Executive Vice-President, Strategy and Communications; Executive Lead, Research and Niagara Health Knowledge Institute; Interim Executive Vice-President, Capital Planning and Redevelopment
Harpreet Bassi is the Executive Vice-President, Strategy and Communications at Niagara Health and the Executive Lead at the Niagara Health Knowledge Institute. She is also the Interim Executive Vice-President for Capital Planning and Redevelopment.
With a career spanning more than 20 years in the health-care sector, Harpreet has held key leadership positions at Health Quality Ontario, Cancer Care Ontario, The Centre for Effective Practice and The Change Foundation. Most recently, she served as the Director of Policy for Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Health. She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto, a Masters of Public Administration from Queens University and a PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Science from the University of Western Ontario.
Harpreet sits on the Board of Directors for Public Health Ontario and holds an Adjunct Faculty position within the School of Health Sciences at Western University.
Harpreet was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario. In her leisure time, Harpreet enjoys reading, writing and hiking.