A Board of Directors and several planning committees are required to ensure the smooth delivery of such an Institute.
The Atlantic Summer Institute, a recently Incorporated organization has a Board of Directors that are representative from research, government and community. The Board provides broad-based guidance for program direction, partnership development, and resource commitment for the Institute and its related projects.
Specifically, the Board of Directors provides project guidance and focus for the Institute, creates the agenda and program, supports/guides the sub-committees, encourages and supports attendance of participants, ensures a comprehensive evaluation process, and promotes the development of projects from the Institute.
One such project, developed in 2005 was the provincial networks. These were created in order to reach out further into the Atlantic Canadian communities with the vision of increasing diversity and representation from each of the four provinces.
Barbara Clow (President)
Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Nova Scotia
Malcolm Shookner (Vice-President)
Nova Scotia Community Counts, Nova Scotia
Colette Arsenault (Secretary)
Collège Acadie Î.-P.-É., Prince Edward Island
Randy Hatfield (Treasurer)
Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic, New Brunswick
Jill Lightwood
PEI Department of Justice and Public Safety, Prince Edward Island
Barb Dewtie
Pictou County Municipalities Crime Prevention Association, Nova Scotia
Jennifer Heatley
Atlantic Network for Injury Prevention, Nova Scotia
Lynn Langille
Department of Health Promotion and Protection, Nova Scotia
Paul d’Entremont
Réseau Santé - Nouvelle-Écosse, Nova Scotia
Barbara Losier
Mouvement Acadien des Communautés en Santé du Nouveau-Brunswick Inc.
New Brunswick
Monique LeBlanc
Health Canada, Atlantic Region, New Brunswick
Michelle Bourgoin
Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, New Brunswick
Alton Hollett
Newfoundland and Labrador Statistics Agency, Newfoundland
Darlene Ricketts
Department of Health and Community Services, Newfoundland
Patsy Beattie-Huggan
The Quaich Inc., Prince Edward Island
Roseanne Sark
Mi’kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island, Prince Edward Island
Secretariat
Gail Sanderson
Michelle Jay
Alanna James
The Quaich Inc., Prince Edward Island
Lead Partner
The Atlantic Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (ACEWH) is the lead partner and administrator of resources for the Institute.
Coordinators
The Quaich (pronounced Qwake) Inc., a consulting and marketing company whose principle focus is on health promotion, innovation, and change in the health field, has handled the organization and delivery of the Summer Institute since its inception in 2004.
Host
The University of Prince Edward Island’s Centre for Life-Long Learning host the Institute.
Sponsors
A wide range of government, private sector, and non-profit community organizations in Atlantic Canada contribute to the success of the Summer Institute.
Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities
