Director, Nova Scotia Health; Canada

Erin Leith is Director of Quality Improvement and Safety in NS Health’s Central Zone and provincial lead for Quality Improvement & Culture. Erin has 17 years’ experience leading programs and initiatives designed to spread improvement at scale in health systems by collaborating with leaders from the front line to senior executives to improve care and outcomes. Prior to returning home to Nova Scotia in 2018, Erin was Director of Education and Training at the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (now Healthcare Excellence Canada) for 11 years, including as the including the prestigious EXTRA Fellowship program, and health system improvement collaboratives designed with provincial, territorial and indigenous partners. Erin is a Registered Nurse, with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Francis Xavier University, holds a Master of Health Administration from Dalhousie University and is currently participating in the Scottish Quality and Safety Fellowship Programme.