Michael (Mike) Dickin is the Executive Director at Dorval Medical Associates Family Health Team (DMAFHT) in Oakville, Ontario. DMAFHT was one of the first Family Health Teams established in Ontario and has been in existence for over 17 years. Prior to that, Dorval Medical was a family practice that was established in 1989 by Dr. George Southey and Dr. Margaret Found . Our family health team now has over 8000 patients,  six doctors, two nurse practitioners and 15 staff including a social worker, pharmacist, lab technician, nurses, receptionists, and care coordinators.

Mike has spent the majority of his 20-year career as a leader in long-term care, retirement living and cooperative housing. He is a faculty member at Conestoga College where he teaches a variety of courses in healthcare administration, ethics and finance. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Honours Bachelor of Science from University of Waterloo.

Mike has previous board experience in the Cooperative Housing sector and as a Director and eventually President of the Ontario Kinesiology Association. During Mike’s tenure, the organization made a successful bid for the professional regulation of Kinesiologists in Ontario. Mike was involved, along with many other selfless volunteers, in stewarding the board and its 5000+ members through the creation of the College and the regulation and certification process. He supported transforming the association into a more traditional member service oriented model.

Mike has three awesome kids aged 10, 12 and 14 and a golden retriever. He enjoys spending quality time with his kids, the outdoors, gardening, reading, camping, fishing, skiing, hiking, biking, cottaging and travelling to hot places during the cold Ontario weather! Mike is a lifelong resident of Kitchener but will be soon relocating to Guelph.