Accountability

The Foundation is responsible to the groups it serves: health services decision makers, researchers, and their organizations. It is accountable to funders, partners, and the Canadian public who, through their taxes, created the Foundation’s original endowment in 1997.

The responsible use of resources and the evaluation of our programs are crucial to ensuring the Foundation remains transparent. That’s why we are devoted to developing evaluation strategies and to implementing sound accountability structures and procedures. Reporting on the performance of our programs and disclosing our use of resources ensures that decisions are transparent and that programs are driven by the best available evidence.

2008 Evaluation Activities

In Health Canada’s Audit and Accountability Bureau 2008 audit report, the Foundation received high praise for its sound management and investment frameworks. Along with the audits of the Foundation’s financials, pension plan, information technology, and other reviews, the report reinforces the Foundation’s commitment to a strong accountability framework.

The Foundation welcomed its new Director, Strategic Evaluation in November 2008. A key member of the Senior Management Team, the director is responsible for leading and supporting evaluation activities across all Foundation programs and at the organizational level. This responsibility includes developing a new corporate evaluation strategy that incorporates work to define and measure outcomes relevant to each of the Foundation’s strategic objectives.
An evaluation of the Nursing Research Fund was completed in 2008. The report represented collective feedback from several nursing stakeholders and noted the fund’s many successes in improving the quality of nursing-related research.
Established in 2000, the Career Reorientation Awards, an initiative of CADRE, supported established researchers to work with a mentor for one year to reorient their research. The Award achieved its objective of successfully shifting the focus of award holders to applied health services and nursing research. Given the declining number of applications, it appears that its purpose has been served and no further Awards will be granted.
The knowledge brokering demonstration sites pilot project ran its course in 2008. The project, set up in 2004, aimed to support organizations in their efforts to link researchers with decision makers. There were six sites set up across Canada. The overall objectives of the demonstration site program – to stimulate interaction between researchers and decision makers and to increase the use of quality research in decision-making – were successfully met, and much was learned from this pilot project.

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Governance 2008-2009 Board of Trustees and Committee Members Letter from the Chair, Board of Trustees Letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer The Cornerstones of Innovation Incubation Strategic Objective #1 Strategic Objective #2 Strategic Objective #3 Strategic Objective #4 EXTRA Researcher on Call A Model of Organizational Excellence Accountability Endowment and Financial Management Statement of Financial Position Statement of Operations	Accountability The Foundation is responsible to the groups it serves: health services decision makers, researchers, and their organizations. It is accountable to funders, partners, and the Canadian public who, through their taxes, created the Foundation’s original endowment in 1997. The responsible use of resources and the evaluation of our programs are crucial to ensuring the Foundation remains transparent. That’s why we are devoted to developing evaluation strategies and to implementing sound accountability structures and procedures. Reporting on the performance of our programs and disclosing our use of resources ensures that decisions are transparent and that programs are driven by the best available evidence. 2008 Evaluation Activities In Health Canada’s Audit and Accountability Bureau 2008 audit report, the Foundation received high praise for its sound management and investment frameworks. Along with the audits of the Foundation’s financials, pension plan, information technology, and other reviews, the report reinforces the Foundation’s commitment to a strong accountability framework. The Foundation welcomed its new Director, Strategic Evaluation in November 2008. A key member of the Senior Management Team, the director is responsible for leading and supporting evaluation activities across all Foundation programs and at the organizational level. This responsibility includes developing a new corporate evaluation strategy that incorporates work to define and measure outcomes relevant to each of the Foundation’s strategic objectives. An evaluation of the Nursing Research Fund was completed in 2008. The report represented collective feedback from several nursing stakeholders and noted the fund’s many successes in improving the quality of nursing-related research. Established in 2000, the Career Reorientation Awards, an initiative of CADRE, supported established researchers to work with a mentor for one year to reorient their research. The Award achieved its objective of successfully shifting the focus of award holders to applied health services and nursing research. Given the declining number of applications, it appears that its purpose has been served and no further Awards will be granted. The knowledge brokering demonstration sites pilot project ran its course in 2008. The project, set up in 2004, aimed to support organizations in their efforts to link researchers with decision makers. There were six sites set up across Canada. The overall objectives of the demonstration site program – to stimulate interaction between researchers and decision makers and to increase the use of quality research in decision-making – were successfully met, and much was learned from this pilot project.