Suzan Schneeweiss MD Med FRCPC CPC(HC)
Suzan Schneeweiss is a Professor of Paediatrics and Associate Dean Continuing Professional Development (CPD), University of Toronto. As Associate Dean of CPD, she promotes the academic mission of the largest CPD office in Canada.
Suzan is a staff member and Director of Education for the Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto; a graduate of the University of Toronto, Temerty Faculty of Medicine; and holds a Masters of Health Professional Education degree from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Suzan has dedicated her career to advancing CPD and worked as the Academic Director for the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto CPD (2013-2015) and Director for Continuing Education for the Department of Paediatrics at SickKids (2004-2013).
Suzan has served as a CPD educator for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for six years where she worked to support the maintenance of certification program and lifelong learning completing her term in 2016. As an academic program director and conference chair for a variety of CPD programs and conferences, she has acquired a broad range of experience in the complexities of program development and has been extensively involved in teaching. She continues to work with a variety of organizations at the local, national, and international levels to support CPD and build capacity for the next generation of CPD leaders.
Morag Paton PhD
Morag Paton is a higher education professional and is the Associate Director, Maintenance of Certification & Education Consultation Services at CPD where she is responsible for CFPC/RCPSC accreditation and certification processes.
Morag has a background in higher education, health professions education, administration, and CPD scholarship. She holds a Masters in Health Professions Education and a PhD in Higher Education, both from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. In both 2023 and 2024 she was a co-winner of the Fox Award for Best Research Presentation from the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education. Her research problematizes assumptions and practices in HPE, using both theoretical and operational/administrative expertise.
She was a contributor to an FMEC CPD working group report (2018), the ACCME CE Educator’s Toolkit (2022) and the CAMH Framework for Integrating Structural Competency into Physician Leadership Curricula (2024) and has authored or coauthored a number of publications related to CPD leadership and scholarship. She is an Education Scholar at the Wilson Centre (UHN, Temerty Faculty of Medicine) and an Investigator in the Equity in Health Systems Lab (Bruyère Research Institute).