This course is for leaders who are committed to understanding immigrant and refugee mental health and who lead staff working with immigrants and refugees in Canada. This includes organizations in the health, settlement, social service sectors. The leadership course will improve leader’s knowledge about the support required for immigrants and refugees. It is designed to help leaders understand the mental health needs of immigrants and refugees in order to develop appropriate policies, increase their knowledge on what is required to create a supportive environment for staff so they can promote the mental health of immigrants and refugees and introduce organizational strategies that support and improve the mental health of immigrants and refugees.
Keywords: Leadership
Certificate in Academic Family Medicine
The Certificate in Academic Family Medicine is designed to address the growing need for skilled educators and leaders in family medicine. The certificate is comprised of 3 courses that are established in our graduate studies programming at DFCM and Dalla Lana School of Public Health. The courses will help learners to expand family medicine expertise from a systems lens, build skills in teaching and learning in the health professions, and develop skills in a preferred scholarship domain, all of which highlight key components of academic family medicine as a discipline.
The target audience is family physicians.
The certificate goals include:
– Developing an evidence-based approach to teaching and learning.
– Promoting innovation and scholarship in primary care
– Growing Family Medicine leadership
The certificate requirements include:
1. Foundational coursework in Family Medicine: Social, Political, and Scientific Issues in Family Medicine Course
2. Foundational coursework in Teaching and Education: Interprofessional Applied Practical Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions (INTAPT) Course
3. Scholarship selective:
– Appraising and Applying Evidence to Assist Clinical Decision-Making
OR
– Research Issues in Family Medicine/Primary Care
OR
– Leading Improvement in the Quality of Health Care for Community Populations
4. Capstone Project
Duration: The program is completed in 12-18 months.
Credits (up to)
New and Evolving Academic Leaders (NEAL) Program 2025-2026
The NEAL Program is a one-year advanced leadership development program offered by the Centre for Faculty Development (CFD). In the NEAL program, the group builds a learning community through three intensive one-week modules over the year, themed as Foundations, Influence and Adaptation. In these modules, interdisciplinary faculty share resources and build capacity for reflective and relational practice, system thinking, influence and impact, and leading from adaptive purpose. Between modules, participants deepen their learning with coaching, peer connections, diverse assignments and leading a capstone project through engaging others. The program is intentionally shaped to bring together a diverse set of participant leaders to consider how we all need to work collaboratively in shaping and shifting our broader system for positive health outcomes. Learners may have a formal role as a leader, or may be an influencer or change agent with a meaningful purpose. NEAL is a Canadian Society of Physician Leaders-approved leadership CPD activity required as part of the Academic Route for the Canadian Certified Physician Executive (CCPE) designation.
Module 1:
Part A- Mon Sept 29, 2025 – Wed Oct 1, 2025
Part B- Thurs Oct 23, 2025 – Fri Oct 24, 2025
Module 2:
Mon Jan 26, 2026 – Thurs Jan 29, 2026
Module 3:
Part A- Mon April 27, – Wed April 29, 2026
Part B- Thurs May 14 – Fri May 15, 2026