The Nova Scotia Provincial Health Council
has four new members and a new chairperson.
The new appointees, confirmed last week by the legislature's all-party standing committee
on human resources, are:
-- Brenda Sabo, a resident of Dartmouth and co-ordinator of the Surgical Oncology Network,
Cancer Care Nova Scotia;
-- Walter Proctor, a retired educator and education administrator from Antigonish; --
Casey Mooy, a resident of Waterville and a financial sales and service representative;--
Quenta Tynes, a Halifax resident and co-ordinator of Graduate Student Employment Services
at Dalhousie University and an active community supporter.
At a meeting on Thursday, March 7, the health council elected Vivian Farrell to the
position of chairperson. Ms. Farrell will replace Barb Hart, whose term has expired. This
was the first election held by the council under new legislation that enables it to choose
its own chairperson from its membership.
Ms. Farrell, a former high-school teacher from Pictou, has been on the council since its
reactivation in the fall of 1998. She is very active in her local community and serves as
chair of the Literacy Association. She is also a member of the Pictou Regional Development
Commission and is involved with various other organizations at the local and provincial
levels.
The Provincial Health Council is a group of volunteers from across the province appointed
by government. The council listens and responds to Nova Scotians on the issues of health
status and the health-care system and provides advice to government on the development of
comprehensive health policy.
A volunteer board that provides advice to government in developing comprehensive health
policy has four new members and a new chairperson. The appointments to the Provincial
Health Council were confirmed last week by the legislature's all-party standing committee
on human resources. The new chair is Vivian Farrell of Pictou. Ms. Farrell replaces Barb
Hart, who has completed her term.
Contact: John Dow
Provincial Health Council
902-424-0341
E-mail: dowjr@gov.ns.ca