - March 2026
3) Governance Committee Minutes of March 11, 2026
4) Medical Advisory Committee Minutes of March 11, 2026
3) Quality Committee Minutes of March 5, 2026
4) Resource Planning & Audit Committee Minutes of March 23, 2026

2025/26 Membership

VOTING

Donna Ladouceur (Chair)
Mary Gillett, FCPA, FCA (Vice-Chair)
Jonathan Batch
Stephen Bolton, ICD.D, MBA
Peter Cassidy
Lesley Cornelius, ICD.D
Paul Dugsin, MBA
Joan Hubert
Lynne Livingstone
Stephanie Marentette
Joshua Melchers, CPA, CA, CFP
Victoria Smye, PhD
Nawaz Tahir (Past Chair)
Janet Tufts, MBA

EX-OFFICIO NON-VOTING

Abhijit Biswas, MD
Shaun Boe, PhD
Roy Butler, PhD
Christopher Hansebout, MD, FRCPC
Laura Lyons, MD
Karen Perkin, RN, MScN
John Yoo, MD