Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions

As Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions, Lisa Robinson leads the university’s outreach, coordination and relationship-building within Toronto’s vibrant hub of biomedical research, drug development, health education, health policy and clinical care.

That hub centres on the Toronto Academic Health Sciences Network (TAHSN) – nine teaching hospitals fully affiliated with U of T and six associate member institutions – and extends to another 20 community-affiliated hospitals and healthcare sites in the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.

As Vice-Provost, Lisa Robinson represents the University on the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine. She reports to the President of the University on inter-institutional matters and to the Provost on academic matters affecting the health science divisions in their relations with hospitals and other healthcare sites.

The Council of Health Sciences – consisting of the Deans and other representatives of the seven health science Faculties at U of T – provides the Dean with the context needed to represent the interests of the health science Faculties to hospitals and other healthcare sites.

Office of the Vice-Provost, Relations with Health Care Institutions

Medical Sciences Building, Room 2109
1 King's College Circle
Toronto, ON  M5S 1A8

Relations with Health Care Institutions

Hospital Organizations

• Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations
• The Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN) is comprised of the University of Toronto and its affiliated academic hospitals. TAHSN’s members participate in health and biomedical research and teach undergraduate and postgraduate medical and healthcare professional students.

TAHSN Member Affiliation 

• Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
• Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
• Sinai Health (Includes Mount Sinai Hospital and Bridgepoint Active Healthcare)
• St. Michael's Hospital Site of Unity Health (*)
• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• University Health Network (Includes Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, West Park)
• Women's College Hospital

TAHSN Associate Member Affiliation 

• Humber River Hospital
• Michael Garron Hospital
• North York General Hospital
• Scarborough Health Network 
• St. Joseph's Health Centre Site of Unity Health (*)
• Trillium Health Partners (includes Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital, Queensway Health Centre)

Community Hospital Affiliation 

• Georgian Bay General Hospital
• Lakeridge Health
• Oak Valley Health
• Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
• Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital
• Providence Healthcare Site of Unity Health
• Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
• Southlake Regional Health Centre
• Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
• William Osler Health System

Non-Hospital Clinical Site Affiliation 

• Canadian Blood Services
• Ontario Forensic Pathology Services
• Surrey Place Centre
• The George Hull Centre for Children and Families
• The SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health (**)
• The Kensington Eye Institute
• The Kensington Health Centre
• Youthdale Treatment Centres

Other Affiliates

• City of Toronto / Toronto Public Health
• Public Health Ontario (formerly Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion)

Education 

• Department of National Defence / Northern Ontario School of Medicine / Michener Institute for Applied Health Science

• Radiation Therapy: University Joint Program

• Ontario Centre of Forensic Sciences / Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario / UTM
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine
• Physician Assistant Program (Michener / Northern Ontario School of Medicine)
• Rural Ontario Medicine Program

Research 

• Institute for Circumpolar Health Research
• Institute for Work and Health
• Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

(*) These hospitals merged in 2017 to form Unity Health; the University’s affiliations continue on a site-specific basis.
(**) Formerly Hincks-Dellcrest Treatment Centre, this site integrated with the Hospital for Sick Children in 2017; the University’s affiliations continue on a site-specific basis.