The spirituality in Health Care Network (SHCN) was founded in December 2000, in Toronto, Canada by Yvonne Kason MD and John Rossiter-Thornton MD together with a group of over 50 founding members. SHCN is a non registered, not-for-profit, volunteer organization.

It was unanimously agreed that SHCN would be a bridging network, a forum for spiritually oriented health-care professionals of diverse specialty and training, and spiritual leaders to explore the integration of spiritual traditions and practices into health care.

Our Goals

	To promote supportive dialogue and networking between health-care professionals, therapists, academics, researchers, and clergy of all affliations interested in integrating Spirituality with Psychotherapy and Health Care.
	To provide educational opportunities via informal evening network meetings with speakers from within the network, and with small group discussions.
	To facilitate communications between network members regarding conferences and events of mutual interest via an email newsgroup.
	To honour the network's broad-based spiritual focus by opening and closing meetings with a sacred ritual from diverse spiritual traditions.

Our Board Members

SHCN Executives:
John Thornton MD; Larry Nusbaum MD and Mary L.S. Vachon RN PhD.
SHCN Steering Committee:
Eli Bay;; Jeannette McCullough RN;; Heloisa Porto; Maria Rossiter-Thornton RN; Sharon CassToole PhD; Lucille
Necas MD, and Brandon Klayman.
Volunteers contributing in 2003/2004 included:
Jo Ann Lux, Lalo Porto, Catherine Bendayan, Nick Arriza, Renzo Bernadini, Astra Dvorak, DebraJoy Eklove, Charles Purdy, Valerie Eades, Georginne Wonnacot, Nancy Kelly, Yvonne Korant, Marcel Lafleur, Elise
Maxheleau, Yvonne Kason MD (cofounder),  Ann Kerr-Linden MSW.