Team Members
Anne Forsyth
Networked Health ON, Co-Chair
Anne is the Director of Clinical Applications and Decision Support at Women’s College Hospital, bringing over fifteen years of leadership experience in healthcare and health information management. She holds a Master of Health Science in Health Administration from the University of Toronto and has held roles at key organizations, including the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), eHealth Ontario, and Cancer Care Ontario.
Ewan Affleck
Networked Health AB, Chair
Ewan has worked and lived in northern Canada since 1992. He is currently serving as the Senior Medical Advisor - Health Informatics, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta, and Strategic Advisor - Clinical and Informatics at the Canadian Institute for Health Information. He is the past Chief Medical Information Officer of the Northwest Territories, was co-chair of the national Virtual Care Task Force, served on the Expert Working Group of the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy, and is the Executive Producer and co-writer of The Unforgotten (2021), an award-winning film about inequities in health service for Indigenous people living in Canada. In 2013, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his contribution to northern health care.
Teri Price
Networked Health AB, Co-Chair
Teri is the Executive Director of Greg’s Wings Projects, a non-profit organization established in honour of her brother, Greg Price. Driven by the impact of Greg's experience, Teri and her family are committed to improving healthcare. The organization's first major project was the production of the short film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story. Teri has shared the film and facilitated post-film discussions over 750 times.
Teri is a board member for The Patient Revolution and has contributed to numerous provincial and federal committees focused on health information, digital health, health human resources, cancer diagnosis, and healthcare strategy.
Carl Severson
Networked Health BC, Co-Chair
Carl is an obstetrician and gynecologist who lives and works in the rural and remote Canadian North where he sees and experiences how our current suboptimal approach to health data effect people negatively every day. He has a deep interest in data standards, terminologies, and the other technical nuts and bolts that are necessary for the coherent design and use of health data that was informed by his experiences with the Web and Free and Open Source Software in the late 90s. He also has an emerging interest in health data governance structures and policy at the national and international level. When not doing clinical work, he spends part of his time working in clinical informatics at a regional / local level.
Glynda Rees
Networked Health BC, Co-Chair
Glynda is Program Lead for the BCIT Advanced Certificate in Digital Health. She completed an MSN at the University of British Columbia with a focus on education and health informatics, and a BSN at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She is currently a post-candidacy student in the Doctor of Nursing program at the University of Calgary.
Glynda’s interests include digital health education, the impact of health information technologies on clinical judgment and decision making at the point of care, and the potential for health information technologies to improve health outcomes across communities. Glynda is committed to advancing clinical data standards, fostering interoperability, and promoting connected care within the healthcare system to enhance patient outcomes and streamline healthcare delivery.
Claire Snyman
Networked Health BC, Chair
Claire is an author, TEDx speaker, and Patient Experience & Engagement Strategist. Drawing on her lived experience with a brain tumour and chronic health conditions, she inspires people to take an active role in their own health. Claire advocates for stronger collaboration between patients, families, and healthcare systems to enhance access to care and health data, communication, improve the patient experience, and embed an understanding of what matters most to people across healthcare.
Phil Boyer
Networked Health ON, Co-Chair
Phil is a long-time supporter of health innovation in Canada through roles in commercialization and healthcare research. He currently leads the Health Data Innovation program at INOVAIT, Canada’s image-guided therapy and artificial intelligence (AI) network, and is the lead author of “Data Mobilization: Principles for safely and ethically harnessing Canadian health data to unlock innovation, economic growth, and better patient care”. He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering focused on AI in healthcare from the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Research Institute.