Session 3 - healthier communities
This video is an introduction to this theme and includes actual footage from candid interviews with attendees at the 2008 BC Cancer Agency Conference.
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Presenter - Dr. Malcolm Ogborn
MBBS, FRACP, FRCPC, Associate Vice President Research, Northern BC
Title: Let the People Speak: Innovative Approaches to Community Engagement in a Regional Cancer Research Framework - Click here to download presentation
Dr Ogborn graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide and then completed specialty training in Pediatrics at Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in association with the University of Western Australia.
Co-Presenter - Anne McCulloch
Promotion & Education Specialist, Cervical Cancer Screening Program, BC Cancer Agency
Title: Developing New Approaches to Cervical Cancer that Work for Women, Health Care Providers and the Province
Anne McCulloch is the promotion and education specialist for the BC Cancer Agency’s Cervical Cancer Screening Program. Before joining the agency, she completed a Master’s degree in Communication at Simon Fraser University.
Co-Presenter - Cynthia Heslop
RN, BSN, Manager, Southside Health & Wellness Centre
Title: Developing New Approaches to Cervical Cancer that Work for Women, Health Care Providers and the Province
Cynthia has worked in nursing for over 30 years, with a specialty in community health/public health for 18 years. For the past 5 years she has been the manager for the Southside Health and Wellness Centre, located south of Burns Lake.
Presenter - Dr. Sangita Sharma
PhD, RPHNutr, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Department of Nutrition
Title: Community based and community driven nutrition and physical activity intervention programs for prevention of chronic disease and to improve dietary adequacy for the Inuit, Inuvialuit and First Nations
Dr. Sharma is a gifted researcher and scholar. She is an expert in the relationship between nutrition, ethnicity, and disease, focusing on why different ethnic groups have different risk factors and rates of chronic disease.
Presenter - Dr. David McLean
MD, FRCPC Head, Cancer Prevention Programs
Title: A Grass Roots Approach to Cancer Prevention
He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia. In addition to many peer reviewed papers, he is co-author of 2 recent books – The Health Impact of Smoking and Obesity and What To Do About It, U of T Press 2007; and The Prevention of Second Primary Cancers, Karger 2008.
Co-Presenter - Sonia Lamont
BA (Hons), MBA, BC
Title: A Grass Roots Approach to Cancer Prevention
Sonia Lamont has an educational background in the Social Sciences and Business. She has worked in the areas of social science research, educational advising, Continuing Education and health promotion.
Presenter - Dr Hal Gunn
Co-founder, CEO Inspire Health, BC
Title: Integrative Cancer Care: Inspiring Healthy Communities - Click here to download presentation
Dr. Gunn is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (M.D. 1981). He is Co-Founder and CEO of InspireHealth, an integrated cancer care centre in Vancouver, Canada, which has become a national model for integrated cancer care.
Dr. Gunn has a clinical appointment with the UBC School of Medicine, teaches at the Boucher Institute for Naturopathic Medicine, and leads InspireHealth’s Research Department.
CPAC Panel - Tracy Scott
At Your Side Colleague Cancer Care, Ontario
Title: This is an innovative web-based course for cancer providers working with First Nations communities
Tracy Scott is the Knowledge Liaison for Saint Elizabeth Health Care a Canadian not –for-profit charitable organization providing direct care and service, consultation, and education and e-learning.
CPAC Panel - Joanne Lucarz Simpson
At Your Side Colleague Cancer Care, Ontario
Title: This is an innovative web-based course for cancer providers working with First Nations communities
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Joanne Lucarz Simpson has a nursing background and has worked in First Nations and Inuit Health programming and policy development for over 30 years.
Co-Presenter - Vincent Joseph
Health Director Tl’azt’en Nation
Title: Traditional Medicine from elders and traditional healers. Holistic approach to cancer care in rural settings
Vincent Joseph offers more than a decade of leadership and guidance since he became Health Director to the Tl’azt’en Nation in the year 1993. He established a strong connection to the Traditional and Cultural ways of life and is fluent in his carrier language.
Co-Presenter - Raye Stensgaard
Practical Nurse, Tl'azt'en Health Center
Title: Traditional Medicine from elders and traditional healers. Holistic approach to cancer care in rural settings
Raye Stensgaard is an energetic Tsimshian woman from the Laskigg (eagle) Clan. As a recent graduate, she was offered her dream position of working as a Licensed Practical Nurse in an aboriginal community. Her positions have included Community Health Nurse and she is currently working as the Home and Community Care Nurse for the Tl`azt`en people.
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