Nancy Poole, MA, PhD candidate is the director of the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health. Nancy is well known for her collaborative work on research, training and policy initiatives on trauma informed practice with governments and organizations on local, provincial, national and international levels. She is currently leading system change initiatives and the collaborative development of resources on trauma-informed practice with several provinces and territories in Canada.Lorraine Greaves, PhD, is senior investigator at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health and its founding executive director. Previously, she was the founding director of the Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children in Ontario. She leads IMPART, a pan-Canadian training program for researchers in gender, addiction and intersections with mental health, violence and trauma. She is internationally recognized for integrating gender and equity into policy and practice and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa for her work advancing women’s health.
