[Viva] Fwd: FW: Welcome to PAN's newest staff member!

Tue Jul 12 18:19:53 PDT 2011

And refer to my speech in Toronto and my stance on organizations that are
non democratic.
Tami

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:49 PM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> From: Ross Harvey <rossh at positivelivingbc.org>
> Date: Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 5:28 PM
> Subject: FW: Welcome to PAN's newest staff member!
> To: BCPWA Needs Assessment Working Group <BCPWAneeds at positivelivingbc.org>,
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> *From:* Jennifer Evin Jones [mailto:evin at pacificaidsnetwork.org]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:19 PM
> *To:* evin at pacificaidsnetwork.org
> *Cc:* sara at pacificaidsnetwork.org
> *Subject:* Welcome to PAN's newest staff member! ****
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> July 12, 2011****
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> Dear Executive Director (and allies): ****
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> Warm greetings (definitely warmer than much of our “summer” weather (!)).
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> I am very pleased to write to you, to announce the latest addition to our
> staff team. Effective July 11, 2011, Sara O’Shaughnessy assumed the position
> of PAN Community-Based Research Manager (CBR) for BC.  ****
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> Sara will be working for and with each of you, the PAN member
> organizations, to help inform a vision for community-based research here in
> this province J. In doing this work, Sara will be working alongside other
> important stakeholders, including (but not limited to): with Terry Howard,
> BC’s CIHR CBR Facilitator (housed out of the Positive Living BC Society);
> with academic researchers; with public health agencies; with policy makers;
> and with government representatives. ****
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> And of course, in the spirit of community-based research, Sara will also be
> connecting with people living with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) and folks who are “at
> risk”, to help inform her work plan and program activities.  ****
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> And just what will those activities be? They will include: seeking out
> funding opportunities for new CBR projects here in BC; supporting existing
> CBR projects as appropriate; providing training, education and capacity
> building opportunities on CBR; helping to promote communication and
> collaboration across the different sectors (i.e. PHA’s, PAN member and
> allied organizations, academics, researchers and peer researchers, etc.);
> coordinating the quarterly “CBR in BC” meetings; and also helping to support
> PAN’s overall vision, mandate and activities. Ultimately, the ideal is that
> Sara will work as strategically as possible, to support community-based
> research activities that will ultimately contribute to real and meaningful
> changes for PHAs and the community-based organizations that support them. In
> other words, pursuing activities that result in policy or other changes that
> make a real difference to people and organizations “on the ground”.    ***
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> This newest staffing position at PAN is the result of an exciting
> partnership between PAN and the CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (
> www.centreforreach.ca).  This means that Sara will also be working to have
> her eye on the “bigger picture”, in terms of how CBR here in BC also fits
> into and supports the national scene. ****
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> *Whew*. Well, yes, Sara will definitely have her work cut out for her!
> ….but she brings lots of passion and enthusiasm to this position…below, a
> few words from Sara herself: ****
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> *I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as PAN’s new
> Community-Based Research Manager. I am excited to be joining the PAN team
> and to work with the member organizations to develop a dynamic provincial
> CBR strategy. For those of you I have not yet met, here is a little bit of
> background information to help you get to know me:*
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> *Originally from Winnipeg, I obtained a Masters in Environmental Studies
> at York University in 2005 and recently completed a PhD in Rural Sociology
> at the University of Alberta. In 2009, I received a Certificate in
> Qualitative Research Methods from the International Institute of Qualitative
> Methodology. I have been fortunate to work on community-based research
> projects in a number of different communities around the globe – from Fort
> McMurray in northern Alberta to Fort Portal in western Uganda. I am
> delighted to now call beautiful British Columbia home.*
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> *I am thrilled to be at PAN, to be joining an organization that is dynamic
> and taking on new challenges and opportunities in the CBR realm. I am
> looking forward to working alongside each of you and getting your thoughts
> and input into my new position. I am very keen to meet you all at PAN’s fall
> conference in Richmond, and in particular at the CBR event, “Looking
> Forward, Standing Together: A Provincial Strategy for Community-Based
> Research in BC”, being planned for September 13th. *
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> *Towards that end, just a heads up that I hope to connecting with some of
> you in early August (your schedules permitting), to do some quick phone
> interviews and get some ideas to help make the most of our collective time
> together in September!*
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> Sara can be reached via email at: sara at pacificaidsnetwork.org, or at (604)
> 910.4125.  Like the rest of the PAN staff (myself, Stacy and Heidi) Sara
> is presently working virtually from her home (White Rock, BC). However, to
> let you know we are working on finding an office space for Sara in downtown
> Vancouver (and possibly housing some other CBR folks in the same location)
> and will keep you informed as things develop. ****
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> I guess that is all for now, other than saying I hope that you will join me
> in welcoming Sara to PAN, to working in the field of HIVAIDS and moreover,
> to the province of BC J.****
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> Yours most truly, ****
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> J. Evin Jones****
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> Jennifer Evin Jones, BaH, LLB****
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> Executive Director****
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> Pacific AIDS Network Society****
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> www.pacificaidsnetwork.org****
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> e: evin at pacificaidsnetwork.org****
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