Vice President, Corporate Programs & Chief Financial Officer
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Jean is a seasoned finance leader with extensive experience spanning various industries. Before joining IWK Health, Jean served as Director of Finance and Global Process...
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Dr. Kirstin Weerdenburg is a Pediatric Emergency Physician at IWK Health and a Consultant Pediatrician for refugee children at the Newcomer Health Clinic in Halifax...
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Ryan Brothers is the Director of Solicitor Services with the Legal Services Division at the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. Prior to this role, he...
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Sara Piracha-McLean has provided consulting services to charities, non-profits and municipal governments across Canada for over 20 years. She is highly skilled in governance, institutional...
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John Muir has close to 20 years of health system experience gained from the public and private sectors. Starting his career with the Nova Scotia...
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Jane McKay-Nesbitt now serves her community as a volunteer after retiring from a long and successful career, first with government, then business, and finally academia...
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An alumnus of Dalhousie Medical School (MD’83), Dr. Anderson trained in internal medicine as well as hematology at Dalhousie. He continued his residency in hematology...
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Charlene Milner is a Principal in the Assurance practice at Grant Thornton LLP in Fredericton, New Brunswick, providing audit and advisory services to a wide...
Clinical Manager, Partnerships and Community Engagement
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Rhonda is the Manager of Partnerships and Community Engagement, a new role within IWK Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Program (MHAP). In this capacity, Rhonda...
Administrative Assistant, Director Integrated Youth Services Nova Scotia
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Dawn joined the IWK in 1997 and worked in various departments until joining the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Program in 2008, supporting first the...
Youth and Caregiver Engagement Coordinator
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Nicole is the Youth and Caregiver Engagement Coordinator, she shares the role with her colleague, Mallery Sylliboy. She divides her time between Integrated Youth Services...
Youth and Caregiver Engagement Coordinator
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Mallery Sylliboy is the Youth and Caregiver Engagement Coordinator, she shares the role with her colleague, Nicole Hankinson. She divides her time between Integrated Youth...
Social Worker
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Maura's role on the Provincial Leadership Team is to coordinate the development of services and programs that will be offered at the IYS-NS sites. Maura...
Scientific Lead for Mental Health and Addictions (IWK)
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Lori Wozney, PhD, is the Scientific Lead for Mental Health and Addictions (IWK), Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry (Dalhousie) and Affiliated Scientist at...
Research and Evaluation
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Linda Liebenberg, PhD., has joined the IYS-NS team after almost three decades of working internationally as researcher and evaluator in the field of youth mental...
Executive Lead, Transformation
Natalie Borden is Executive Lead of Clinical Transformation. Natalie is a graduate of Dalhousie University College of Pharmacy, class of 1994. She has worked in...
Contracts Administrator
Executive Lead, Health System Sustainability
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Mary Lynn VanTassel, CPA, CA, serves as the Executive Lead, Health System Sustainability at IWK Health, where she brings a wealth of expertise in financial...
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A Newfoundlander by birth, Janet, returned to Halifax in 2020 to retire from an academic position at the University of Puerto Rico. Previous to her...
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Cheryl is an experienced CEO and has held roles for Prince Edward Island's Governments Crown Corporations including and currently the PEI Housing Corporation, the Workers...
Acting Vice President, Clinical Care & Chief Nurse Executive
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LeeAnn Larocque is the Interim Vice President Clinical Care and Chief Nurse Executive with the IWK Leadership Team. Prior to this, she was the Executive...
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Gina is an Assurance Partner at EY in Halifax with over 26 years’ experience providing audit and advisory services to a wide range of public...
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Monica Foster is the Vice President of Finance and Administration at St. Francis Xavier University. Prior to that, she spent 26 years at the Nova...
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