1. Joyce A. Rowlands
Résumé
A. OVERVIEW
Accomplished public policy and communications professional; former senior manager in the broader public
sector (health care, engineering, professional regulation); government experience in political and public service
roles; author of reports, position papers, submissions to government; versatile and accomplished writer/editor –
adept at 'translating' complex information and ideas into easy-to-understand concepts and language.
B. BACKGROUND
Recent: 2009 - 2016, Registrar/CEO of a new statutory regulatory body, appointed by the Minister of Health and Long-
Term Care (Ontario). Working with a governing Council appointed by government, responsible for building a new
organization, including developing regulations, standards, policies, administrative systems and staff for a newly
regulated profession in Ontario (psychotherapists). Frequent presenter and spokesperson.
Previous: Project Manager and Consultant in the broader public sector (public policy and communications specialist).
Extensive experience on complex initiatives involving stakeholder engagement, government relations, policy
development and communications. Past projects involved working with boards, committees and expert panels to frame
program/policy options, and develop positions on strategic issues.
Former Senior Project Manager, Professional Engineers Ontario, Trillium Gift of Life Network, and the
Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (Ontario)
Former Policy Analyst and Program Manager (Communications), Ontario Ministry of Health; also served as
Legislative Assistant to the Minister of Health (seconded from the public service)
Former journalist and award-winning medical writer
Registered Nurse (former occupational health nurse)
C. Education
Graduate Program in Journalism, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Bachelor of Arts (Political Science & Psychology), Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
Diploma in Nursing (R.N.), Nightingale School of Nursing, Toronto, Ontario
D. Personal Interests
Outdoor enthusiast, x-country skier, cyclist, hiker; politics, current events, issues of the day
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Joyce Rowlands, Toronto Ontario
jrowlands248@gmail.co

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E. Consulting Work (2002-2009)
Professional Engineers Ontario (regulatory body for the province’s 65,000 licensed engineers); research
and stakeholder consultation regarding PEO’s regulatory model
Ontario Coalition of Mental Health Professionals; research (jurisdictional review) and strategic direction
regarding Ontario’s proposal to regulate psychotherapists
Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council (agency of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term
Care); Sr. Project Manager: research/writing, stakeholder consultation, project management
College of Nurses of Ontario; research, stakeholder consultation (focus groups, key informant interviews)
and recommendations for revisions to guidelines on telecommunications and e-health
iPHIS Project (Ontario’s new Integrated Public Health Information System); policy papers on electronic
documentation, database retention and issues related to management of electronic records personal
health information)
Trillium Gift of Life Network (Ontario government agency responsible for organ and tissue donation); Sr.
Project Manager: provincial policy and standards development, communications planning
Infection Control Standards Task Force, (Ontario provincial working group) on post-SARS infection control
for health care facilities; Interim Report – report-writing, involving synthesis of working group
deliberations
Canadian Nuclear Workers’ Council; Editor, Canadian Nuclear Worker (2004-’07)
F. Employment History (chronology)
2008 - 2016 Registrar & CEO, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (see p.1 “Recent” for
details
2002 - 2007 Consultant/Project Manager (see p.1 for list of projects)
2001-2002 Director, Public Affairs, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (one-year secondment to
newly established professional association); responsible for establishing communications/public affairs
programs and ongoing work related to a major public inquiry (Walkerton Inquiry)
1996-2001 Sr. Project Manager, Communications and Public Affairs, Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO);
responsible for stakeholder and member engagement, research/writing, communications planning and
government relations for two corporate initiatives: development of a Professional Excellence Program and
creation of a new professional association (separate from PEO, the provincial regulatory body). NOTE:
Initially, full-time consultant (1996-‘98); subsequently joined the staff as an employee.
1991-1996 Writer/Editor: research, writing, communications, government relations, mainly in the health
field
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1988 - 1991 Ontario Ministry of Health: (successively) Media Officer; Legislative Assistant to the Minister
of Health (seconded from the OPS); Research Analyst, Policy Development (Long-term Care Task Force);
Program Manager (Communications).
Previous: Journalist/Medical Writer: Toronto Star, Ontario Medicine, The Medical Post, Ontario Medical
Review, Globe & Mail, Financial Times.
G. Principal Author or Writer (selected list)
Attributes of an Engineer; examination of licensing criteria for engineers in international jurisdictions, and
implications for Ontario licensed professional engineers; a study prepared for Professional Engineers
Ontario (author)
Safe Drinking Water & the Role of Professional Engineers; submission to The Walkerton Inquiry by the
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (2001) (writer)
Interim Report of the Infection Control Standards Task Force; provincial working group (2003) (writer)
Commercial Involvement in New Reproductive Technologies; a report commissioned by the Royal
Commission on New Reproductive Technologies, 1994 (author)
Enabling Biotechnology: A Strategic Plan for Ontario; report of the Biotechnology Council of Ontario, 1994
(writer)
Health Research In Canada: A Glittering National Asset; submission to the Federal Science & Technology
Review by the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, Montreal Neurological Institute, Samuel
Lunenfeld Research Institute and John P. Robarts Research Institute 1993 (writer)
The Group Health Centre in Sault Saint Marie; an investigative report commissioned by the Ontario
Medical Association, 1987 (author)
Numerous published articles in the print media.
H. Awards
Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychotherapists and Psychometrists (OACCPP):
Recognition Award, September 2016
Alliance of Psychotherapy Training Institutions (APTI): Award for Outstanding Contribution to the
Profession in Ontario, August 2016.
Honourary Founder, Ontario Society of Professional Engineers, 2003
Kenneth R. Wilson Memorial Awards (Canadian Business Press): Best Professional Development article
(1st), Best technical article (2nd
) for articles that appeared in Ontario Medicine, 1986
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