In 2015, a leadership team from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (HB), the University Health Network (UHN), and the Centre for Interprofessional Education (CIPE - now named CACHE, the Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare and Education) came together in the Collaborative Change Leadership program to develop the first Student-Led Environments* (SLEs) within the Toronto Academic Health Science Network (TAHSN). Driven by the passionate purpose of “unlocking the infinite potential of interprofessional students to advance health,” the team developed and implemented two SLE pilots in an outpatient concussion clinic (HB) and in an inpatient general medicine unit (UHN). To support this initiative, a SLE Steering Committee was formed to guide the work across the three original partners.
In September 2024, SLEs were renamed to Student Leadership Experiences.