North East

A lifelong northern Ontario resident, I know the territory very well. As a former Community Development Officer in northeastern Ontario with the Northern Ontario Medical Education Corporation (NOMEC), I worked closely with and assisted communities in recruiting and retaining physicians and allied health care professionals.

My community work includes serving as the President of Porcupine Big Brothers and Sisters, Director of College Boreal Board of Governors and the Centre de counseling familiale de Timmins. My most recent community work includes being Chair of the Northeast Northern Development Council and serving as a director on the North East LHIN Board of Director. At the present, I am the Chair of the Centre Passerelle pour femme du Nord de l’Ontario Board of Directors. 

My mother tongue is French and I am fully bilingual. If you have any questions about what I do or the many programs and services offered by HealthForceOntario Marketing and Recruitment Agency, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Johanne Labonté
Community Partnership Coordinator – North East
HealthForceOntario Marketing and Recruitment Agency
j.labonte@healthforceontario.ca

CPC Source Newsletter: January 2012

 

What I Can Do For You

• Offer on-the-ground physician recruitment support to community recruiters and health care organizations.
• Help physicians and residents learn about job opportunities and explore communities of interest.
• Connect physicians, nurses, communities, and health care organizations to other programs and resources of the Agency.
• Work with Ontario’s medical schools to promote and support their community-based outreach activities.
• Link health care organizations with provincial nursing recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Promote Ontario at provincial, national and international conferences and career fairs.
• Support LHIN-based health human resource planning.

About North East

Northeastern Ontario is a diverse region both culturally and linguistically, consisting of Algoma District, Manitoulin - Sudbury District, Cochrane District, Timiskaming District, Nipissing District, Parry Sound District, and the James and Hudson Bay Coasts District. 

We are proud to say we have the highest percentage of French speaking communities, with Francophones comprising 25% of the population and Aboriginal and First Nation communities representing 8%.