Dr. Rodrick Lim is a Professor and Medical Director / Section Head of the Paediatric Emergency Department at the Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre.  He is the current Chair of the Wellness Committee and Vice-Chair of the Academic Section at the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians where he is lucky to work with passionate and inspiring individuals.  Rod is thrilled to be able to talk to you today about an incredibly important topic facing our profession.

Riyad Abu-Laban is an EP at Vancouver General Hospital and Professor Emeritus and past Research Director in the UBC Department of EM. He’s an avid sailor, a strong proponent of work/life balance, and has loved EM for 40 years. Riyad is widely published, and has a long-time commitment to EM advancement nationally and internationally. He previously served as a CJEM Senior Associate Editor, and on numerous CAEP, Royal College, and IFEM committees. Most recently, Riyad has spoken and published on clinical adaptations for older EPs, and participated in the development of the 2025 “CAEP Position Statement on Advanced Career EPs”.

Dr. Brittany Cameron is a staff physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, ON. Her special interests include physician wellness, medical education and clinical leadership. She is the Deputy Director of the University of Toronto Tri-Divisional EM Academic Wellness Collaborative and an executive member of CAEP’s Wellness Committee. Outside of medicine, she enjoys ocean swims, trail running and design.

Dr. Joan Cheng is Chief of Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Health Centre – Unity Health Toronto and an Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. With over 30 years of community EM experience, she received the 2025 CMA May Cohen Award for Women Mentors for her leadership in equity, mentorship, and advocacy. A member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, she has created meaningful supports for women and underrepresented colleagues across training and practice. As the Vice-Chair of the MAC at Unity Health, she is recognized as a trusted leader. Outside medicine, she is a figure skater and mother of three.

Dr. Ada Gu is an emergency physician currently working at the University Health Network and Mackenzie Health in Toronto. She grew up in Vancouver, BC and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 2015 with a B.A. Public Health. Dr. Gu received her MD from McMaster University in 2018 and completed her CCFP(EM) at Western University in 2021.  Dr. Gu has a special interest in medical education, wellness and social media. She is the Co-Director of Postgraduate Education for the UHN emergency department and the previous Wellness Lead. Outside of work she enjoys Reformer Pilates, trying new restaurants and traveling.

Dr. Tyara Marchand is an Emergency Medicine PGY-2 resident at the University of Calgary. She was born and raised in British Columbia on the lands of the Okanagan Nation. She is currently leading a research project investigating strategies to improve Indigenous health equity within the emergency department. Her other research areas include analyzing healthcare outcome disparities for BIPOC patients, Indigenous patient experiences in healthcare, and what makes a physician ready to practice with Indigenous patients. She is also a mother to a high-energy five-year-old and in her spare time spends time chasing him around.

Dr. Dawn Lim, BSc MD FRCP MBA (she/her) is an emerging leader on the topic of physician burnout with a focus on helping mother-doctors with their overload.

She is a sought-after national speaker and workshop facilitator with some of the top-ranked hospital networks in the country (like IWK Health, KGH, and Fraser Health), to provide more accessible answers on burnout for physicians balancing demanding careers with parenthood.

With hundreds of hours of leadership and coaching training, over fifteen years of experience as a staff emergency physician at the University Health Network and associate professor at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, she is widely regarded by colleagues as a trusted resource with lived experience.

She is an award-winning photo essayist with a particular interest in changing the culture of shame in motherhood and medicine. As a life coach, she uses the power of healing stories and evidence-backed tools to empower doctors facing burnout and overload to craft their dream “work-life greatness.”   You can click here to sign up for her weekly blog on helping fellow mother-doctors thrive.