Board Alumni Biographical Profiles
Many people made significant contributions to the establishment of the Provincial Health Ethics Network and provided a solid foundation upon which the success of the Network rests today. PHEN would like especially to acknowledge and pay tribute to those individuals who have served in the past as members of the Board and its predecessor, the PHEN Steering Committee. There are others but those listed below have agreed to have their biography and photograph included in this description. On behalf of all the present board, staff and members of the Network, we extend our sincere thanks for all of their efforts.
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Hazel Anaka was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs for the term May 1996 - May 1999. From Andrew, Alberta Hazel is a former Board Member of the Lakeland Regional Health Authority #12. She served there as a member of several committees including the Regional Ethics Committee. She received her Social Service Worker Diploma from Grant MacEwan Community College, a Communications Skills Certificate from NAIT as well as several business, marketing, public speaking and personal development courses. Hazel has served on the Lamont Health Care Centre Board and the Vegreville Health Unit Board. She has a broad range of interests and skills and is committed to learning, new challenges and using creativity and strong communication skills to make a difference. Hazel is married and the mother of two children.
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Bob Barraclough was appointed to the PHEN Board by its previous Board and served from May 2005 - May 2008. A relatively brief but rewarding military career was cut short by a serious accident in 1985 and following an extensive period of rehabilitation, he completed both an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby British Columbia. Bob is currently the Director of the Office for Disability Issues, which includes the responsibility for the Premier's Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. |
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John Boksteyn participated on the PHEN Board from May 1999 to May 2005. He is a retired civil servant with the City of Medicine Hat and was the Chair of the Palliser Health Authority from June 1994 to October 2001. Prior to regionalization, he served for twelve years on the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Board, with two years as Chair. He is active with the Kidney Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Red Cross, where he explores a keen interest in organ donation awareness. |
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Mary Boyer, appointed to the PHEN Board by its predecessor, the PHEN Steering Committee, had been a member of the Northern Lights region's health community for over twenty years when she joined PHEN. First as a Registered Nurse at the Fort McMurray Hospital, second as a Community Health Nurse at the Fort McMurray District Health Unit. Since 1987, Mary has been a Keyano College Nursing Instructor. Mary holds a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing. She had been a member of the Regional Health Authority since its inception in 1994. She strongly advocates the need for a sustainable health system, which promotes the health of all people while it meets the needs of those individuals that are unwell; a health system which partners with others in order to address all health determinants. |
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Marg Brewin was appointed by the PHEN board in May 1999. Margaret was born and raised in Southern Alberta. She received her R.N. from the University of Alberta, and her B.N. from the University of Lethbridge. Her clinical experience is primarily in the community care setting where she finds issues around client preferences, values and culture are especially prevalent and where mutually agreed upon care plans are the accepted practice. Margaret is a member of the Chinook Regional Ethics Committee, currently as a representative of palliative care. Presently, Margaret is the Regional Co-ordinator for Palliative Care and is on the Board of Directors of the Palliative Care Association of Alberta. |
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Mary Lou Cranston was originally appointed to the Board in 1999 and served as PHEN Board Chair in 2001. She began her second term in May 2002 and served as Vice Chair until August, 2004 when she passed away after a brief struggle with cancer. She held a doctorate in Theology from the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy as well as degrees in Mathematics and Physics, Education, and Philosophy. She was the former Director of St. Joseph's College Ethics Centre and following this provided independent ethics consulting services. Mary Lou had an extraordinary commitment to promoting caring and compassion at both an intellectual and personal level. Her commitment to ethics was evident in her involvement and passion for the field over many years and the esteem in which she was held by so many of those who worked with her. |
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John Dossetor served as the first Vice-Chair of the PHEN Board. He filled this position, along with the Executive Director's Chair, from PHEN's inception in February 1996 until his retirement in May 1998. He is Past President of the Canadian Bioethics Society, of which he is also a founding member. He was Chair of the University of Alberta Hospitals Ethics Committee from 1992-95. John served as Director of the Division of Bioethics and Bioethics Centre from June 1990-July 1996. He has penned 250+ publications and co-authored 5 books. In 1992, he was awarded the 125th Canadian Confederation commemorative medal for work with the Kidney Foundation of Canada. In, 1995, John was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his achievements in the fields of medicine and bioethics. He is presently retired and enjoying being closer to his grandchildren in Ottawa. |
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Finola Fogarty was elected by the PHEN membership in May 1998 and appointed for second term by the board in May 2001. She is a Consulting Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the Dissociative Disorder Program at the Grey Nun's Hospital. She is involved with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta Hospital, as a Clinical Lecturer. She has been a Co-Chair of the Canadian Society for the Study of Dissociative Disorders and a member of the Edmonton Centre for Survivors of Torture and Trauma and the Capital Health Authority Regional Abuse Committee. |
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Pat Furey was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs and served for the period of May 2005 - May 2007. She was the Vice-President, Health Services, for the Northern Lights Health Region and Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Region. |
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Gary Goldsand is a clinical ethicist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton. He is an ethics educator for hospital clinicians and staff, as well as an instructor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. Gary's interests include advance care planning, artificial nutrition and hydration, theory and practice in medical decision making, and the role of religion and culture in clinical ethics. His interest in bioethics was triggered while working on a Master's degree in Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, and he subsequently enrolled in a Doctoral Program in Religion and Bioethics at the University of Toronto. His Ph.D. dissertation addresses the question of whether it is ethically permissible to use data from nazi medical experiments. A life-long Albertan, Gary enjoys skiing, hockey, and most other sports when not engaged in ethical contemplation. |
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Jean Graham of Rocky Mountain House was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs for the term beginning May 2002 and re-appointed for the term beginning May 2005. She has been the Chair of the David Thompson Health Region since 1994. She is the past Chair of Alberta's Council of RHA Chairs and the past president of the Canadian Healthcare Association. Currently, Ms. Graham is also a director with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation. |
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Joyce Halliday was a member of the PHEN Board from May 1999 to 2002. She was the Director of Patient Care, Rural Sites, for the Mistahia Health Region. |
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John Hunter, of Viking, was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Health Boards of Alberta in May 2005. He has been a board member of the East Central Health Authority since 1994. He practices Law in Viking and was appointed as Queen’s Council in 1996. He has also served on the School Board as Trustee and Chair of the County of Beaver School Board, as a Municipal Councilor and Reeve for the County of Beaver, as Trustee for the Viking General Hospital and as Mayor of the Town of Viking. His interests include curling, golfing and the great outdoors. |
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Michael King was a founding member of the PHEN Board, serving on it from May 1996 to May 2001. He is a psychologist and Manager of Psychology in the Adult Acute Care Sector of the Calgary Regional Health Authority. He is a former Chair of the Calgary General Hospital Ethics Committee. He is also an Adjunct Professor in the Program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Office of Medical Bioethics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. He serves on the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary. |
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Douglas T. Kinsella was a founding member of the Provincial Health Ethics Network Board and was instrumental to its launching and incorporation in 1995. Douglas passed away in June 2004 in Kingston, Ontario, after a struggle with cancer. Amongst numerous titles held, Doug was the University of Calgary Assistant Dean for Medical Bioethics from 1984 to 1992 and the Director of the Office of Medical Bioethics from 1993 to 1998. The author or co-author of more than 200 journal articles and book chapters variously on Medicine, Arthritis, Immunology and Medical Bioethics, Doug was widely respected by a large number of patients, colleagues and students and served as a mentor to many. He was a nationally recognized leader in the area of research ethics and a core member of various successful initiatives to advance the field and its focus on the protection of research subjects from harm. The University of Calgary is seeking donations to set up a Lectureship in Dr. Kinsella’s name. This Lectureship may be endowed, and donations in favor of this Lectureship should be sent to the Office of Medical Bioethics, University of Calgary, T2N 1N4. |
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Joe MacGillivray is the Executive Director of the Calgary Rural Primary Care Network. He was appointed by the PHEN Board in May 1999 and was a member of the Steering Committee that established the Network in 1995. Joe was most recently the Vice President of Continuing Care and Support Services at the Caritas Health Group in Edmonton (Edmonton General, Misericordia and Grey Nuns Hospitals) in addition to having responsibilities with the David Thompson Health Region in Quality Care Management. His previous role was as CEO of St. Mary's Health Centre in Trochu. Joe's main interest in ethics is the ethics of resource allocation, which is an integral part of his administrative career. |
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Sheila Malm was elected by the PHEN Membership to its Board in May 1996, and filled that position until July 1999. She passed away suddenly in a plane crash in December 2008. Dr. Malm was an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary's Department of Family Medicine and Office of Medical Bioethics. She received a Fellowship in Clinical Medical Ethics at the University of Chicago in 1996 after a one year course. Her interests were in the ethics education of physicians, from undergraduate to post-graduate, and for continuing medical education. She was instrumental in developing the low risk obstetrics clinic at the University of Calgary, and was a key part of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta, where she served as its president and a member of council. |
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Gordon McPherson, a retired Credit Union Manager living in Vulcan, was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs for the term beginning May 2002 and re-appointed for the term beginning May 2005. He currently serves on the Headwaters Health Authority Board. Mr. McPherson has also previously served as a town councillor and mayor in Kyle Saskatchewan. |
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Campbell Miller was elected to the PHEN Board by the membership at the first PHEN AGM in May 1996. He was re-appointed by the Council of Chairs in May 1999. He served as PHEN Board Chair from 1998-2001. He was Chair of the Capital Health Authority Board from June 1994 to June 1996. Previously, he chaired the Capital Care Group Board and served on the Edmonton Region Health Facilities Planning Council. Mr. Miller received an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelors in Business Administration from Bishop's University. In February 2001, Campbell was appointed as a judge to the federal tax court and moved to Ottawa to assume his new position. Campbell Miller is an active community member and is married with two children. |
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Brad Neubauer is a founding member of the PHEN Board. He served as a member of the PHEN Steering & Implementation Committees, as Board Chair from 1996-1998, and as a Board member from 1998-99. The former Chair of the Palliser Regional Health Ethics Committee, he also served on the Medicine Hat Health Ethics Consultation Committee. In addition, he is the former Chair of the Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Bioethics Committee and a former Trustee at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. He received his BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Calgary where he was a research assistant in the Department of Political Cultural Anthropology. His cultural interests include community theatre and music. He is a farmer by occupation and resides in Irvine, Alberta. |
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Maureen O'Brien, an orthopedic surgeon practicing at the Rockyview General Hospital in Calgary, was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs for the term beginning May 2002. In addition to her medical qualifications, she has an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. She served as the Medical Director of the Regional Clinical Ethics Service for the Calgary Health Region and was instrumental in the growth and development of ethics services within the region. |
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Ken Nickerson was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs in 1998. He is a physician specializing in Occupational Health, and currently serves as a Board Member of the Northern Lights RHA. Ken trained at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and spent seven years in Family Practice. He was with the Armed Forces where he was involved with alcohol /drug abuse treatment and as a flight surgeon. From 1976 to 1984, he was a consultant to NATO on the biological aspects of chemical, biological and nuclear warfare. He received a call from Syncrude in 1985 for someone with an occupational health background, and he has been part of the community of Fort McMurray ever since. |
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Nina Preto. In May 2005 Nina was elected to the Board of Directors by the membership of the Provincial Health Ethics Network. She is a member of the Clinical Ethics Committee at the Peter Lougheed Centre in Calgary, as well as the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary. Originally from Vancouver, Nina Preto obtained her Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, and then graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 2000 with a certificate in Health Law. She was called to the B.C. Bar in 2001 and practiced law in Vancouver until September 2004, primarily in the area of medical malpractice litigation. In September 2004, Nina returned to school to pursue a Masters degree in Bioethics at the University of Calgary. She plans on completing her Masters degree in 2006. |
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Claude Roberto is Vice-President of the Chronic Pain Association of Canada and Advisory Board Member of the University of Alberta Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic in Edmonton. She is known to improve the life of people in pain by helping them to overcome prejudices and to develop an active place in society. She is the author of the book At Peace with Pain and she received in 2004 a Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Award for inspiring others, improving their life conditions and volunteering for communities at the local and national levels. Claude was elected by the membership to the PHEN Board of Directors in May 2008. |
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Gerald Robertson is a founding member of the PHEN Board, serving for the period May 1996 - May 1999. He is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He obtained his LL.B. from the University of Edinburgh and his LL.M. from the McGill University. He is also a Barrister and Solicitor in Alberta. Professor Robertson is the author of Mental Disability and the Law in Canada (2nd Ed., 1994), and co-author (with Ellen Picard) of Legal Liability of Doctors and Hospitals in Canada (3rd Ed., 1996) and co-author of Elder Abuse and Neglect in Canada (1991). He has also written several Reports published by the Alberta Law Reform institute, including Enduring Powers of Attorney (Report for Discussion No. 7, 1990, and Final Report No. 59, 1990) and Advance Directives and Substitute Decision-Making in Personal Healthcare (Report for Discussion No. 11, 1991, and Final Report No. 64, 1993). His main research interests have been in the fields of medical law and mental health law and has published numerous articles in the legal and medical journals in Canada, USA and the UK. |
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Randall Sargent was elected by the PHEN membership in May 2001 and re-appointed to the PHEN Board in May 2004. He is the Medical Director for Bethany Care Centre Calgary, and a member of its Ethics Committee. He is also the Site Leader Medical Foothills Hospital Extended Care and Division Chief Foothills Hospital Department of Family Medicine. In addition to Medicine, he has previous degrees in Zoology and Philosophy. |
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Eileen F. Smyth was appointed to the PHEN Board by the Council of Chairs in May 1996. She was elected to the Board of the Drumheller Regional Hospital in 1987, holding this position until her appointment to the Regional Health Authority #5 Board in 1994. Eileen was born and raised in Calgary, graduating from the Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing in 1962, and furthering her education at Montreal General Hospital. Her interest in ethics includes the management of resources and the effects of those decisions upon clients, their families and local communities. Eileen, her husband and three sons run a mixed farming and ranching operation in the Hanna area. |
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Michael Stingl served two terms on the PHEN Board, from 1998-2004. He is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at the University of Lethbridge. With Donna Wilson, he is the editor of the recent book Efficiency vs Equality: Health Reform in Canada. In addition to resource allocation issues, he has lectured and written on euthanasia, the history of ethics, and the biological foundations of ethics. He is a member of several institutional ethics committees and the past chair of one. In his free time, he plays the baroque violin and complains about not getting enough exercise. |
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Janet Storch was a founding member of PHEN, serving as Chair of the Steering Committee for PHEN from 1992-1995, then Chair of the Implementation Committee from 1995-1996. During the time she served as Chair, she was Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary, a position she left in June 1996 to become Director of the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria, where she is now. Jan was one of the founding members of the Joint Faculties Bioethics Project at the University of Alberta, which has now become the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. She was and continues to be an active member of the Canadian Bioethics Society, serving as its President in 1992. In 1994 she was invited to serve as a member of the National Council on Bioethics in Human Research, and she became President of the Council (now titled the National Council on Ethics in Human Research) in June 1999. During a sabbatical year (1995-1996) she spent time at various U.S. Ethics Centres, including a semester spent as Visiting Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Jan is current Chair of the Canadian Nurses Association Advisory Committee on Nursing Ethics, and has published on nursing ethics, health administration ethics, ethics committees and bioethics issues. |
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Eric Wasylenko was elected by the membership to the PHEN Board of Directors in May 2005, and re-elected in May 2008 to serve for another three year term. Dr. Wasylenko is a Palliative Care physician in the Calgary Health Region. He is Medical Advisor for the Regional Clinical Ethics Service, Medical Consultant for the CHR's End-of-Life Care Initiative, and leads a non-profit society that is building a free-standing rural hospice. Eric is (slowly) completing an undergraduate degree in Philosophy at the University of Calgary. |
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Gregor Wolbring was elected by the PHEN membership in May 1999 and served as a Board member until May 2005. Gregor received his doctorate at the University of Frankfurt working under the Nobel Laureate, Professor Hartmut Michel at the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics. He moved to Canada in 1992 and has been a Research Scientist with the University of Calgary since then. Gregor's interest in health ethics was triggered by his unique situation of being a biochemist and a thalidomider. Gregor hopes to be helpful in creating bridges between disability and bioethics groups as he feels that bioethics discussions have a very important impact on disabled groups and that the voices of the disability community are insufficiently heard and considered in bioethics debates. |
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