Patrick Johnston
Patrick is a former member of the Board of Directors of Quinte Health – a network of hospitals in Belleville, Trenton, Picton and Bancroft. He chaired the Board's Quality of Patient Care Committee as well as the Governance Committee. He currently serves on the Board of the Ontario Hospital Association.
A former President and CEO of the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation and the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy (now ImagineCanada), Patrick spent most of his career leading charitable and philanthropic organizations. In addition, he served as senior policy advisor to a former Ontario Premier.
Patrick has had extensive, not-for-profit governance experience having served on numerous Boards including Philanthropic Foundations Canada, Canada World Youth, Lawson Foundation, United Way Canada and the Washington-based Council on Foundations. In addition, he is a former Board Chair of CanadaHelps and CIVICUS, an international NGO based in Johannesburg.
Patrick is a graduate of York, Queen’s and the University of Toronto. He also authored the 1983 publication, Native Children and the Child Welfare System, considered the seminal study of what is now known as the "Sixties Scoop".
In 2014, Patrick was appointed to the Order of Canada by former Governor General, David Johnston.
