Our NCCAH advisory committee represents diverse Aboriginal communities, and helps to establish rapport with Aboriginal organizations across the country. Members in 2010-2011 included public health professionals, researchers, representatives of national organizations and experts who bring community-based and organizational experience to the table. Introducing our committee:

Warner Adam: Executive Director, Carrier Sekani Family Services; Prince George, BC
Evan Adams: Aboriginal Health Physician Advisor, Office of the Provincial Health Officer, Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport;
Victoria, BC
Kim Barker: Physician; Ottawa, Ontario
Michael Bird: Public Health Consultant; Albuquerque, New Mexico
Kimberley Bulger: Public Health Consultant; Ottawa, Ontario
Thomas Dignan (co-chair): Regional Community Medicine Specialist, First Nations and Inuit Health, Health Canada (Ontario Region, Thunder Bay Zone); Thunder Bay, Ontario
Madeleine Dion-Stout: Researcher, writer, lecturer; Delta, BC
Don Fiddler: District Principal Aboriginal Contact, School District No. 23; Kelowna, BC
Selma Ford: Senior Policy Advisor, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami;
Ottawa, Ontario
Albert Marshall: Mi'kmaw Elder, Eskasoni First Nations;
Eskasoni, Nova Scotia
John O'Neil: Professor and Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Burnaby, BC
Charlotte Loppie Reading: Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria; Victoria, BC
Marjolaine Sioui: Operations Manager, First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, Health and Social Services; Wendake, Quebec
Isaac Sobol: Physician; Duncan, BC
Shirley Tagalik: Consultant and Principle Researcher, Inukpaujaq Consulting, Arviat, Nunavut
Gail Turner: Director of Health Services, Nunatsiavut Government, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland

From Yellowknife to Iqaluit, and from Ecuador to Ireland, face-to-face meetings at conferences, workshops, forums and dialogues allow for fruitful and often surprising exchanges, leading to new alliances, sparking linkages, inspiring partnerships. We particularly benefit from the help of our NCCAH advisory committee members, who generously continued in 2010/2011 to provide their expertise and leadership on behalf of the NCCAH at a variety of events and deliberations across the country and internationally. The NCCAH is grateful for their contributions and continues to rely on the expertise and guidance of all committee members.