Health Care Management - Canadian Context

This program is designed for health care professionals from all backgrounds who are ready to step into leadership. You will build the skills to manage effectively across diverse health care environments, with learning firmly rooted in the Canadian and Ontario health care context. A strong emphasis on Indigenous perspectives, truth and reconciliation, and health equity ensures you graduate prepared to lead inclusively and responsibly.

Through a blend of online flexibility and intensive in-person learning, you will gain the business and leadership fundamentals that today’s health system demands including finance, human resources, change management, data analysis, and strategic decision-making. You’ll also explore leadership styles and how to adapt them within the rapidly evolving health care landscape, preparing you to guide teams with confidence and resilience.

A key strength of this program is the opportunity to build a professional network that lasts beyond graduation. You will connect with peers from diverse health disciplines, learn directly from supportive faculty, and engage with health care agencies and stakeholders, creating valuable relationships that open doors to future career opportunities.

Your journey culminates in a work-integrated capstone project, where you apply your learning to a real-world challenge. This hands-on experience consolidates your skills and prepares you to step confidently into roles where you can lead interprofessional teams, partner in care, and drive meaningful change in the future of Canadian health care.

This accelerated, hybrid program is built with you in mind, allowing you to finish sooner, balance studies with your career, and complete portions of the curriculum online without sacrificing quality or connection. In your final semester you'll engage in a distinctive capstone project, applying your skills to solve real-world challenges and graduate with the kind of authentic experience employers value.

At Fleming, you are supported every step of the way. Our faculty are committed to student-centered learning, providing enriched experiences, continuous formative feedback, and authentic assessments that mirror the realities of health care management. Every course is intentionally designed to help you build confidence, apply knowledge in meaningful ways, and prepare for leadership with purpose.

What truly sets this program apart in Ontario is its strong commitment to Indigenous truth and reconciliation and to addressing Indigenous community health care needs. These principles are interwoven throughout the curriculum, ensuring you graduate with not only advanced management skills, but also the cultural humility, inclusivity, and ethical grounding needed to make a difference in today’s health care system.

If you are ready to take the next step in your health care career, this program is designed with you in mind. Whether you’re aiming to move into a management role, accelerate in your current leadership position, or build the expertise to open your own practice, Fleming’s Health Care Management-Canadian Context program equips you with the skills to get there.

With a focus on the Canadian health care system, you’ll develop a broad spectrum of management skills from leadership, finance, and human resources to quality improvement, patient safety, and risk management. This practical, career-driven approach ensures you graduate ready to take on meaningful leadership opportunities.

Graduates find rewarding careers in a wide range of health care environments, including:

• Hospitals, clinics, and specialty practices
• Long-term care and retirement homes
• Community and home care organizations
• Private health care and rehabilitation facilities
• Public health agencies and non-profit organizations
• Family Health Teams

Fields of practice are equally diverse, with opportunities in:

• Nursing and clinical administration
• Pharmacy management
• Public health coordination
• Laboratory and diagnostic services administration
• Quality improvement and risk management
• Clinical practice management
• Dental health services leadership
• Patient care management
• Healthcare coordination

If you want to move from providing care to shaping the systems, teams, and services that deliver it, this program will help you turn that goal into reality.