Extendicare recognized among Canadian organizations on The Globe and Mail Women Lead Here list for fourth year in a row

For the fourth consecutive year, Extendicare has been recognized on The Globe and Mail Women Lead Here list. This benchmark identifies top-level Canadian businesses with the highest representation of women on leadership tiers. Extendicare is one of 93 organizations named to the List for 2025.

At Extendicare, and at ParaMed, Extendicare’s home health care division, women lead across all levels of our organization, in a variety of roles, driven by our Mission, Vision and Values. Every day, they care for residents in our long-term care homes and patients in their homes and communities as they would for their own families.

This relentless dedication to quality care takes both compassion and clinical expertise, and we are proud to have leaders across Extendicare and ParaMed like the four members of our team below, who apply their talents in nursing, dementia care, and home health care skills development to make a difference every day.

“I’m really privileged to work for an organization that actively encourages women to be the leaders,” says Carmelita, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Extendicare Maples in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As a long-term care leader, Carmelita feels the impact of quality and how it translates into resident care, “Residents want to be involved. They want to be seen. We plan according to their wishes and work with interdisciplinary teams to provide them with the best possible care.”

For Shelly, an LPN at Extendicare Tuxedo Villa in Winnipeg, Manitoba, providing care means being compassionate when working with residents.

“Coming from an Aboriginal background, elders tell the story that we can continue. In our culture it’s about caregiving,” says Shelly. “Sitting with them and hearing about their day feels like quality care. Being present. For a lot of the residents, that’s all they want.”

Karen, National Manager of Behavioural Supports and Dementia Care shares how person-centered dementia care is grounded in individualized approaches that are evolving with innovation and technology to better support residents.

“We can use less medications in certain cases because we’ve been able to help that individual become calm and elicit those memories and abilities we want to maintain,” she says.
Michelle Pothier is the National Professional Practice and Education Lead at ParaMed, a division of Extendicare. Michelle oversees clinical training and education across ParaMed, equipping frontline home health care nurses with the tools and up-to-date best practices that are standard across the organization.

“We have a lot of brilliant nurses who care for patients upon diagnosis, and almost become family,” she says, emphasizing that quality care goes beyond just doing the task.
Watch how Carmelita, Shelly, Karen, and Michelle share their own dedication to high-quality care and live our values, to help people live better.