Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built
- nor could it be maintained
- without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice. When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World. Don't miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world's best in paediatric healthcare. As an organization, SickKids has much to learn about the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada, as well as how the diverse cultures, educational backgrounds, and histories of our staff shape the care we deliver. A reconciliation statement on the hospital's history with Indigenous peoples was a starting point in 2018 for SickKids' reconciliation journey. As work continues, we are committed to collaborating with partners to identify, prioritize, and implement improvements to ensure accessible, culturally appropriate services for Indigenous children and families in our local environment, and across the province. The Indigenous Health Program Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for SickKids' Indigenous Health Program, a core direction of the Health Equity and Inclusion Strategy.



The role advances culturally safe care and experiences for First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, while fostering an inclusive setting for Indigenous staff across clinical, research, education and corporate areas. Grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, the Program Manager translates strategy into sustainable programs, policies, partnerships, educational products and experiences, cultural supports and spaces. The Program Manager works relationally with Indigenous staff, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, community partners, hospital leaders and teams, and provides leadership across the three Indigenous Health objectives in the launched Health Equity and Inclusion Strategy: enhance cultural safety education; amplify cultural support and spaces; and build reciprocal partnerships.

About This Position

The Indigenous Health Program Manager will apply Indigenous-centred experience and knowledge in the following:

- Lead ongoing implementation and monitoring of the Indigenous Health strategic direction within the five-year Health Equity and Inclusion Strategy, aligned with SickKids 2030, including oversight of strategic objectives, key results, performance indicators and associated reporting requirements.
- Nurture relationship with Elder-in-Residence and collaborate with the Indigenous Health Navigator to understand concerns regarding Indigenous Cultural Safety and barriers to care.



Advise key staff and support conversations aimed at ensuring adequate resolution of such concerns.
- Oversee organization-wide Indigenous cultural safety education in partnership with the Indigenous Health Interprofessional Education Specialist, including foundational learning, micro-learning embedded into clinical workflows, smudging policy education, simulations, and practical resources for frontline teams.
- Lead the development and stewardship of culturally meaningful spaces and resources, including the Indigenous Medicine Garden, interim and future Indigenous healing spaces, Indigenous art installations, and patient
- and family-facing guides.
- Lead or advise the development, revision, implementation and evaluation of policies, procedures and guidelines that affect Indigenous patients, families, staff and partners, including smudging ceremonies, land acknowledgement practices and Indigenous honoraria.
- Provide Indigenous health expertise and guidance to corporate, clinical, education, research, quality, safety, human resources, legal, communications and redevelopment initiatives, including Project Horizon planning.

Overall Key Duties And Responsibilities

- Lead the development, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of annual objectives annual objectives and key results within the Indigenous Health strategic pathway of the Health Equity and Inclusion strategy, including working collaboratively with interdisciplinary teams to set and evaluate goals.
- Support the development and sustainability of Indigenous Health Program infrastructure, including role design, recruitment, onboarding, work planning, team integration and capacity planning.
- Facilitate regular connection and community-buildi

📌 Program Manager, Indigenous Health (Toronto)
🏢 The Hospital for Sick Children
📍 Toronto