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About CHSO

CHSO was founded in 1998 and provides sponsorship to 21 health care organizations originally established by seven Congregations of religious Sisters. The Sisters were health care pioneers who created a culture of excellence, compassion, respect and inclusion that is very relevant to today’s changing times. They have indelibly marked not only the organizations they founded but also the larger health community in the province.

In its sponsorship role: CHSO appoints the board members and CEO of each organization: provides CHSO member organizations with tools and guidelines to ensure a certain consistency in meeting sponsor expectations: approves any changes to member organization mission, values or philosophy; and approves any integration, merger and major financial decisions.

CHSO has an important leadership role to support the diverse Catholic community uniting into a single voice for patients and families, particularly the vulnerable.

CHSO member organizations continue to prioritize serving the vulnerable and those most in need – such as the poor, homeless and under-housed, refugees and new immigrants, people with chronic physical, emotional illnesses and addictions and the frail elderly. CHSO must continue to be a strong voice for this legacy, mission and healing ministry. It is what differentiates our members.

CHSO has an important leadership role to support the diverse Catholic community uniting into a single voice for patients and families, particularly the vulnerable. CHSO has a renewed vision for Catholic health care in Ontario to ensure its continued value and relevance in today’s health system. We have a clear plan and actions to achieve our goals, demonstrate our leadership position and the need for and value of Catholic health care being part of a high quality integrated health care system.

What CHSO Stands For

Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario is a legacy of the Founding Sisters with a Pontifical mandate from the Catholic Church. It is dedicated to helping society understand that Catholic health care is guided by a profound respect for human dignity and a mission to serve the vulnerable and those most in need. As sponsor of a group of organizations, CHSO ensures that each lives up to the legacy of the Founding Sisters and demonstrates the unique value of Catholic health care. We are engaged, enabled and committed to living our vision, mission and values.

Healthy Communities and Care for All

Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario is a next generation sponsor dedicated to strengthening Catholic health care.

OUR MISSION IS:

To continue the healing Ministry of Jesus by building on the legacy of the Founding Sisters and their commitment to care for the vulnerable and those most in need, while remaining true to our shared values.

Dignity of each person
Treating all people with respect, at all stages of life

Spirituality
Spiritual health is an important component of human health and wellbeing

Service
Reaching out into our communities to meet the diverse service needs of the vulnerable

Collaborative relationships
Working cooperatively with partners in the health and social service system

Responsible use of resources
Stewarding the finite resources entrusted to our care

 

Catholic Health Sponsors of Ontario Footprint of Services 2018

SERVICES
TEAM
BUDGET
SERVICES
Acute Care
948 beds
Mental Health & Addiction Treatment
661 beds
Palliative Care
117 beds
Complex Continuing Care
842 beds
Rehabilitation
326 beds
Long-Term Care
1,872 residents
Assisted Living & Supportive Housing
764 units
Emergency Room Care
229,790 visits
Outpatient Clinics
1,226,985 visits
TEAM
Number of Employees
19175
Number of Physicians
1762
Number of Volunteers
4577
BUDGET
Fiscal Year
1.75 Billion
MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
Algonquin Nursing Home
231 10th St, Mattawa, ON P0H 1V0
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Bruyère Continuing Care
75 Bruyère St, Ottawa, ON K1N 5C6
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Catherine Donnelly Foundation
12 Montcrest Boulevard, Toronto, ON M4K 1J7
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Fontbonne Ministries
791 Queen Street East
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Marianhill
600 Cecelia St, Pembroke, ON K8A 7Z3
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Mariann Home
9915 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 1V1
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Marycrest at Inglewood Senior’s Residence
1565 Monaghan Rd, Peterborough, ON K9J 8M2
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Mattawa Hospital
217 Turcotte Park Rd, Mattawa, ON P0H 1V0
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Pembroke Regional Hospital
705 Mackay Street, Pembroke, ON K8A 1G8
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Providence Care
340 Union Street, Kingston, ON K7L 5A2
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Providence Village Inc.
1200 Princess Street Kingston, Ontario K7M 3C9
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St. Gabriel’s Villa
4690 Regional Rd 15, Chelmsford, ON P0M 1L0
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St. Joseph’s at Fleming
659 Brealey Dr Peterborough, ON K9K 2R8
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St. Joseph’s Care Group
63 Carrie St Thunder Bay, ON P7A 4J2
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St. Joseph’s Continuing Care Centre
1140 South Bay Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 0B6
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St. Joseph’s General Hospital
70 Spine Road Elliot Lake, ON P5A 1X2
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St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Sudbury
1140 South Bay Road, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 0B6
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St. Joseph’s Villa
1250 S Bay Rd, Sudbury, ON P3E 1R5
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St. Patrick’s Home
865 Riverside Dr, Ottawa, ON K1V 8N5
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Unity Health Toronto
30 Bond St., Toronto, ON M5B 1W8
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Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
500 Church St, Penetanguishene, ON L9M 1G3
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Board of Directors and Leadership 2022–2023

Anne Asselin, Vice-Chair
Anne Asselin, Vice-Chair
Anne Asselin, Vice-Chair,
Anne has a Doctorate in Canon Law from Saint Paul University and a PhD (Canon Law) from the University of Ottawa. The topic of her doctoral research and thesis was the articulation of ordained and non-ordained ministries in the governance of a diocese.
Anne taught Canon Law at Saint Paul University from 2003 until her retirement in 2018. She is also the former Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law, Saint Paul University. She has worked at the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, and was also the Vice-Chancellor and Tribunal Director of the Military Ordinariate of Canada. Her main fields of expertise are the apostolate and ministry of laypeople in the Church, marriage law, matrimonial procedures and jurisprudence, and the organization of particular churches. She currently is also a Judge at the Canadian Appeal Tribunal, an associated organization of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Simon Burke
Simon Burke
Simon Burke, Board member
Simon is a former civil servant with the Ontario and Canadian governments. He has led corporate governance reviews and strategic transformations for a variety of government programs and agencies. He was Director of Ontario’s Pay Equity Office and Senior Executive Officer of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Additionally, he served as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Citizenship and Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Career highlights include leading consultations for the Attorney General’s Aboriginal Justice Strategy, an Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and Canada’s Americas Strategy. He is a graduate of Western University, and has post-graduate qualifications in law, business administration and public administration from the University of Dundee, the University of Durham and Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has worked as an Assistant with L’Arche in Stratford and Montreal and as an Independent Assessor for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto. He is a member of the first cohort of the University of St. Michael’s College Program in Interfaith Dialogue.



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Brian Edmonds
Brian Edmonds
Brian Edmonds, Board Treasurer
Brian is a Chartered Professional Accountant/C.A. and holds a Masters Degree in Health Sciences Administration. His executive interests include strategic planning, fiscal accountability, the impact of social determinants of health, change management, corporate governance and performance improvement. Brian has held the role of VP Support Services and CFO of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. He started his healthcare career at St. Michael’s Hospital where he worked on the development of the Inner City Health program, was a member of the Casey House Finance Committee, and was the Director of Finance when the CHCO was created in 1998.
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Robert Haslett
Robert Haslett
Robert Haslett, Board member
Robert owns and operates Haslett Construction, located in Ottawa.
He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and has a broad depth in the field of corporate governance and structure. Robert was the past Chair of St. Patrick’s Long-Term Care Home in Ottawa.
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Ryan Kilger
Ryan Kilger
Ryan Kilger, Board member
Ryan is a lawyer with Vincent Dagenais Gibson LLP/s.r.l. in Ottawa. He advises clients on matters including corporate governance, incorporations and reorganizations with a focus on not-for-profit corporations and charities.
Ryan is currently Chair of the Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation in Ottawa, and Vice-Chair of the Rockcliffe Park Foundation.
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Tom Woods
Tom Woods
Tom Woods, Board member
Tom is a retired senior executive of CIBC, and currently sits on the boards of St. Michael’s Hospital Foundation, Bank of America Corporation, Merrill Lynch International, Alberta Investment Management Corporation and the Toronto Catholic Diocese Finance Council.
He was the innaugural Board Chair of Unity Health Toronto (2017-2019), Board Chair of Covenant House Toronto (2010-2012), and has sat on the boards of St. Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto, Covenant House International and De La Salle College.
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Gar Knutson
Gar Knutson
Gar Knutson, Board member
Gar Knutson grew up in Toronto after being born in St. Michael’s Hospital. He attended University of Toronto, University of Windsor (Law) and Western University (business). His career includes 11 years as a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2004. Currently Gar is semi-retired earning a living as a part-time Small Claims Court Judge.
or the past 5 years, Gar has been a board member of Carefor Health and Community Services which is Ottawa’s and eastern Ontario’s largest non-profit homecare health services provider. On a personal note, Gar is familiar with palliative care services provided by Hostpital Elisabeth Bruyere.
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Larry Murray, Chair
Larry Murray, Chair
Larry Murray, Chair,
Larry Murray is a retired partner of KPMG. He has spent his entire professional career in the public accountancy field, specializing in the income tax area including the tax treatment of registered charities and other not-for-profit entities. In addition to being a professional advisor to registered charities, he has been a volunteer in the sector throughout most of his career. He is a FCPA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.
Larry is Director and Past Chair of The Lillian Meighen and Don Wright Foundation; and Governor and Treasurer of Catholic Missions in Canada. Previously, he served as a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Breakfast for Learning, The Writers’ Trust of Canada, The Hearing Foundation of Canada and Tafelmusik.
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Sister Marlene Roy
Sister Marlene Roy
Sister Marlene Roy, Board member
After a lengthy career providing administrative support in the public school systems in Ontario and England, Marlene accepted the position as Executive Assistant to the General Superior of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie in 2006. Marlene became a member of the congregation in 2009, and following her novitiate went on to serve at the Family Enrichment Centre in Sudbury until it closed in 2015. Sister Marlene was elected to the congregation’s leadership team in 2018 and joined the Board of CHSO at that time. She also serves on the Board of Canadian Religious Stewardship.
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Gordon Self
Gordon Self
Gordon Self, Board Member
Gordon is Chief Mission and Ethics Officer with Covenant Health, Alberta.  He is considered to be one of the preeminent leaders in mission and ethics in Catholic health care in Canada.  His education includes Masters of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry. 
Gordon has a strong interest in and passion for CHSO’s Ministry, and, through his appointment to CHSO, is an example of how sponsors across the country can work together.
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Sister Eva Solomon
Sister Eva Solomon
Sister Eva Solomon, Board member
Sister Eva Solomon, CSJ, B.A., B.Ed., D. Min. in Cross-cultural ministry, is Anishinaabe (Henvey Inlet First Nation, ON). A Roman Catholic Sister of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie for more than sixty + years, she was most recently director of “Building Bridges Project” for the Assembly of Western Catholic Bishops’ Standing Committee on Indigenous Relations.
Eva has a strong commitment to the development of a truly Indigenous Catholic Church. She has worked for many years with her own people and many other Indigenous peoples of Canada, USA and Mexico. She is dedicated to helping all people to recognize their own dignity, beauty and goodness and thus to live out of the sacred power the Creator has given us.
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Glen Wood
Glen Wood
Glen Wood, Board Member and Past Board Chair
Glen is a retired senior executive with DuPont Canada Inc.
Glen is Director and Chair of the Catholic Congregational Legacy Charity. He has served on the Board of Directors of Providence Care in Kingston (Director and Board Chair), and St Joseph’s at Fleming Long Term Care Home and Marycrest at Inglewood Seniors Residence (Board Chair). He is Past Board Chair of CHSO, and is serving as Director on the Board of CHAO.
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Beth Johnson, President and CEO
Beth Johnson, President and CEO
Beth Johnson, President and CEO,
With her years of experience in Catholic health care, Beth has a heartfelt commitment to the healing ministry of Jesus and compassion for the plight of the most vulnerable in society. Beth was previously the Executive Director of Mission Integration, Volunteer and Visitor Services at Unity Health Toronto, responsible for bringing strategic direction to the development, implementation and evaluation of initiatives that ensure faithfulness to its Catholic identity, mission and values. She is also Coordinator of the CHSO Mission Leadership Program. Beth was the Executive Director, Mission Integration and Chief Communications Officer at Providence Healthcare, Toronto, at the time of its integration with St. Joseph’s Health Centre and St. Michael’s Hospital into Unity Health Toronto in 2017. In these roles, Beth promoted a values-based culture, uniting staff around Providence’s mission, vision, and heritage. She led the rebranding of Providence to reflect the organization’s new image and identity in 2015. Beth worked in communications and public relations for 10 years in the private sector before transitioning to health care in 2002.
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Christopher De Bono, Executive Director, CHSO Mission Integration
Christopher De Bono, Executive Director, CHSO Mission Integration
Christopher De Bono, Executive Director, CHSO Mission Integration, Executive Director, CHSO Mission Integration
Christopher De Bono, PhD, is a highly regarded Catholic senior leader, ethicist and practical theologian with more than 20 years’ experience in progressive and strategic health-care roles in secular and Catholic sponsored health-care in both British Columbia and Ontario. In what is a dual role, Christopher also works as the Executive Director for Mission, Values and Spiritual Care for one of CHSO’s sponsored works, Unity Health Toronto. Prior to returning to Toronto for this CHSO and Unity Health partnership in November 2021, Christopher was with Providence Health Care, a Catholic health-care network in British Columbia, where he held a variety of VP roles in the areas of Mission, Ethics, People (Human Resources) and Organization Development and where he was also Executive Sponsor for Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation. Before joining Providence in 2016, Christopher held a number of progressive roles in Ontario, including as a clinical ethicist at Unity Health’s Centre for Clinical Ethics. Christopher holds a PhD in Practical Theology, a post-doctorate in Catholic Bioethics, and a Master of Divinity. Christopher is also certified as a specialist in spiritual care through the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care.
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Bridget Doherty, Director, Providence Centre for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
Bridget Doherty, Director, Providence Centre for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
Bridget Doherty, Director, Providence Centre for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation,
Bridget has a long history of advocating for programs and policies that aim to address climate change, environmental degradation, and poverty. Before joining CHSO, Bridget worked with the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul in Kingston, Ontario as Educator/Organizer: Energy Poverty and the Environment. When she became the director of the office, Bridget took on the additional responsibility of advocating for peace and is the president of the Kingston Interfaith Community. She has been a member of Kingston City Council, served on numerous boards including chair of the Kingston Community Legal Clinic and vice-chair of the Kingston Police Services Board. Guided by the Catholic social teachings and the social determinants of health, Bridget is committed to the Centre’s mission: “A world where all experience compassion, justice, and peace in solidarity with creation.”
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