The Health Human Resources Working Group (HHRWG) plays a vital role in addressing the region’s pressing health workforce challenges. Comprised of co-leads and members representing diverse expertise and lived experience, the group aims to ensure that Niagara’s health and social care providers can meet the needs of the community effectively. By focusing on system-level strategies for recruitment, retention, and workforce satisfaction, the HHRWG contributes to building a strong, healthy, and diverse workforce to serve the region’s attributed population.
The group’s mandate includes assessing current workforce capacity, identifying gaps, and developing actionable strategies to enhance health human resources across Niagara.
Key objectives include increasing the number of practitioners and team-based care providers, improving attachment rates for vulnerable populations, and promoting equity in the workforce. The HHRWG also seeks to establish strategic partnerships, explore funding opportunities, and share best practices while fostering continuous learning within the network. Through these efforts, the working group aligns with the NOHT-ÉSON’s overarching goal of creating an integrated, inclusive, and seamless health care system.
Health Human Resources Working Group Members
Jill Croteau
Niagara Region
Dr. Jeff Remington
South Niagara Medicine
Alice Preston
Town of Fort Erie
Amanda Basilone
Niagara Health
Bram Cotton
City of Port Colborne
Bruno Lizotti
Canadian Mental Health Association – Niagara Branch
Carolyn Askeland
Happy in My Home, Community Support Services of Niagara
Carolyn Dyer
REACH Niagara
Dr. Daisy Rivadeneira
Internationally Educated Health Professional
Dale Morton
City of Niagara Falls
Donna Blaney
Niagara Practitioners’ Healthcare Alliance
Erica LaPlante
NOHT-ÉSON
Frank Ruberto
Niagara Medical Group Family Health Team
Jennifer Ryder
Niagara Region
Jennifer Whalley
Niagara Health
Joe Tran
Niagara Emergency Medical Services
Kathryn Halverson
Brock University - Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
Laura Illingworth
City of Welland
Lina Dechellis
City of Welland
Mary Jane Johnson
Niagara Health
Meredith Maxwell
NOHT-ÉSON
Dr. Moises Vasquez
Internationally Educated Health Professional
Sabrina Maselli
City of St. Catharines
Sabrina Piluso
NOHT-ÉSON
Sinaed McElhone
Niagara College
Vivian Kinnaird
Workforce Collective
Yvonne Nasri
Hospice Niagara
