Boyden is pleased to announce the appointment news of Dr. Natalie Aubin, a recruitment led by Marie-Hélène Gaudreault
Ottawa, ON - September 4, 2025
Dr. Natalie Aubin has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the French Language Health Planning Centre as its inaugural Chief Executive Officer, effective November 3, 2025. A proud Franco-Ontarian born in Elliot Lake and raised in Sudbury, Dr. Aubin brings 20 years of experience in acute care, public health, social services and postsecondary education, including 17 years in leadership roles.
Announced by the Government of Ontario in June 2025, the Centre, which is operational since September 1st, is mandated to modernize and improve health-care services and outcomes for francophones. It will have oversight of planning, policies, programs, funding and resource decisions. The Centre was co-created by the Assemblée de la Francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO) and Hôpital Montfort, is governed by an independent Board and has 31 employees located in each of the six regions of Ontario Health.
With this appointment, Dr. Aubin also joins the Senior Leadership Team at Hôpital Montfort, Ontario’s Francophone Academic Hospital, as Vice-President. She will fulfill her role from Sudbury, reflecting the Centre’s commitment to a decentralized model of leadership and community engagement.
Dr. Aubin currently serves as Regional Vice-President, Cancer Care for Northeastern Ontario at Ontario Health, Vice-President, Social Accountability at Health Sciences North (HSN) and Advisor at the HSN Research Institute in Sudbury, where she leads a team of more than 1,000 professionals and oversees a $125 million portfolio. She previously served for 10 years as Administrative Director of the Cancer Centre, and then of the Mental Health and Addictions program at HSN, prior to her appointment as Vice-President in 2022.
Dr. Aubin has led transformative initiatives in mental health and addictions, cancer care, child and maternal health, Indigenous health, and French-language services.
Her appointment follows a rigorous national search led by Boyden, which included extensive consultations with community stakeholders and senior leaders across the Ontario Public Service and Ontario Health.
Regional Director Oureye Seck will serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Centre from September 1 to November 2, 2025.
Quotes
“I am honoured to serve Francophone communities across Ontario in this new role. The Centre represents a bold step forward in ensuring equitable access to high-quality health services in French. I look forward to working with our partners to build a more inclusive and responsive health system.”
— Dr. Natalie Aubin, inaugural Chief Executive Officer, French Language Health Planning Centre
“Dr. Aubin is widely recognized for her outstanding interpersonal skills, her great intellectual capacity, her innovative and entrepreneurial spirit, and her ability to rally community and sector partners. We are thrilled to have recruited such talent as inaugural CEO of the Centre”
— Lise Bourgeois, Board Chair, French Language Health Planning Centre
“Our government is proud to take action to make it easier for the more than 650,000 francophones and 1.5 million bilingual people living in Ontario to connect to fast and convenient care, where and when they need it. I am pleased to welcome Dr. Aubin in her role as CEO of the French Language Health Planning Centre and look forward to working collaboratively to strengthen French language health service planning and increase access to health-care services for francophones across the province, for years to come.”
— Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health
“Dr. Aubin’s appointment marks a significant step forward in expanding French-language health services in the province. As a leader, she brings the vision and skillset required to build a more accessible health care system that better reflects the realities of Ontario’s Francophone communities. As we work to protect Ontario, our government is committed to working collaboratively with our partners to ensure Franco-Ontarians receive the high-quality care they deserve, in the language of their choice.”
— Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Francophone Affairs
Original Source: French Language Health Planning Centre News
