Jason Lemar, Mpa Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Promoted to support project management efforts for all ministry units, offering strategic guidance, expert recommendations, and program design advice to enhance strategic foresight, program effectiveness, and.
• Physician Burden Reduction: Spearheaded the development and implementation strategy of multiple initiatives integrating AI technology and other e-services to streamline processes and enhance efficiency, projecting in a.
• Project Management Foundations Workshop: Created and presented a 2-session, 90-minute online webinar attended by over 150 MOH staff, providing guidance for stakeholders and executing tasks within the MOH.
• Project Planning Workshop: Designed and delivered a 3-session webinar series for over 185 MOH staff, aimed to confidently manage projects, strategically plan, and successfully implement new initiatives within the MOH..
• Strategic Project Leadership: Provided project leadership and strategic consultation for initiatives spanning all 12 ministry branches, while devising operational and tactical frameworks for the primary health care.
• Program Performance Oversight: Closely tracked and assessed KPIs of corporately sponsored projects, ensuring accuracy and integrity within the internal project tracking system while maintaining alignment with.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Assisted the Director of Strategic Policy Branch, offering strategic policy counsel, recommendations, and expertise regarding provincial election transitions and Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIA) to both internal and.
• Election Trend Analysis and Reporting: Conducted meticulous environmental scans and trends analyses on provincial election issues, consolidating findings into weekly dashboards distributed to the Deputy Minister and.
• Life Sciences Innovation Fund: Spearheaded the development and launch of a $15M innovation fund in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade and the Ontario Centre of Innovation.
• Policy Analysis & Development: Actively engaged in policy and issue analysis, contributing to the development of well-informed policy and program recommendations through rigorous consultation processes and.
• Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) Liaison: Managed liaison efforts for RIA products between the MOH and the MEDJCT, facilitating thorough development, review, and completion of all RIAs in compliance with regulatory.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivated relationships with internal and external stakeholders to foster collaboration on research initiatives, enhancing the quality of policy development, program design, and legislative.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Recruited to lead the business and program initiatives of an Inpatient Medicine and Chronic Kidney Disease portfolio, overseeing stakeholder relationship management, issues resolution, emerging priorities, and annual.
• Funding Compliance Management: Oversaw the review, analysis, and reporting a $41M transfer payment agreement, ensuring adherence to funding requirements, including equipment acquisitions, COVID-19 contingency planning.
• Cost-Saving Service Model: Analyzed 3 years of procurement and service contracts for home dialysis clients, leading to the development of a new in-house service model, achieving annual cost savings of $800K.
• Regional Nephrology Clinic Development: Spearheaded the development of a regional nephrology clinic catering to 3K virtual and in-person patients, improving access to specialized care and improving patient outcomes.
• Program Monitoring: Monitored and reported on over 40 program projects, tracking progress, identifying challenges, and implementing solutions to support project success outcomes.
• Project Leadership: Directed various multidisciplinary projects from initiation to completion, coordinating cross-functional teams and collaborating with senior leadership to achieve project objectives efficiently and.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Assisted the VP of Strategic Partnerships & Priorities in executing the modernization of Canada’s National Alcohol Strategy.
• Policy Review: Conducted 4 literature reviews on the Federal Government’s alcohol policy, resulting in published internal documents guiding the National Alcohol Strategy Advisory Committee on policy reform.
• Strategic Collaboration: Collaborated with the associated Federal units to update substance abuse strategies, fostering inter-agency cooperation and ensuring alignment with national objectives.
• Operational Improvement: Introduced streamlined operational functions to enhance efficiency in research and analysis processes, optimizing resource utilization and productivity.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitated regular briefings with key stakeholders, such as Health Canada, RCMP, and provincial ministries, ensuring alignment and comprehension of project objectives before public release.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reporting to the Chief of Health Promotion & Protection, provided consultative and technical guidance to strengthen the capabilities of all 36 Ontario Public Health Units through hands on support, technical training.
• Program Management Excellence: Orchestrated all program functions, ensuring strict alignment with the PHO strategic plan, resulting in the timely delivery of all project deliverables.
• Primary Research Oversight: Led a primary research initiative spanning 444 Ontario municipalities, resulting in a published report and presentations to key stakeholders, enriching comprehension of regional health.
• Strategic Outreach Implementation: Developed and executed strategic communication outreach strategies to enhance stakeholder relations and address emerging issues, resulting in over 150 consultations, 30 webinars, 25.
• Multifaceted Project Management: Oversaw multiple concurrent multi-year initiatives, including Geographic Information System (GIS) policy projects, municipal policy repositories, provincial surveys, and health policy.
• Health Marketing Campaign Leadership: Directed a province-wide integrated marketing campaign promoting healthy lifestyle choices, boosting web traffic by 600% and successfully engaging diverse audiences across Ontario.

480 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario

• Led the day-to-day operations of a $4.3 million province-wide infection prevention and control program developed to reduce healthcare-associated infections.
• Orchestrated the design, development, and implementation of IPAC tools to support over 215 Ontario hospitals and 625 long-term facilities.
• Drove the project management workflow ensuring timelines, program objectives, and budgetary mandates.
• Spearheaded the day-to-day operations of the Just Clean Your Hands program in consultation public health nurses, infections prevention professionals, hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, management and analysts).
• Regularly performed verbal briefings, presentations and program updates for policymakers and hospital stakeholders.

620 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario

Worked with managers, analysts, team leads, and regional representatives to build a model that shares patient level diagnostic data directly to patients via an online patient portal. I contributed to regional reports that monitored and evaluated all LHIN’s on diagnostic wait time indicators.

Toronto, Canada Area

Burlington, Ontario

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Public Administration

Program included policy and delivery road map process, specifically a stylized Memorandum to Cabinet which consisted of the following.

Bachelor Of Health Administration

Ba, Health Science