CCHF’s Quebec City Conference

CCHF is delighted to organize a conference in Quebec City.  The event will strengthen national collaboration in the health facility sector and share insights from across Canada to improve capital project delivery.

Now more than ever, resources and projects being delivered across Canada are under financial pressure and increased demands. Tariffs, strained budgets, heightened inflation, and workforce limitations continue to strain the project pipeline. The complexity of health capital projects demands highly skilled experts across builds. Working together across provincial borders will also help to forge new partnerships for future health building. Join Us in la belle province!

Key Topics Include:

• Advanced Cancer Care Design
  A guided tour and presentation from the leadership team of architects and owners at the CHU de Québec’s Centre Intégré de Cancérologie (CIC) that was built into the existing Laval University Hospital Centre, CHU De Québec-Université Laval
• Sharing Lessons Learned in Health Design & delivery of projects across Canada and Synergies shared with Quebec
• Optimizing clinical and operational plans
  A panel discussion on how an urban health system in Toronto is seeking to optimize existing infrastructure, build new capacity, and integrate resilience to enhance human resource resiliency and care services for patients  
• The application of the Alliance Model in British Columbia. Fraser Health Authority Leader from British Columbia will share the approach of pain share/gain share, and how the bid process aims to elevate project efficiencies 
• Post-occupancy evaluation review methodologies from the principal investigator and key learnings shared in collaboration with Université Laval for the Chu de Quebec Cancer Centre
• CSA Post-Occupancy Evaluation Implementation
  Innovations and lessons learned from applying the CSA Z8008 standard at West Park, Toronto, Ontario and two sites in Manitoba.
• Quebec’s Small House Long-Term Care Prototype
  Presentation of the design and financial model for Quebec’s new small house LTC prototype, with a site visit available for a limited number of attendees.
• …and more!

This is a unique opportunity to:

• Collaborate with healthcare leaders, designers, and planners from across Canada and Quebec
• Explore the impact of regional approaches on facility design and delivery, share ideas for best practice innovations
• Gain insights and practical tools to enhance your own capital planning initiatives

We look forward to welcoming you to Quebec City for this important national dialogue.

CCHF, Where we Connect – Share – Innovate

Conference Location:
Delta Hotels Quebec – 690 Bd René-Lévesque E, Québec, QC G1R 5A8

Language:
Most presentations will be in English, however in deference to our host Province, and attendees CCHF is pleased to offer on-site simultaneous interpretation.
On site interpretation. English French / French English

DRAFT Conference Agenda

Day 1 – October 20, 2025

8:00 AM | Networking Breakfast

Network with your peers, enjoy a hot breakfast and walk around the table tops in the foyer

9:00 AM | Welcome

Gordon Burrill, President & Founding Director, CCHF

Rita Mezei, Executive Director, CCHF 

9:00 AM | Best of Both Worlds in Health Facilities Planning, Design and Delivery: A Primer on Lessons Learned in Quebec and Ontario Projects

Two experienced healthcare architects will share critical insights on factors that strongly influence project outcomes. Both from a budgetary outcome and in relation to patient care – throughout the infrastructure planning and development process. Topics will include:

– Design Approaches (stacking and greenfield sites)
– Optimization – aligning clinical efficiency with design efficiency
– Procurement Methods what scenarios different methods work well in
– Standardization method for builds that incorporate higher efficiency approaches in scheduling, phasing, design plans and construction
– Mock-Ups evaluating their utility

Michel Broz, Architect, Senior Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes

Robin Snell, Director, Parkin Architects Limited

9:45 AM | From Conception to Construction: Aligning Healthcare Construction to Support Vaudreuil-Soulanges Design and Clinical Planning Intentions 

A presentation on the strategic alignment of infrastructure planning and execution with the clinical and architectural vision at Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital.
Drawing from their field experience, they will share lessons learned, collaborative approaches, and innovative practices that support the realization of a modern facility tailored to the evolving needs of the community.

Martine Gévry, Architect, Senior Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes

Benoit Laforest, Vice-President Public Practice, Senior Partner Architect, Provencher Roy

Michel Leblanc, Senior Director, Pomerleau

Bruno Longval, Vice-President, Strategic Development and Specialized Services, BPA

10:30 AM | BREAK

10:45 AM | Integrated Redevelopment & Infrastructure Framework – Lessons from Unity Health Toronto

As Canada’s healthcare system evolves toward integrated, patient-centered models, Unity Health Toronto has developed a system-level Multi-Campus Planning Framework to guide long-term redevelopment across its three hospitals: St. Joseph’s Health Centre, St. Michael’s Hospital, and Providence Campus of Care. Spanning more than 3 million square feet and the full continuum of care, the Framework aligns clinical programming, site capacity, infrastructure renewal, and phased investment over a 20–30-year horizon. This presentation explores how distinct master plans were unified into a single roadmap for coordinated system-wide growth, with lessons from diverse urban contexts. The Unity Health model offers a replicable approach to high-performing healthcare redevelopment at scale.

1. Understand how clinical programming can serve as the foundation for capital planning across diverse hospital campuses, supporting more integrated, patient-centered care.
2. Learn strategies for unifying multiple pre-existing master plans into a coordinated, long-term redevelopment framework aligned with system-wide goals.
3. Identify approaches to planning and phasing redevelopment across varied urban hospital sites – balancing infrastructure renewal with ongoing operations and site-specific constraints.

Tom Parker, Director, Redevelopment, Unity Health Toronto

Patsy Poulin, Principal, Cumulus Architects

Heather Wilhelm, Senior Manager Planning & Redevelopment, Providence, St. Joseph’s, Unity Health Toronto

11:30 AM | LUNCH

12:30 PM | Facilitated Break out Groups

1:15 PM |CSA Standards Process & Updates

CSA Healthcare Facilities Standards Update and Audience Q&A

Gordon and Nick will highlight the process of standards development and provide and overview  on selected healthcare standards updates and revisions including, CSA Z8000 – Healthcare Facilities Design, CSA Z317.2:19 – Special Requirements for HVAC Systems in Healthcare Facilities, CSA Z8008 – Assessments of Healthcare Facilities, Services, and Building Systems. Bring your questions

Gordon Burrill, President, Teegor Consulting Inc., and Chair of the CSA Technical Committee and Strategic Steering Committee, Healthcare Standards

Nick Stark, Executive Vice President, H.H. Angus and Associates Ltd., and Technical Sub-Committee Chair of CSA Z317.2 Infection Prevention and Control of Special requirements for heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in health care facilities and Vice-Chair of Z8000 Healthcare Facilities Standard

2:00 PM | Panel: Optimizing Health Builds: Balancing Quality and Efficiency

Across the country, ongoing service capacity and staffing shortages, combined with limited capital funding and increased public scrutiny of the quality of care, are intensifying the need for optimization strategies in health infrastructure. Strategies include:

• Phased redevelopment into smaller project packages
• Procurement models tailored to scope and competition
• Adaptive re-use of existing infrastructure
• Standardization for efficiency and consistency

This panel will examine the challenges, trade-offs, and solutions to delivering efficient, high-quality facilities.

Moderator: Cliff Harvey, Vice President of Redevelopment, Waterloo Regional Health Network

Michel Broz, Architect, Senior Partner, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes

Juan Gabriel Gonzalez, General Director of Project Management for Western Health, Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI)

Michael Keen, Vice President Facilities Planning and Chief Planning Officer, Unity Health Toronto

Doug MacMillan, Director, Design Build, Buildings Group, EllisDon

Virginie Sabourin, Interim Director New Hospital and Transition Project Management, CISSS Outaouais

Robin Snell, Director, Parkin Architects Limited

2:50 PM | BREAK

3:00 PM | Building a Resiliency Toolbox 

Hospitals face an unprecedented need to adapt to changing climate conditions, including an increase in severity and frequency of climate events. This session will present the application of a resilience mindset to healthcare planning and design, applicable to both existing and new facilities. Mara will share tools and best practices from British Columbia and beyond that participants can use within their day-to-day work.

Mara Baum, Partner, Architect, DIALOG

3:30 PM | Advanced Cancer Care Design at CHU de Québec’s Centre Intégré de Cancérologie (CIC) Design Presentation

Julie Boucher, Architect, Senior Partner – Healthcare, Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes

Jonathan Vigneault, Mechanical Director, BPA

4:00 PM | Wrap Up/Conference Close – Delegates attending tour will go to the bus and participate in the tour.

4:30 PM | CHU de Québec’s Centre Intégré de Cancérologie (CIC) Tour

Christine Mimeault, Deputy Director General, CHU de Quebec, Laval University

Anne-Marie Blais, Associate Architect, Groupe A

 5:00- 7:30 PM | Reception (Location TBA)

Day 2 – October 21, 2025

8:00 AM | Networking Breakfast

Network with your peers, enjoy a hot breakfast and walk around the table tops in the foyer

9:00 AM | Day 2 Opening Remarks

Cliff Harvey, Founding Board Member, CCHF

Antoine Buisseret, Vice President of Union des Architectes Francophone pour la Santé – UAFS, Associate Architect, Lemay

9:15 AM | Small Home Performance Standards and Their Application Across Canada

As interest in the small home model of care grows across Canada, a key challenge remains: how to realize its core principles to their full potential and benefit within a highly regulated long-term care sector. This session examines the evolving landscape of LTC standards, including those in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and the new national CSA Z8004 standard, and how each framework influences innovation, design flexibility, and the feasibility of implementing small home designs. Through recent case studies, attendees will explore how design teams have successfully aligned small home ideals with both prescriptive and performance-based standards, as well as the obstacles they’ve faced along the way. The presentation highlights regional differences in policy and regulation, offering insights into how these variations impact market delivery and resident experience. The session concludes with a forward-looking discussion on emerging provincial standards and the shift toward performance-based approaches that emphasize outcomes over rigid prescriptions—opening new pathways for embedding small home principles into the future of LTC design across Canada.

Learning objectives:

• Identify key differences between regulatory frameworks and evaluate how each framework influences the implementation of small home principles.
• Apply lessons from case studies to identify effective strategies for aligning small home models with regulatory requirements.
• Recognize emerging trends in long-term care regulation and identify opportunities for embedding small home principles and other innovative care concepts.

Neda Basharat, Principal, Montgomery Sisam

Tony Ross, Principal, Montgomery Sisam

9:45  AM | The Business and Design Case for the Small House Model in Quebec

This session aims to present the experience of recent seniors’ homes projects in Quebec. It will address the perspective of the client and the initial clinical need, then the different architectural strategies to formalize the vision of changing care for elderly people with loss of autonomy. Speakers will also be able to share the successes and challenges of the approach, the lessons learned and the expected developments of the model in the face of current construction cost challenges.

Erick Rivard, Associate Architect, Urban Designer, Groupe A

Stéphane Bouffard, Planning, Programming, and Research Officer Residential, Accommodation, and Transition Services Department, Santé Québec

10:30 AM | BREAK

10:45 AM | Building the Future: The New Outaouais Hospital and Santé Québec’s Transformative Role in Major Health Infrastructure Projects

Québec’s fully integrated healthcare and social services system offers a unique advantage: the ability to oversee and coordinate entire care pathways across both health and social domains. This deep connection informs innovative approaches to both capital infrastructure and operational design. In this presentation, Marc Bilodeau, President and CEO of CISSS de l’Outaouais, will share how his region is leveraging this integration to align with provincial objectives while responding to the specific needs of the local community. He will also provide an update on the planning of the new Outaouais hospital — a flagship project that embodies this transformative vision.

Dr. Marc Bilodeau, President and Chief Executive Officer, Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Center

11:30 AM | LUNCH

12:30 PM | Panel: Continuous Improvement through Post Occupancy Evaluation: Methodologies, Outcomes and Applications

Presentations and Q&A

Moderator – Cliff Harvey, Vice President Redevelopment, Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) 

15 min Martha Harvey, Senior Director, Operational Readiness at University Health Network

15 min Craig Doerksen, Executive Director, Capital, Clinical Engineering and Facilities Management, Manitoba Shared Health-Soins Communs

1:15 PM | From concept to reality: The post-occupancy evaluation of the Quebec City Integrated Cancer | Du concept à la réalité : l’évaluation post-occupation du Centre intégré de cancérologie de Québec.

In fall 2024, a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) was conducted at the Québec Integrated Cancer Center (CIC) as part of the Master’s program in Architecture at Université Laval. The process included review of the CIC’s clinical and functional programs, metric, syntactic, and functional analyses of the architectural plans, and guided visits of two other recently built CIC. Fieldwork involved extended on-site observations, a web-based staff survey, and an AI-assisted search for evidence on the impact of ambulatory cancer centers’ built environments on health and well-being. Key stakeholders from major hospital projects, combining clinical, organizational, and real estate expertise, monitored the evaluation. The presentation outlines the methodology used and the main findings

À l’automne 2024, une évaluation post-occupation (EPO) a été réalisée au Centre intégré de cancérologie (CIC) de Québec dans le cadre du programme de maîtrise en architecture de l’Université Laval. La démarche comprenait la consultation des programmes cliniques et fonctionnels du CIC, des analyses métriques, syntaxiques et fonctionnelles des plans d’architecture, ainsi que des visites guidées de deux autres CIC récemment construits. Le travail de terrain a comporté des observations prolongées sur place, une enquête en ligne auprès du personnel, et une recherche assistée par l’I.A. sur l’influence du cadre bâti des centres ambulatoires en cancérologie sur la santé et le bien-être. Des acteurs clés de grands projets hospitaliers, combinant expertise clinique, organisationnelle et immobilière, ont supervisé l’évaluation. La présentation expose la méthodologie utilisée ainsi que les principaux résultats.

Carole Després, Professor of Architecture, Laval University

1:45 PM | The New Alliance Procurement Model in British Columbia Healthcare Projects & Lessons Shared

Transforming Healthcare Project Delivery
· Compare conventional procurement with the game-changing Alliance model.
· Unpack impact on timelines, resources, and team dynamics.
· Discover how Alliance fosters innovation, efficiency, and long-term sustainability.

Transformer la réalisation des projets de santé
· Comparez les approches traditionnelles de passation de marchés avec le modèle révolutionnaire Alliance.
· Découvrez l’impact sur les délais, les ressources et la dynamique d’équipe.
· Voyez comment l’Alliance favorise l’innovation, l’efficacité et la durabilité à long terme.

Noor Esmail, Chief Project Officer and Executive Director, Fraser Health Authority, B.C.

2:15 PM | BREAK

2:30 PM | From Data to Decisions: Simulation-Driven Digital Twins in Healthcare

When designing healthcare spaces—whether new facilities or expansions—digital twins offer an affordable and powerful tool to significantly de-risk decision-making.

These models add an intuitive operational layer to traditional 3D architectural drawings, integrating historical and forecasted data to simulate real-world performance.

By conducting analyses early in the design process, before final construction plans are locked in, organizations can achieve the greatest returns. Future reconfigurations of physical spaces are often costly and disruptive, while digital twin insights enable informed decisions that optimize workflow efficiency, patient experience, and resource utilization from the outset.

SimWell will present multiple past projects to demonstrate the benefits of this approach, showcasing how digital twins have supported data-driven planning and improved outcomes in healthcare facility design.

Notable projects:

• CHUQ expansion: Human flow – simulation of elevators in the building
• MUHC construction: Distribution of surgical services between hospitals

André Jacques, Partner & Chief Technology Officer, SimWell

3:00 PM | Panel: Elevating Health Design

Moderator – Rita Mezei, Executive Director, CCHF

Antoine Buisseret, Associate Architect, Lemay

Maria Gabriela Ruiz Mangas, Director, Integrated Cancer Center-Centre intégré de cancérologie

Cliff Harvey, Vice President Redevelopment, Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN)

Afternoon Tour (Timing TBC) | Maison des Aînés de St-Foy

A LEED Silver-certified small house design, long-term care home.

3:30 PM | Conference Close

*Agenda subject to change. Stay tuned for more details!

The conference program will include interactive sessions, panels, and a reception. Please join your healthcare facility sector network. Where real issues, innovative thought leadership and ideas are discussed for a better future of healthcare facilities supporting better care – together. Join Us!

EARLY BIRD RATES EXTENDED! Register by September 20th and get 10% the regular registration price and an additional 10% off for groups of three or more. This offer cannot be combined with other offers. 

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE DELTA HOTEL 

A select number of rooms have been set aside for our out-of-town conference attendees at the Delta Hotel, Quebec. To take advantage of our special room rates, reservations must be made by Oct 7, 2025.

Online Booking: Use the dedicated reservation website:  Guests can make, modify, and cancel their hotel reservations through this link.

Phone Booking: Call 1-888-236-2427 or 1-801-468-4000 (for Marriott Bonvoy members) to reserve by phone.

Audience

• Healthcare leaders in Facilities & Redevelopment, Corporate Services, CEO, CFO’s
• Clinical Leads (CMIOs, Nursing, Medical leads)
• Capital Planning leaders and Project Directors
• ICAT / IMIT Leaders
• Design / Build Executives
• Constructors / Project Managers
• Consulting / Design Engineers
• Architects
• Planning Consultants
• Infection Control Professionals
• Quality and Patient Safety
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Capital Planners, Infrastructure Planners
• Hospital Service Providers
• Energy Services Companies
• Healthcare Vendors

Note: Speakers and topics may change based on their availability. CCHF makes every effort to only publish confirmed speakers.

Cancellation Policy
Fees are non-refundable. Registrants may be replaced by a colleague of the same organization, if written notification is given prior to the event. Note that CCHF does not guarantee all speakers. There may be substitutions due to availability or the need to make program changes. In the highly unlikely event of a program cancellation, CCHF will credit your company for the same value of the next event in your area.