Board Report

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

CEO Transition

ISSUE

Theresa Marentette will officially retire from her role as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nursing Officer of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit effective June 30, 2021.

Upon Theresa Marentette’s departure, Nicole Dupuis, Director of Health Promotion, will transition to the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2021. In this role, Nicole Dupuis will have a direct reporting line to the Board of Health and have the ability to bind the Board of Health. 

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

Temporary Foreign Workers COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

Recruitment through the COVID-19 Pandemic

BACKGROUND

This report will outline recruitment for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit throughout the ever-changing COVID-19 Pandemic. The needs of the community required additional staff across the entire Windsor-Essex County Health Unit organization.

CURRENT INITIATIVES

The below information will provide a snapshot of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s staffing numbers in March 2020 and current day information.

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout in Windsor and Essex County

DATE:

June 2021

SUBJECT:

COVID-19 Case and Contact Management

BACKGROUND

COVID-19 spreads through direct contact with the respiratory droplets of someone who is infected with the virus. Symptoms include fever, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing.  On December 31, 2019, health authorities identified this novel coronavirus (COVID-19) through a series of reported cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, China. On March 20, 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported to the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU).

ISSUE

In October 2018, after a provincial review of existing Supervised Consumption Services (SCS) and Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS), the Government of Ontario announced its commitment to fund a re-purposed version of the Consumption and Treatments Services (CTS) Program. Consumption and Treatment Services sites provide wrap-around services that connect clients who use drugs to primary care, treatment, and other health and social services; including:

Background