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

Charlotte Loppie Reading: Faculty of Human & Social Development, University of Victoria
Evan Adams: Office of the Provincial Health Officer, BC Ministry of Health
Thomas Dignan: First Nations Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
Ceal Tournier: Saskatoon Tribal Council
Gail Turner: Nunatsiavut Department of Health and Social Development
John O'Neil:  Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Michael Bird: Public Health Consultant
Kim Barker: Assembly of First Nations
Isaac Sobol:  Department of Health and Social Services, Nunavut
Kimberley Bulger: Health Canada- Health Human Resources
Selma Ford: Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Health and Environment
Warner Adam: Carrier Sekani Family Services
Don Fiddler: First Nations Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

From Yellowknife to Iqualuit, 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 2009/2010 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.