John Walid Handal is a Program Lead at Healthcare Excellence Canada, an organization that aims to improve quality and safety of care for everyone in Canada. His work includes promoting health innovations, driving rapid adoption and spread of quality and safety interventions, and catalyzing policy change. He is also a part-time doctoral student at the University of Aberdeen focusing on implementation science and the development of multisector partnerships in health service delivery. 

The views and opinions expressed in this publication are his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Healthcare Excellence Canada or the University of Aberdeen. Their work in these contexts is independent and unrelated to his current roles at Healthcare Excellence Canada and the University of Aberdeen.