Leading the Change: A Women’s Healthcare Leadership Summit

About the event:

Are you a woman in healthcare inspired to advance your career and actively lead the change for other women in your field to grow? Are you passionate about making lasting systemic changes within the Canadian healthcare system?

Then the Leading the Change: A Women's Healthcare Leadership Summit is exactly where you need to be! This summit is more than just a conversation—it's a movement to reshape healthcare leadership, ensuring that women, especially those in historically "forgotten" roles, can achieve career advancement and economic prosperity by driving meaningful institutional change.

Organized by The Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour (SNIWWOC), this summit is dedicated to addressing systemic inequities in the healthcare sector while amplifying the voices and leadership of women, particularly those from underserved communities.

This one-night event will bring together healthcare workers (nurses, physicians, chiropractors, psychologists, dietitians, acupuncturists, health executive directors, managers, etc), advocates, policy makers, and more, to explore innovative gender-equity models, discuss actionable strategies, and brainstorm ways that women in healthcare can meet their economic and social potential.

Are You a Woman in Healthcare Who:

• Wants to work in and create systems that encourage the hiring and elevation of women and women of colour from entry-level roles to middle management and executive positions.
• Is eager to understand the barriers that women and women of colour are experiencing when trying to advance their careers and influence policy.
• Is a leader looking to inspire other healthcare professionals by sharing their journey of leading change.
• Is a life-long learner eager to connect with pioneering healthcare leaders.
• Is a passionate healthcare worker ambitiously looking to advance their career and drive systemic improvements.

Event Highlights:

• Discover the Roadmap of Trailblazing Women Leaders who have successfully led the change and transformed the landscape of healthcare leadership in their fields. Use this knowledge to immediately make improvements and advancements in your own healthcare system.
• Learn to Create Equitable Pathways for women in leadership, achieve pay equity, break through systemic barriers, and gain knowledge on how to build thriving and inclusive workplace cultures from our four industry experts.
• Interactive Workshops where you will develop actionable strategies to accelerate gender equity in healthcare, focusing on mentorship, policy reform, and institutional partnerships.
• Connect with Industry Peers, Advocates, and Potential Mentors to foster collaborations that amplify the impact of equity-driven initiatives across the sector.

📅 Date: Friday, March 27 2026

⏰ Time: 5 - 9pm PST

📍 Location: Esquimalt Gorge Pavilion (1070 Tillicum Rd, Victoria BC)

🚗 Parking: Free

🙌🏼 Women from all healthcare professions and backgrounds are welcome!

To learn more about the Leading the Change Summit click here.

Join us as we work toward a future where gender equity and representation in healthcare leadership are not just goals but realities. This event is supported by Women & Gender Equality (WAGE) Canada.

We respectfully acknowledge that this event takes place on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen (Chekonein, Chilcowitch, Swengwhung, Kosampsom, Whyomilth, Teechamitsa, Kakyaakan, Songhees, Esquimalt) and W̱SÁNEĆ (SȾÁUTW/Tsawout, W̱JOȽEȽP/Tsartlip, BOḰEĆEN/Pauquachin, WSIḴEM/Tseycum) Peoples.