PETERBOROUGH, ON, May 22, 2024
/CNW/ - The second annual Ignite Summit took place at
Fleming's Sutherland Campus on May 9.
More than 100 guests attended the day-long event.
Fleming College's Ignite the Electric City: Healthy City,
Healthy People brought together experts, policymakers, and
community leaders to examine some of the critical health care
issues facing our community.
"This was Ignite 2.0, now more than ever it is so important for
Fleming to bring together experts, influencers, opinion leaders,
and thought leaders to have disruptive conversation about the
challenges we face, and we face profound challenges," said Fleming
College President Maureen Adamson.
"I have deep belief in the collective in the room, that we can
solve the problems that we are facing."
Keynote speakers included Dr. Danielle
Martin, Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine
at the University of Toronto and Dr.
Lynn Mikula, President & CEO,
Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Both encouraged Peterborough to embrace out-of-the-box
solutions to these vital challenges.
"Let's look at the intersection between health care, education,
and innovation, because this is where we need to find our
solutions," said Dr. Mikula. "There is not enough money to solve
this problem. We must get creative."
Ideas came from all sectors of the region.
A range of discussions focused on the overlap between social
services and policing, called for a new way to support local media
outlets and community leaders spoke of the growing need for greater
civic engagement.
There were calls to re-humanize public health care, and to take
a proactive, preventative, and predictive approach to medicine.
Some big-picture thinkers suggested breaking the mould entirely by
dismantling our current health care system and replacing it with a
collaborative, community-based approach to better care for
everyone.
"There are tons of great ideas out there that are implementable
here, and you have all of the assets you need in this community to
implement them," said Dr. Danielle
Martin. "You have the institutions, you have the backbone,
and you have a committed group of leaders to make them happen."
Fleming College is already taking steps to ensure the ideas and
visions shared during Ignite the Electric City: Healthy City,
Healthy People, become a reality for the Peterborough and the Kawarthas region. With
the goal of becoming a hub of top-tier health care education,
Fleming is preparing to offer multiple new programs in the health
sector. This will help meet the growing demand for qualified,
skilled workers while bolstering health care in our region.
The first of these programs, Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography, has
recently been approved by Fleming's Board of Governors.
Fleming's School of Health and Community Services has been
actively researching innovative programming that meet current
labour market demands. Some examples include Medical Laboratory
Technologist, Ultrasound Technician, Diagnostic Imaging Technician
(X-ray, MRI, etc.), Anesthetist Assistant, Physician Assistant,
Perfusionist and Veterinary Technician.
Fleming expects to make more announcements about these potential
new programs in the coming year.
During Ignite the Electric City: Healthy City, Healthy People,
illustrator Shannon Loomer captured
the ideas of the day and turned those thoughts into a visual
representation of this year's summit.
Last year's conference, Ignite: The Electric City Summit,
reimagined the future of Peterborough. Details from that conference can
be found here.
About Fleming College
Fleming College respectfully acknowledges that we are situated on
Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg lands and territory. Located in the
heart of Central Ontario, Fleming
College has campus locations in Peterborough, Lindsay, Cobourg and Haliburton. Named for famous Canadian inventor
and engineer Sir Sandford Fleming,
the college features more than 100 full-time programs in Arts and
Heritage, Business, Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences,
General Arts and Sciences, Health and Wellness, Justice and
Community Development, Skilled Trades and Technology, and
Continuing Education. Fleming College has more than 6,800 full-time
and 10,000 part-time students, and 80,000 alumni.
Peterborough
Sutherland Campus
599 Brealey Dr.
Peterborough ON K9J
7B1
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