The purpose of the CW OHT Patient Family Advisory Council [PFAC] is to provide a highly effective and meaningful forum for shared leadership and decision-making amongst patient/client, family, caregivers and CW OHT Partners. As a member of the CW OHT PFAC, you will be encouraged to:

• Use your individual and collective expertise as patients, clients, families and caregivers with valuable ‘lived and living’ experiences, as well as professional, volunteer and community based skills and abilities


• Make recommendations based on the needs of the broader community versus individual self interests


• Make every effort to provide informed advice on CW OHT policy, planning, strategic decision-making and program initiatives

If you're interested, we hope you'll consider joining us. There are so many ways to be involved and help!

• Receiving or have received care, are or have been a family member/caregiver within Brampton, north Etobicoke, west Woodbridge, Bramalea, or Malton;


• Comfortable speaking in a group and interacting with others;


• Able to generate ideas and build consensus on differences of opinion;


• Able to maintain confidentiality of patient and organizational information; and


• Not in a position of employment within health care.


• Involved in the health care system but no medical background is necessary