About:

Carrie Dornstauder, RN is a health-system leader and Registered Nurse with 27 years of experience across Saskatchewan’s urban, rural and provincial healthcare environments. Before joining St. Paul’s Hospital in January 2025, she served as Executive Director of Maternal and Children’s Provincial Programs with the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Carrie has led complex clinical programs, system transformation and major healthcare projects, including the development of the Prince Albert Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital. She has also championed collaborative, trauma-informed approaches to child apprehension prevention and support for families experiencing social and economic insecurity. Guided by the mission of Catholic healthcare, Carrie is committed to social medicine, compassionate service and care grounded in dignity, respect and community.

Lecina Hicke, BA, CFRE, is Chief Executive Officer of St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, where she leads a team of 14 in advancing philanthropy in support of St. Paul’s Hospital and the Hospice at Glengarda. Most recently, she helped lead the development of a new shared identity for St. Paul’s Hospital & Foundation—Together, for Good, grounded in a common purpose of inspiring community collaboration to transform health care and advance health equity. Rooted in the Catholic tradition and the enduring legacy of the

Grey Nuns, this work reflects a shared commitment to compassionate, holistic care and to upholding the dignity of every person. A strategic, values-driven leader, Lecina has more than 15 years of experience working at the intersection of philanthropy, healthcare, governance and system transformation. Her leadership has helped advance a variety of significant healthcare initiatives, including the $21 million Close to Home Campaign, which established the province’s first free-standing residential hospice, and the $10 million By Your Side Kidney Care Campaign, which is transforming the patient journey for people across Saskatoon and northern Saskatchewan.

Called to See and Respond: Social Medicine – a current approach to the Healing Ministry

Social medicine calls to community action where each of us seek to understand and respond to the social conditions that shape health, including housing, income, safety, culture, relationships and belonging. Grounded in the healing ministry and the legacy of the Grey Nuns, this keynote explores why unmet social needs are inseparable from St. Paul’s mission to serve with dignity. As homelessness, overdose, medical complexity and fragmented systems place more people at risk, compassion must lead to coordinated action. The presentation invites parishes, healthcare leaders and community partners to better understand this reality, examine barriers, and participate in practical responses that strengthen health, hope and belonging.