“Janet has an extraordinary background as one of Canada’s foremost healthcare experts and administrators.”
February 29, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Janet Davidson, former Deputy Minister of Alberta Health, as a Senior Fellow.
“Janet has an extraordinary background as one of Canada’s foremost healthcare experts and administrators,” remarked Robson. “She will add valuable new dimensions to the C.D. Howe Institute’s health research.”
Prior to leading Alberta Health, Ms. Davidson was the Official Administrator of Alberta Health Services. She has over 30 years of experience in healthcare in the government, voluntary and hospital/community sectors in a number of Canadian jurisdictions.
Prior to her government appointments, she was the Canadian Executive and Industry Specialist with KPMG’s Global Healthcare Practice. She was also President and Chief Executive of Trillium Health Centre in Mississauga, where she led them through to the successful merger with the Credit Valley Hospital, creating the largest community academic hospital in the country.
Janet received a Bachelor of Nursing Science from the University of Windsor and a Master’s in Health Services Administration from the University of Alberta. She is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Education program, the UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s Global Health Leadership program and has an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Windsor.
She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been named twice to the list of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. In 2011 and 2012 Janet was also named as one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Women.
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