{"id":12203,"date":"2025-07-21T05:39:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12203\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T05:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:39:14","slug":"klinic-directors-fired-days-after-scathing-report-released-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/12203\/","title":{"rendered":"Klinic directors fired days after scathing report released \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three senior-level directors have been fired from an inner-city health centre, the Free Press has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The terminations come on the heels of a third-party report that detailed staff concerns about a dysfunctional workplace, poor management and substandard safety practices.<\/p>\n<p>In an email dated Thursday and obtained by the Free Press, Klinic Community Health\u2019s executive director Deb Radi informed staff that three directors had their employment terminated and their roles eliminated earlier that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were difficult decisions, and they were not taken lightly,\u201d Radi wrote in the email. \u201cWe will be providing support to each one of these individuals as they navigate this challenging time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klinic, which provides health care and mental health resources, plays a critical role in the community, and every staff member deserves respect and support as they do \u201cthis important, but difficult work,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3430466_web1_250718-klinic-0005.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1576\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3430466_web1_250718-klinic-0005.jpg\" alt=\"MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS&#10;                                Klinic Community Health at Sherbrook Street and Sara Avenue provides health care and mental health resources.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Klinic Community Health at Sherbrook Street and Sara Avenue provides health care and mental health resources.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Neither the names of the directors nor their positions were included in the email.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Klinic confirmed three doctors have resigned and will leave by the end of summer.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by the Free Press, Radi said Klinic is unable to respond to specific HR matters.<\/p>\n<p>A 50-page report, conducted by Winnipeg-based consulting firm TLS Enterprises, was delivered to Klinic on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The company interviewed 75 staff members and surveyed 128 employees and volunteers, some of whom described the centre as a dysfunctional workplace run by \u201cauthoritarian leadership,\u201d who didn\u2019t listen to concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It said staff felt unsafe working at the Sherbrook Street facility and listed an overdose and violent incidents in the centre\u2019s waiting area as examples. The report also found instances of racism and transphobia at the centre.<\/p>\n<p>The facility\u2019s board commissioned the report in the spring, after it received letters from employees alleging racism, transphobia, intimidation and bullying in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>The report issued six recommendations, including redefining its drop-in services and creating a complaint reporting system for staff.<\/p>\n<p>Klinic board chair Kathy Majowski told the Free Press on Wednesday that all recommendations have been accepted and consultations with staff have begun.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Linklater, president of the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals, said if the three directors being terminated is linked to the report, those are the actions needed to begin fixing Klinic\u2019s workplace culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeadership really matters. And we\u2019ve been saying that across the health-care system. The leadership sets the tone for everything,\u201d he said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3430466_web1_240402-Budget-response-0122.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1365\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3430466_web1_240402-Budget-response-0122.jpg\" alt=\"MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS FILES&#10;                                Jason Linklater, president of the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIKE DEAL \/ FREE PRESS FILES<\/p>\n<p>Jason Linklater, president of the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The union, which represents more than 150 employees at Klinic, has heard about the management issues for several years, Linklater said. In March, the union offered to assist Klinic\u2019s board in completing a management review, Linklater said, but was told the board would undertake the process.<\/p>\n<p>He advocated for a review of management practices at Shared Health and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. The province needs to consult with unions to identify problem areas in management so reviews can happen quickly and deliver effective results, Linklater said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen an employer fails to support (health-care workers), this report shows how that relationship has been actively damaged,\u201d Linklater said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt impacts trust and for that to change, we want to see all of the things that the board of directors has committed to do be followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WRHA and Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara did not respond to requests for comment by deadline.<\/p>\n<p>matthew.frank@freepress.mb.ca<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/newslettericons-jenz24.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Jen Zoratti | Next\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three senior-level directors have been fired from an inner-city health centre, the Free Press has learned. 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