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From top left to bottom right: Olivia Aguiar, Shianne Bains, Tobin Copley, Jeanette Foreman, & Kirvy Quiambao.
We are pleased to introduce the five individuals who are leading injury prevention initiatives in each of the regional health authorities. Olivia Aguiar, Shianne Bains, Tobin Copley, Jeanette Foreman, and Kirvy Quiambao hold the role of Lead, Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.
These positions, created in 2022, are BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) postings embedded within the regional health authorities that will complement and support health authority injury prevention priorities and efforts. The Leads will collaborate with provincial, regional, and local stakeholders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of injury prevention strategies, working with BCCDC and health authority colleagues, Indigenous and local communities, the BCIRPU and others. The leads are also members of the BCIRPU, who support the leads by providing expertise and resources.
Olivia Aguiar (she/her) is an Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Lead with the BC Centre for Disease Control embedded in Island Health and member of the BCIRPU. She has a PhD in Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, from the Injury Prevention and Mobility Lab at Simon Fraser University, and a certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication. Olivia is a multidisciplinary researcher with experience in quantitative and qualitative methods and analyses, science and scholarly communication, data visualization, and community outreach. She brings expertise in sport-related head impacts and concussions, fall prevention, and fall-related injuries.
Prior to joining the BCCDC, Shianne was the Coordinator for the Fall Prevention Team at Fraser Health where she led the Mobile Clinic. She completed her BSc in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University in 2018, and is currently working towards her MA in Community Development from the University of Victoria. Among other extracurriculars, Shianne is a Board Member for the Canadian Red Cross Council for First Aid Education. Outside of work, Shianne loves to go on outdoor adventures, travel and play soccer.
Tobin has a MA in Medical Geography from McMaster University. Prior to coming to Fraser Health in 2015, Tobin had been a career-long population health researcher with a focus on prevention, both at UBC at the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and later spending over a decade running his own applied social research firm.
In his new role, Tobin will work with the Fraser Health Environmental Health Services & Healthy Built Environment Program, and provincial, local, and regional key partners. He will receive co-leadership from Megan Oakey, BCCDC Provincial Injury Prevention Manager, and Sandra Gill, Fraser Health Manager for Environmental Health Services & Healthy Built Environment Program.
Tobin lives in Vancouver. He lives to be active and outside. Tobin has spent decades riding bicycles for transportation, recreation and competition, and supporting youth high performance athlete development. He used to be fast. He also enjoys skeleton, and skate skiing badly.
Jeanette has a BA (Hons) in psychology and a MPH in health promotion. She has worked for over two decades in applied health research, evaluation and quality improvement. At Northern Health (NH), Jeanette has played a key role in a wide range of safety and quality initiatives, including Care in the Right Place, regional acute admission assessment standardization, and development of the NH Quality Management framework. Over the past eleven years, she has supported NH’s falls prevention strategy.
In her new role, Jeanette will work with the NH Injury Prevention team, and provincial, local, and regional key partners. She is thrilled to shift her attention full-time to health promotion and injury prevention, and will apply a health equity lens to her work. She will receive co-leadership from Megan Oakey, BCCDC Provincial Injury Prevention Manager, and Sabrina Dosanjh-Gantner, NH Regional Manager, Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention.
Jeanette lives in Smithers with her husband and has two daughters attending university. Her favourite leisure activities include camping, hiking, and alpine skiing. She also loves sustainable interior design.
Kirvy has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Developmental Studies from the University of Winnipeg and received his Master of Public Health (International) degree from the University of Liverpool.
In his new role, Kirvy will work with the Vancouver Coastal Health Population Health team, and provincial, local, and regional key partners. With this new opportunity, he is thrilled to further advance his knowledge of injury prevention work. He will receive co-leadership from Megan Oakey, BCCDC Provincial Injury Prevention Manager, and Juan Solorzano, Vancouver Coastal Health Executive Director of Population Health.
Kirvy is looking forward to spending more time outdoors and trying new activities in BC. He plays competitive badminton, explores new hiking trails, takes his paddleboard in the lake, checks out waterfalls, and goes camping with his partner and friends.
The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is a leader in the production and transfer of injury prevention knowledge and the integration of evidence-based injury prevention practices in the daily lives of those at risk, those who care for them, and those with a mandate for public health and safety in British Columbia.
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