Meeting Agenda: St. Joseph's Board of Directors

Date: Monday, October 26, 2026
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: St. Joseph's Hospital

AGENDA

Call to Order – Donna Ladouceur 

Reflection - Janet Tufts

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 October 26, 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 (45 mins)

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

2.2 President and Chief Executive Officer [R. Butler] (10 mins)
(a) Monthly report to Board

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

2.4 Quality Report
(a) Patient, Resident, Caregiver Story [S. Northcott] (10 mins)

2.5 St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation [J. Nash) (5 mins)

2.6 St. Joseph's Professional Staff Organization [C. Hansebout / A. Kadar] (5 mins)

2.7 Western University - Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences [S. Boe] (5 mins)

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

4. New Business (10 mins)
4.1 Governance Committee Recommendation - Revised Evaluation Tools [M. Gillett]

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 September 28, 2026

B. Governance Committee of the Board:
1) Renewing Terms of Reference: Quality & Innovation Committee
2) Renewing Terms of Reference:  Resource Planning & Audit Committee
3) Medical Advisory Committee 2026/27 Work Plan
4) Quality & Innovation Committee 2026/27 Work Plan
5) Resource Planning & Audit Committee 2026/27 Work Plan

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

Items RECEIVED FOR INFORMATION:

D. For Information:
1) Credentialed Professional Staff Leave of Absence Report - OCT 2026
2) Lawson LEADS Newsletter - OCT 2026
3) Governance Committee Minutes of October 14, 2026
4) Medical Advisory Committee Minutes of October 15, 2026
5) Quality Committee Minutes of October 1, 2026