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| Our Advisory Board |
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The British Columbia Centre of Excellence
for Women’s Health was
established at BC Women’s as a result
of a broad based, collaborative proposal
led by Penny Ballem, then Vice-
President of Specialized Women’s
Health and Reproductive Health, in
the mid-1990s. The proposal articulated
a model for an organization that
would serve all of British Columbia by
creating a research and policy centre
devoted entirely to women’s health.
Since its inception, the BCCEWH has
become just that.
We have been sustained over the
years by numerous volunteers. Our
Advisory Board has been a particularly
supportive group. When we were
established in 1996, our Board members
were drawn from across the province,
representing numerous institutions
and constituencies interested
in women’s health. Many represented
our founding partners in the consortium
that designed the proposal for
the Centre. That group launched the
BCCEWH and established our trajectory
in the context of the province,
the region, and the country.
Following the initial consortium,
which was chaired by Dr. Ballem,
Joan Meister was named Board Chair.
Joan represented PacificDAWN, the
regional chapter of the DisAbled
Women’s Network of Canada, and she
served the Centre with considerable
commitment and great energy for
eight years, until her untimely death
in January 2004. From 2004-2006,
John Gilbert of the College of Health
Disciplines at the University of British
Columbia served as our Chair. In
2006, the BCCEWH became an independent,
incorporated Society in the
Province of British Columbia.
Our founding Society Directors are:
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Pat Armstrong, Professor
Department
of Sociology, York University |
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Patti
Hunter, Director
Benchmark
Consultants |
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Joy Johnson, Professor
School of
Nursing, University of British Columbia |
Our Advisory Board members include:
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Pat Armstrong, Professor
Sociology and Women's Studies,
HSRF/CIHR Chair in Health Services Research, York University |
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Dr. Jan Christilaw, VP Medicine and Senior Medical Advisor
Provincial Women's Health Programmes, B.C. Women's Hospital and Health Centre
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Shari Graydon, Media Consultant
President, Women’s
Future Fund |
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Patti Hunter – Director
The Benchmark Group,
Management & Organizational Development Consulting |
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Marilou McPhedran, Chief Commissioner
Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission |
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Rita Stern, Clinical Associate Professor
Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia |
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Miriam Stewart, Health Senior Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Professor, Faculty of Nursing and School of Public Health
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Elizabeth Whynot, President
BC
Women’s Hospital & Health Centre |
Over the past ten years, many others
have supported the BCCEWH by
serving on committees, review panels,
project teams, and strategic planning
groups. We thank them all.
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