Laurie Skinner is Managing Editor of Canadian Health Policy Institute (CHPI). Laurie has a Bachelor of Health Administration degree from the Ted Rogers School of Management, Health Services Management Program at Ryerson University (Toronto). She is a Registered Nurse (R.N.). with a Diploma in Health Sciences from St. Clair College (Windsor) and has also studied Business Administration and Social Sciences at the University of Windsor. She has worked in clinical nursing in the Maternal/Newborn Unit and Special Care Nursery at Windsor Regional Hospital’s Metropolitan Campus and in the Combined Care Unit at Sunnybrook and Women’s College Hospital in Toronto.

Laurie has also worked as a Project Coordinator with the Ontario Medical Association (OMA), as a Physician Assistant Recruitment Advisor with HealthForceOntario MRA, and as a Nursing Recruitment Coordinator with the Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario (PAIRO) / HFOJobs (HealthForceOntario).

Laurie has made various presentations to HR professionals at 16 Ontario hospitals; staff at the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; representatives of several health care organizations including the Ontario Hospital Association; and Nursing students at the University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario, York University and Seneca College.