Workshop Leader and Facilitator
Melanie Osmack
Executive Director
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Melanie Osmack is a 3rd generation settler of Northern European descent with Cree ancestry on her mother’s side. She lives with her family as a guest on the unceded and continuously occupied territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, also known as Vancouver, B.C. With a deep commitment to improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities across Canada, Melanie brings extensive experience and expertise to her role in the areas of policy development, advocacy, and community engagement. She believes in fostering meaningful relationships and partnerships which in turn allows IPAC to increase capacity and better serve its members. Melanie represents IPAC at the national level, while ensuring that our work is in line with our values and strategic priorities. On a personal level, she has a strong connection to her family and nature, spending her free time connecting with her loved ones and exploring the outdoors.
Scientific Planning Committee
Ryan Giroux
Planning Committee Chair
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Indigenous Health Faculty Lead, Postgraduate Medical Education, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Stacey Chicoine
Membership and Communications Manager, Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Christopher Chipman
Associate Director, Programs Portfolio & Business Development, CPD, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Monica Cribari
Program Lead & Learner Liaison, CPD, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Trevor Cuddy
Director, CPD Portfolio, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Lindsey Fechtig
Manager, Office of Indigenous Health, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Melanie Osmack
Executive Director
Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
Melanie Osmack is a 3rd generation settler of Northern European descent with Cree ancestry on her mother’s side. She lives with her family as a guest on the unceded and continuously occupied territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, also known as Vancouver, B.C. With a deep commitment to improving health outcomes for Indigenous communities across Canada, Melanie brings extensive experience and expertise to her role in the areas of policy development, advocacy, and community engagement. She believes in fostering meaningful relationships and partnerships which in turn allows IPAC to increase capacity and better serve its members. Melanie represents IPAC at the national level, while ensuring that our work is in line with our values and strategic priorities. On a personal level, she has a strong connection to her family and nature, spending her free time connecting with her loved ones and exploring the outdoors.
Faculty Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Professional Development to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs.
Speakers and/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto accredited programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains but is not limited to relationships within the last TWO (2) years with not-for-profit organizations, pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of facts.
It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.