Leadership Council

Leadership Council Terms of Reference 

Leadership Council Terms of Reference

The UNBC Health Research Institute (HRI) Leadership Council is designed to enable UNBC’s experienced and emerging health researchers (faculty, staff and students) from across the University community to join for the purpose of furthering health research and innovation in alignment with the UNBC Strategic Plan.

Leadership Council Co-Leads

UNBC's Health Research Institute Co-Leads act on behalf of the Leadership Council to oversee the activities of the HRI and facilitate the interface between the university, other research institutes and centres, research programs, and individual researchers and external partners, including the Northern Health and Provincial Health Services Authority.

Margot Parkes has kindly agreed to return to support Trina and Sarah as Co-leads for the HRI over the next few months now that she has completed her role as interim Dean FHHS. While she was the Interim Dean, she remained very engaged in HRI initiatives as a Leadership Council member and her return as co-lead is a very welcome commitment to the work of the HRI as we continue advance our efforts towards HRI initiatives and achieving financial stability. 

Sarah Gray

Sarah Gray

Leadership Council Co-Lead
BSc, PhD

Email: sarah.gray@unbc.ca
Phone: 250 960-5442

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Dr. Trina Fyfe

Trina Fyfe

Leadership Council Co-Lead (Interim)
PhD, MISt, BA

Email: trina.fyfe@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-5195

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Margot Parkes

Margot Parkes 

Leadership Council (HRI Co-lead)
MBChB, MAS, PhD

Email: margot.parkes@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-6813

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Leadership Council

The Leadership Council is comprised of UNBC faculty and graduate students whose research is focused in the HRI thematic areas. The Leadership Council provides overall stewardship of the HRI. The Council works collaboratively to support the mobilization of resources to support research development and the emerging long-term strategic vision of the Institute.

Shannon Freeman

Shannon Freeman 

Leadership Council
PhD

Email: shannon.freeman@unbc.ca
Phone: 250-960-5154

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Dr. Rheanna Robinson

   Rheanna Robinson (On Sabbatical) 

      Leadership Council
      PhD

     Email: rheanna.robinson@unbc.ca
     Phone: 250-960-5294

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Darlene Sanderson

   Darlene Sanderson

      Leadership Council
      PhD

      Email: darlene.sanderson@unbc.ca 

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Taru Manyanga

   Taru Manyanga

      Leadership Council
      PhD

      Email: taru.manyanga@unbc.ca 

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Viviane Josewski

   Viviane Josewski

      Leadership Council
      PhD, MSc, BA, Nursing Diploma

      Email: viviane.josewski@unbc.ca 

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Leadership Council Student Representatives

Nuziha Thasneem Shakkir

Nuziha Thasneem Shakkir

Leadership Council Student Representative
Msc., BTech

Jake Ostberg

Jake Ostberg

Leadership Council Student Representative
BHSc (Honours) 

Jonathan Doyon

Jonathan Doyon

Leadership Council Student Representative
BHSc (Honours), MSc Candidate (Health Sciences)