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The Winkler and District Health Care Board is looking for an Executive Director to help the board advance it’s strategic plan!

Applications accepted from August 27 to September 18, 2026

Title: Executive Director
Reports to: Winkler & District Health Care Board
Status: Contract, Half-time equivalent
Salary: Pay dependant on experience and qualifications

About Winkler & District Health Care Board:
The Not-for-Profit organization actively supports the provision of local health care services within the City of Winkler and surrounding district, by providing the capital infrastructure needed to sustainably support the operation of the CW Wiebe Medical Centre clinic.

Position Summary:
Winkler & District Health Care Board is seeking a highly motivated, community-minded leader with strong connections to Winkler and the surrounding area to help implement the organization’s strategic plan.

Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director provides leadership in strategic planning, property development, fund development, community relations, and organizational growth. The Executive Director also works closely with local organizations, businesses, and all levels of government to advance the organization’s mission and strengthen community partnerships.

Job Description:

  • Articulate and execute the Health Care Board’s vision, mission, and overall strategy and direction of the organization.
  • Board Development: The executive director takes direction from the board and participates in meetings, policy development and compliance.
  • Fundraising: Support the board and be available to develop fundraising strategy and implementation as a key part of its charitable activity.
  • Manage Operations: Work with the Board, Financial Advisor and other stakeholders, including primarily CW Wiebe Medical Centre and other tenants of the Professional Centre (Condo Corp), to ensure the physical operations and assets are effectively managed.
  • Marketing, Community Relations and Communication: Build alliances, collaborations and strategic partnerships. Develop media messages and engage with the public including websites and social media.
  • Other administrative tasks as assigned by the Board in alignment with this job description

Qualifications:

  • Strong connections to, or knowledge of, the Winkler regional community.
  • Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills with attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently while building collaborative relationships with diverse stakeholders.
  • Exceptional written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Experience in non-profit leadership, fundraising, or community development is considered an asset.

To apply for this position, please forward your cover letter and resume to info@winklerdistricthealth.ca by September 18, 2026.

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New Executive Director joins C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre

The Executive of C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre are happy to announce Karen-Denise Cyr joined the team as our new Executive Director, effective May 1, 2024.

Karen-Denise comes to her new role with 25 years of healthcare administration experience. In her previous role as Provincial Director, Emergency and Continuity Management with Shared Health Manitoba, she lead a team that works in partnership with interdisciplinary clinical programs within Shared Health, Regional Health Authorities as well as leaders in municipal, provincial, federal and non-government health and social services agencies to ensure continuous provision of health services during emergencies and disasters. Karen has experience leading projects that impact workforce, finance, logistics, operations, planning, communications, change management and risk management across acute, community and long-term healthcare settings and provincial services. Karen-Denise also has a deep familiarity with not for profit sector organizations and community engagement; having volunteered and worked in Emergency Management, Volunteer Management and other capacity building roles in a number of community Health and Social Services organizations.

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Welcome to the team

Terry Penner took over from longtime CW Wiebe Medical Centre administrator Jim Neufeld. Terry brings strong organizational skills and personal energy into the position in a time when health care dynamics and opportunities face the community with new challenges. Welcome to the team, Terry!
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Retired Executive Director Recognized

Winkler District Health Care Board recognized the C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre Executive Director, Jim Neufeld for his 20 years of service to the clinic group. Much of its growth and success was due to his visionary leadership.
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Media Release

Media Event at C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre
Media Event: Left to right, Terry Penner (medical centre administrator) Crystal Cruickshank (Board), Erin Plett (Board) Alvin Thiessen (AL Group owner), Brenda Willey (AL Group property manager), Henry Siemens (mayor, City of Winkler), Don Friesen (board) James Friesen (board executive director), Dr Cornie Woelk (CW Wiebe physician), Ike Friesen (RM of Stanley)

Winkler and District Health Care Board announces a significant expansion of its footprint in the ALG Professional Centre.

The Health Care Board was offered the opportunity to purchase 14 units totalling 16,500 square feet in the ALG Professional Centre building, downtown Winkler, within which the CW Medical Centre operates.  We completed the purchase in the fall of 2022.  These units include health related organizations such as dental offices, chiropractic, and hearing services as well as businesses such as a restaurant, financial institution, insurance agency and others.  This asset purchase, including the well-established business tenant group will allow the Health Care Board to provide effective and accessible primary health care clinic space capacity well into the future.

The AL Group of Companies led by Alvin and Arlen Thiessen meets with the Health Care Board executive to finalize the purchase of the remaining share of the ALG Professional Centre including a generous contribution back to the organization. Left to Right, Arlen Thiessen, Marvin Plett, Pete Froese, Terry Penner, Don Friesen, Alvin Thiessen, James Friesen.
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A CFP Article about Dr. Adashnee Pather

The following article in the Canadian Family Physician, the official journal of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, shares the importance of community organizations in recruiting and retaining family physicians.  Dr. Adashnee Pather is a local physician practising at the CW Wiebe Medical Centre in Winkler.  The article shares her personal story of coming to southern Manitoba to open and grow her practice.

https://www.cfp.ca/content/65/8/589

Quietly courageous
Paul Sawchuk
Canadian Family Physician Aug 2019, 65 (8) 589;

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Winkler doctor celebrates 51 years serving the region

Excerpted from Pembina Valley Online:

Dr. Chandy Jacob, simply known as “Doctor Jacob”, to many, has seen healthcare advance and adapt in the Pembina Valley for over 50 years. In that time he’s personally seen the team of local doctors grow from four to 45 in Winkler.

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After a half-century in the field, Jacob’s tried and true mantra remains, if you add more services in the rural areas people benefit and the government saves money, “providing specialist care in a regional centre is not only better service for people, the government saves money because the cost is less than providing the same service in the city… we’re not asking for the moon, but add some services outside Winnipeg.”

“People need to speak up, we deserve better care,” he says, adding while doctors have some weight when it comes to advocacy, the public has the true political power.

And he says more specialists, like himself, are interested in settling outside urban areas. “If you put the services here, the specialists will move here… but people need to ask for it.”

Jacob celebrated 51 years serving Winkler and area this year.

Click to read the full article on Pembina Valley Online.

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Winkler Business Awards Gala 2019

The Winkler & District Health Care Board received recognition in the Not-For-Profit category at the 2019 Winkler Business Awards Gala.

June Letkeman, Kori Da Costa and Marvin Plett accepting on behalf of the board.

As part of the ceremony a video was presented (see below), highlighting our history and our focus on supporting community health care.

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