Clifford Harvey

Cliff Harvey is vice-president, planning, facilities and support service at North York General Hospital. Previously, he was the senior architect for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Canada’s largest provincial healthcare system.

With over 20 years of experience, Cliff’s professional focus has been on health and wellness in the built environment and how these ideas translate into an environment of care. He has extensive knowledge and expertise in operational planning, design and construction of health facilities, as well as health systems planning.

Cliff is a fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and director-designate of the International Union of Architects - Public Health Group (UIA-PHG). He is also a member of the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), Canadian Standards Association (CSA), Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES), and American Society of Healthcare Engineering (ASHE), in addition to being an international associate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Cliff is an advocate for the practice of design thinking and human-centred design to support innovation in delivering quality healthcare services through smart capital investments.