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Diagnose faster.
Treat smarter.
Predict better.

Our five-year strategy in support of Healthier Children. A Better World.

SickKids 2030 logo

Diagnose faster.
Treat smarter.
Predict better.

Our five-year strategy in support of Healthier Children, A Better World.

SickKids 2030 logo

Diagnose faster.
Treat smarter.
Predict better.

Our five-year strategy in support of Healthier Children, A Better World.

This is SickKids 2030. 

Together, we must smash barriers, rewrite the rules, and show the world what it means to treat uniquely and care deeply for children and their families.

This is SickKids 2030. 

Together, we must smash barriers, rewrite the rules, and show the world what it means to treat uniquely and care deeply for children and their families.

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one SickKids 2030

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patient and family engagements
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focus groups to sharpen strategy

Many voices,
one SickKids 2030

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patient and family engagements
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reports, reviews and articles synthesized
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staff survey responses
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focus groups to sharpen strategy

Precision Child Health:
The Future in Motion

The cresting wave of SickKids 2030 is Precision Child Health and the end of one-size-fits-all medicine. And that future is already in motion. We’ve laid the groundwork vision — rooted in cutting-edge care and groundbreaking science, driven by data, powered by people.

SickKids 2030 will scale this vision to enable individualized care — shortening diagnostic odysseys and expanding the impact of research breakthroughs. Moving precision medicine from possibility towards practice for every patient, every family.

Faster diagnoses. Better predictions. Treatments that fit each patient.

This is more than progress
it’s a movement. And together,
SickKids 2030 is driving it forward.

The cresting wave of SickKids 2030 is Precision Child Health and the end of one-size-fits-all medicine. And that future is already in motion. We’ve laid the groundwork vision — rooted in cutting-edge care and groundbreaking science, driven by data, powered by people.​

SickKids 2030 will scale this vision to enable individualized care — shortening diagnostic odysseys and expanding the impact of research breakthroughs. Moving precision medicine from possibility towards practice for every patient, every family.

Faster diagnoses. Better predictions. Treatments that fit each patient.

This is more than progress it’s a movement. And together, SickKids 2030 is driving it forward.

SickKids 2030
Strategy map

Hover or tap on each direction to see what the strategy means to SickKids’ Children’s Council!

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Elevate Quality and the Care Experience
Make the patient and family experience the best and most effective it can be
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Create an Exceptional Employee Experience
Make sure staff have the best experience so that patients and families have the best experience too
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Advance the Era of Precision Child Health
Work towards using health information to individualize each patient’s care
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Accelerate Foundations for Innovation
Use all available tools and systems that benefit patients, families and staff, as well as drive innovation and improvement​

SickKids 2030
Strategic Directions

Hover or tap on each direction to see what the strategy means to SickKids’ Children’s Council!

Elevate Quality and the Care Experience
Make the patient and family experience the best and most effective it can be
Create an Exceptional Employee Experience
Make sure staff have the best experience so that patients and families have the best experience too
Advance the Era of Precision Child Health
Work towards using health information to individualize each patient’s care
Accelerate Foundations for Innovation
Use all available tools and systems that benefit patients, families and staff, as well as drive innovation and improvement​

Strategic directions

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Elevate quality and the care experience

Our quality and care objectives

  • Design inclusive services that respond to patient and family needs

  • Advance health equity and action on social determinants of health

  • Embed proactive safety and prediction to eliminate harm

  • Expand access and partner to create seamless health journeys

  • Harmonize physical, mental, and behavioural health

What would it take to set a new global standard for paediatric care?

Care isn’t just what we do—it’s who we are. To achieve a next-generation experience, we will reimagine care to ensure that every child and family feels seen, heard, and supported. By championing equity and addressing the whole child and family—mind, body, spirit, and social context—we will create a seamless, safe, and inclusive SickKids. On the strength of partnership, we will connect health journeys that not only respond to diverse needs, but also enhance access, proactively eliminate harm, and improve outcomes for all.

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Elevate quality and the care experience

Strategic directions

Our quality and care objectives

  • Design inclusive services that respond to patient and family needs

  • Advance health equity and action on social determinants of health

  • Embed proactive safety and prediction to eliminate harm

  • Expand access and partner to create seamless health journeys

  • Harmonize physical, mental, and behavioural health

What would it take to set a new global standard for paediatric care?

Care isn’t just what we do — it’s who we are. To achieve a next generation experience, we will reimagine care to ensure that every child and family feels seen, heard, and supported. By championing equity and addressing the whole child and family — mind, body, spirit, and social context — we will create a seamless, safe, and inclusive SickKids. On the strength of partnership, we will connect health journeys that not only respond to diverse needs, but also enhance access, proactively eliminate harm, and improve outcomes for all.

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Create an exceptional employee experience

Our employee experience objectives

  • Develop and reward diverse talent​

  • Cultivate employee health, well-being, and psychological safety​

  • Strive for balanced, streamlined, smarter work​

How can we ensure every member of the SickKids team feels valued and equipped to thrive?

​We know that patient, family, and employee experience are inextricably linked; so, when it comes to experience, we will strive to make every day exceptional.​

Together, we will redesign the employee experience from recruitment to retirement, prioritizing training, professional development, competitive compensation, strong benefits and pensions, and recognition in all its forms. Sustaining a focus on employee health and psychological safety, we will create a safer, future proofed SickKids team. And we will take the pebbles from the shoes of our staff, eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy, automating redundant tasks, and leveraging AI to unleash the talent of our people.

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Advance the era of Precision Child Health

Our Precision Child Health objectives

  • Unify data, culture, and ways of working to lead the shift to individualized care

  • Ensure patients and families can inform, participate in, and benefit from discovery research, translation, and clinical care

  • Strengthen clinical research to drive scientific and clinical excellence

What if health care could be tailored to every child’s unique needs?

The Precision Child Health movement has already made significant strides; however, our journey is far from over and our determination to realize individualized care for every child remains unwavering.​

Unifying our people, culture, data, and processes, we will foster a learning network that encourages the free flow of ideas and expertise. Supported by deep engagement of patients and families in all that we do, representation of the diverse population we serve in our research, and revitalization of clinical research services, we will leave the one-size-fits-all era of health care in the rear-view mirror.

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Create an exceptional employee experience

Our employee experience objectives

  • Develop and reward diverse talent​

  • Cultivate employee health, well-being, and psychological safety​

  • Strive for balanced, streamlined, smarter work​

How can we ensure every member of the SickKids team feels valued and equipped to thrive?

​We know that patient, family, and employee experience are inextricably linked; so, when it comes to experience, we will strive to make every day exceptional.​

Together, we will redesign the employee experience from recruitment to retirement, prioritizing training, professional development, competitive compensation, strong benefits and pensions, and recognition in all its forms. Sustaining a focus on employee health and psychological safety, we will create a safer, future proofed SickKids team. And we will take the pebbles from the shoes of our staff, eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy, automating redundant tasks, and leveraging AI to unleash the talent of our people.

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Advance the era of Precision Child Health

Our Precision Child Health objectives

  • Unify data, culture, and ways of working to lead the shift to individualized care

  • Ensure patients and families can inform, participate in, and benefit from discovery research, translation, and clinical care

  • Strengthen clinical research to drive scientific and clinical excellence

What if health care could be tailored to every child’s unique needs?

The Precision Child Health movement has already made significant strides; however, our journey is far from over and our determination to realize individualized care for every child remains unwavering.​

Unifying our people, culture, data, and processes, we will foster a learning network that encourages the free flow of ideas and expertise. Supported by deep engagement of patients and families in all that we do, representation of the diverse population we serve in our research, and revitalization of clinical research services, we will leave the one-size-fits-all era of health care in the rear-view mirror.

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Accelerate foundations for innovation

Our innovation objectives

  • Leverage campus redevelopment to evolve integrated models of clinical care, research, and education

  • Scale responsible AI to optimize outcomes and operations

  • Increase research intensity to fuel discovery and translational impact

How can innovation be woven into our everyday work?

Project Horizon, our ambitious redevelopment journey, will not only reimagine our campus but also fundamentally change the ways we work. Calibrating campus redevelopment to cutting edge models of clinical care, research, and education, we will transform 100-year-old buildings into engines of innovation.​

Progress will be fueled by SickKids AI, a trail blazing program that will revolutionize paediatric health services through responsible AI. In the space of AI and beyond, an intensifying focus on research will accelerate discovery and translation to real-world applications, moving the needle where it matters most—at the point of impact for children, youth, and families.

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Accelerate foundations for innovation

Our innovation objectives

  • Leverage campus redevelopment to evolve integrated models of clinical care, research, and education

  • Scale responsible AI to optimize outcomes and operations

  • Increase research intensity to fuel discovery and translational impact

How can innovation be woven into our everyday work?

Project Horizon, our ambitious redevelopment journey, will not only reimagine our campus but also fundamentally change the ways we work. Calibrating campus redevelopment to cutting edge models of clinical care, research, and education, we will transform 100-year-old buildings into engines of innovation.​

Progress will be fueled by SickKids AI, a trail blazing program that will revolutionize paediatric health services through responsible AI. In the space of AI and beyond, an intensifying focus on research will accelerate discovery and translation to real-world applications, moving the needle where it matters most—at the point of impact for children, youth, and families.

Key enablers

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A strong, future-ready SickKids  team​

A sea of change is weighing on the health system. Through a sustained focus on recruiting and retaining top talent and training across the career lifecycle, we will prepare our most essential resource for the dynamic decade ahead.

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Seamless data and ​technology

At the confluence of data and technology simmers the insights that can shift paradigms and change lives. Connecting our enterprise assets, we will translate information to action, unlocking the rich discovery and progress within.

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Sustainable funding and ​operations​

Safeguarding the future of children demands financial and environmental stewardship. Through efficient operations, advocacy, green-friendly ways of working, and close partnership with our Foundation, we will ensure the future of SickKids remains bright.

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