D r. Ferguson-Paré is Vice-President, Professional Affairs and Chief Nurse Executive at University Health Network, which comprises Toronto General, Toronto Western and Princess Margaret Hospitals. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing. Her previous experience includes progressive senior nursing management and executive positions in both the acute care and long-term care sectors; nursing education; and institutional and community nursing experience in Psychiatry, Addictions Therapy, Victorian Order of Nurses, Family Practice and Student Health. Dr. Ferguson-Paré graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, completed the CHA/CCHSE Health Services Management Program, became a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives, graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Masters in Public Health, received an MA in Organization Development, and a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems from the Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, California, completed the Strategic Human Resource Management Program at Harvard and is a Fellow of The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ferguson-Paré has focused her professional and academic activities on organization and management development within health care and the development of leaders who promote autonomous professional practice and a client centered approach to service. She is past President of the Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses, Ontario Nurse Executives and the Association of Nurse Executives of Metropolitan Toronto; President of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario; a member of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives, the Nursing Leadership Network of Ontario, the Association of Nurse Executives of Greater Toronto Area, the Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia, the International Consortium of Parse Scholars, and Sigma Theta Tau International. During the SARS outbreak Mary served as a member of the Clinical Advisory Team for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Later she was appointed to the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health. Recently, she tabled a report and recommendations on innovation in nursing service delivery, improving the patient experience and outcome measurement based on her sabbatical learning derived from a journey through Scandinavia, Europe, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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