Meeting Agenda: St. Joseph's Board of Directors
Date: Monday, November 24, 2025
Time: 3:30 pm
Location: St. Joseph's Hospital
AGENDA
Call to Order – Donna Ladouceur
Reflection - Lesley Cornelius
Education Session - Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health - Kent Lewis (2o mins)
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 November 24, 2025 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 (40 mins)
2.1 Board Chair Remarks [D. Ladouceur] (5 mins)
2.2 President and Chief Executive Officer [R. Butler] (20 mins)
(a) Monthly report to Board
(b) 2025/26 Q2 Corporate Performance Report
(c) Enterprise Risk Management update
2.3 Medical Advisory Committee Chair [L. Lyons] (5 mins)
2.4 Quality Report
(a) Patient, Resident, Caregiver Story [L. Higgs] (5 mins)
(b) 2025/26 Q2 Quality Report [P. Cassidy] (5 mins)
3. Business Arising
(Standing agenda heading for business being carried forward from past meetings)
4. New Business (20 mins)
4.1 Governance Committee Recommendation: Revised Fixing Long-Term Care Act Disclosure and Declaration form and Revised Annual Declaration and Consent form [M. Gillett] (10 mins)
4.2 Resource Planning & Audit Committee Recommendation: 2025/26 Q2 Financial Results) [J. Melchers] (10 mins)
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:
1) October 27, 2025
2) November 13, 2025
3) November 17, 2025
B. Governance Committee of the Board:
1) People & Mission Committee 2025/26 Work Plan
3) Renewing Board Policy: Orientation and Education
4) Revised Application for Committee of the Board Membership Form
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
4) Interim Department Head of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
D. Resource Planning & Audit Committee of the Board
1) Revised Board Policy: Investments and the Investment Policy Statement
Items RECEIVED FOR INFORMATION:
D. For Information:
1) St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation - NOV 2025
2) Governance Committee Minutes of November 12, 2025
3) Medical Advisory Committee Minutes of November 12, 2025
4) Quality Committee Minutes of November 6, 2025
5) Resource Planning & Audit Committee Minutes of November 18, 2025
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