About CMF
The Canadian Medical Forum brings together leaders of Canada’s major national medical organizations to discuss issues of priority to physicians, their patients, and the Canadian health care system.
The CMF is a forum for consultation, relationship and consensus building, strategy development and joint action where appropriate.
National Collaboration
Foster an enhanced understanding and appreciation of one another’s organizations and their positions on relevant issues and achieve consensus among the members on cross-cutting issues in medicine.
Strategy Development
Develop strategy by prioritizing issues where collective strategies and actions would be beneficial and develop strategies in defined areas.
Joint Action
Undertake joint action by implementing collective projects, issue joint position statements, carry out other collaborative actions and speak with a united voice, where appropriate and required and having an opportunity to review and be signatories on all CMF documents.
Improving Healthcare
Build relationships and concensus with the goal of improving health care in the Canadian system. This involves identifying relevant issues and policies of common interest and concern that would benefit from CMF discussion and potential collective action and informing and sharing perspectives with one another related to the above matters.
Our History
A look into the history of the CMF.
Our Members
The CMF has 13 Member organizations and 2 Observer organizations.
Member Meetings
The CMF meets six times per year with one of those meetings attended by the full CMF (CEOs/Executive Directors/Equivalents and Presidents).
Dr. E. Ann Collins
Current Chair
Canadian Medical Forum
Dr. E. Ann Collins is a family physician in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She graduated from Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine in 1985 and has been serving patients in Fredericton for over 30 years. Her practice included office, hospital, emergency room and nursing home care. She also taught Family Medicine residents for over twenty years. Dr. Collins brings expertise in governance, public policy, and leadership, as well as extensive experience in the health care sector.
Dr. Collins contributes actively to her community. She was a member of the Board of Directors for the New Brunswick Medical Society from 1999 to 2010, serving as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2005 to 2010. She was a member of the Canadian Medical Association Board of Directors from 2013 to 2022, serving as President in 2020-2021. She has also served as Chair of the Board of Governors of St. Thomas University and is currently Medical director with the Chalmers Foundation.
Past Chairs
The Canadian Medical Forum was formed in 1990 and historically, the Presidents and CEOs of the member organizations have selected the Chair by a majority vote.
Consideration is given to ensure that the chair rotates through CMF member organizations. The Chair is selected for an initial term of two (2) years, after which the term is renewable once or extended once up to a maximum of two (2) additional years.
The Chairs (and their nominating organizations) have been:
Dr. F. Gigi Osler
Canadian Medical Association
(2020-2022)
Dr. Cecil Rorabeck
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
(2016-2020)
Dr. James Rourke
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
(2012-2016)
Dr. Ruth Wilson
College of Family Physicians of Canada
(2009-2012)
Dr. Dana Hanson
Canadian Federation of Medical Students & Canadian Association of Internes and Residents
(2006-2009)
Dr. Peter Barrett
Canadian Medical Association
(2002-2005)
Dr. Nick Busing
College of Family Physicians of Canada
(1999-2002)
Dr. Douglas Courtemanche
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
(1996-1999)
Dr. Jock Murray
Association of Canadian Medical Colleges
(1993-1996)
Dr. Don Wilson
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
(1990-1993)
Member & Observer
Organizations
Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS)
We are an organization representing over 9,000 medical students from 15 Canadian medical student societies from coast to coast. We represent medical students to the public, to the federal government, and to national and international medical organizations.
Canadian Medical Association (CMA)
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is leading a national movement of physicians who believe in a better future of health. Our goal is a more sustainable, accessible health system and a new culture of medicine that champions equity, diversity and inclusion.
Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada (FMRAC)
The Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada provides a national structure for the 13 provincial and territorial medical regulatory authorities to:
- Present and pursue issues of common concern and interest; and,
- Share, consider and develop positions on such matters.
