Associate - Strategy Coach
elinorcaplan@leonarddomino.com
Hon Elinor Caplan's political career began as an elected Municipal Alderman in North York from 1978-1985. During that time she was chair of almost every major council committee. Elinor gained extensive experience in municipal planning, transportation & human services.
As a Provincial MPP (1985-97), she served in the Peterson Government as Minister of Government Services, Chair of Management Board & Chair of the Cabinet.
Elinor Caplan is best known as Ontario's Health Minister (1987-1990).
Elected as Federal MP for Thornhill (1997-2004), Elinor served as Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Health before joining the Chrétien Cabinet in 1999 as Minister of Citizenship & Immigration. In 2001 she was named Minister of National Revenue where she had responsibility for Revenue Canada as well as Canada Customs. Elinor had responsibility for the implementation of the Canada/USA Smart Border Accord. Her recommendation to establish the Canadian Border Services Agency was accepted by Rt Hon Paul Martin.
While in Federal cabinet (1999-2003) Elinor served on the Public Security & Anti-Terrorism committee, the Social Union committee, the Reference Group of Ministers on Health, as well as the Reference Group of Ministers on the Voluntary Sector.
She did not seek re-election in 2004.
In 2005 Elinor completed a review of Ontario Home Care Procurement Policy & Practices. The 'Caplan Report' (Competing for Excellence by Rewarding Results) recommendations have been accepted by government & are being implemented.
During the Spring 2005, Elinor Caplan was a Visiting Fellow at Ryerson University. She has been a guest lecturer at the Rotman School of Management as well as the Faculty of Nursing at University of Toronto. Since 2007 Elinor Caplan teaches regularly at the Canada School of Public Service. She is a strategy coach with Leonard Domino and Associates. Elinor provokes thinking with probing questions that enable people to think strategically. Her passions include the implementation of strategies to improve the safety & quality in the Health & Social Services sector as well as excellence in governance.
In February 2006 Elinor completed the Director Education Program as well as the Finance Program for Corporate Directors at the University of Toronto, Rotman School. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors & The Institute of Public Administration Canada (IPAC).
From 2005-2007 Elinor was the Governance, Program & Financial, Lead, on the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care project to create independent governance for Sunnybrook Health Science Centre & Women's College Hospital.
Her work supported the governments Transformation Agenda & should result in the creation of a Centre of Excellence in Academic Ambulatory Care at the new Women's College Hospital.
In 2008 she co-authored the paper "Can Local Governance Survive?" & Elinor was a presenter at the Institute of Public Administration Canada (IPAC) conference on that topic.
Elinor is a member of the Board of Directors of Institute of Clinical & Evaluative Sciences (ICES) & is the Chair of the governance & nominating committee. She will be retiring from the Board of National Cancer Institute of Canada this year. In June 2008 Elinor will also retire from the board of directors of the Dr. Jay Charitable Foundation which supports pediatric palliative care programs.
In late 2007 Elinor completed a project for the World Health Organization (WHO) assisting with the development of an integrated Health System & legislation in Armenia.
Presently Elinor Caplan is the Chief Executive Officer of Canada Strategies Inc.
Elinor Caplan will not provide any coaching nor have any meetings with any LD&A clients who are engaged or trying to become engaged with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care or any other ministry or agency for which David Caplan has ministerial responsibility.