Investing in our People

At Unity Health Toronto, our people are the driving force behind the exceptional care we deliver every day. These highlights from the 2025/26 fiscal year reflect our ongoing commitment to supporting their growth and development and strengthening excellence across the organization.

Education

The Leadership Academy at Unity Health for Careers in Healthcare (LAUNCH) is designed to build leadership capacity and support pathways for all leaders to thrive and reach their full career potential.

LAUNCH supports the following programs:

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Leadership Development

The Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), a 6-month program designed to prepare emerging and aspiring leaders for a successful transition into a future leadership role. 

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The Equity-Focused Leadership Mentorship Program connects aspiring leaders, senior professionals and managers with leader mentors to facilitate equitable leadership growth and career advancement. 

Milestone Recognition

Unity Health Toronto annually celebrates staff who reach milestone anniversaries in five-year increments. The following service milestones were reached in 2025.

2025/26 was our 6th year of the Joy Fund

Implemented in 2020, Unity Health’s Joy Fund is an initiative that aims to bring more joy to work across the organization. By supporting team-driven ideas, the Joy Fund has helped foster collaboration, spark creativity and create solutions that make people feel happier, more included and less stressed in their daily work.

In 2025/26 we funded 4 projects for a total of $32,000.

These are the projects:

Cultivating joy in work by providing a safe and secure work environment:

Implemented secure lockers for St. Joseph’s Food Services team to ensure the staff feel safe and supported in their work environment every day

Self-compassion to increase wellbeing in multiple sclerosis staff:

Provided a six-week series of sessions led by a qualified instructor, where participants were guided in developing self-kindness, mindfulness and a sense of common humanity – key pillars that support resilience and emotional health in the workplace.

Murals as Medicine: Bringing joy and colour to windowless spaces:

To help create a warm and welcoming environment in the X-ray and medical imaging rooms at St. Michael’s, two murals were chosen by staff and created by a local artists to transform the space.

Healing Harmonies: Bringing joy through live music on the Stroke & Neurology Unit:

In partnership with the Infection Prevention and Control team, the Stroke and Neurology unit celebrated a patient’s birthday with a violin performance. The event inspired patients and staff, leading to support for live music performances by local musicians, fostering connection, comfort, and joy.

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