Regie Sacdalan

Additional previous staff and trainees

Taq is a PhD Student at the Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia. Her parents immigrated to Metro Vancouver from Punjab, India and so she was born, lives, and works on the unceded, ancestral lands of the Coast Salish peoples and continue to support Indigenous movements of self-determination.
In official academic terms, she interested is in doing research and writing on the complex relations between health equity, political economies, global meta-narratives, decolonial and intersectional feminist perspectives, and our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Taq is passionate about balancing research, teaching, creative writing, organizational skills, cooking (and eating of course!), sustainability, and community involvement.

As research manager for this study, Phoebe coordinated research operations and team communications, and provided supervision to research staff and students on the team.
Phoebe has been managing research projects related to health, equity, and interpersonal and structural violence since 2009, having joined the EQUIP Health Care team in 2011.
Phoebe has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Arizona, with an emphasis on global maternal and child health and medical anthropology. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and has a background in Latin American studies.
Phoebe’s previous work includes social work and counseling with migrant and immigrant families, many of whom have experienced multiple forms of violence. Throughout her previous and current work, Phoebe maintains a commitment to social justice and advocacy for marginalized people.

Joanne is based at the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at the University of Western Ontario in London. Her work includes coordination and data management of a multi-site longitudinal study on the long-term effects of women who have recently left an abusive partner.
She has also been involved in the development and implementation of interventions for women experiencing intimate partner violence.
Joanne worked as the research manager for the Ontario division of EQUIP Primary Care.

Prof. Alex Brown (South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute) – Adelaide, Australia
Prof. Jacqueline Cumming (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) – Wellington, New Zealand
Dr. Flora Douglas (University of Aberdeen, Scotland) – Aberdeen, Scotland
Prof. Judith Dwyer (Flinders University, Australia) – Adelaide, Australia
Dr. Pat Neuwelt (The University of Auckland, NZ) – Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Tim Tenbensel (The University of Auckland, NZ) – Auckland, New Zealand

She provides clients with information on nutrition, food, and making healthy choices to improve their health or manage a medical condition, by taking complex medical and nutrition research and translating it into everyday food choices.
In this journey, Tatiana offers tools for healthy eating, such as portion control, reading labels, sample meal plans, shopping tips, and healthy recipes that lead to a healthier lifestyle.
She delivers a variety of programs for healthy lifestyles promoting behaviour change related to food choices, eating behaviour, preparation methods, and physical activity levels to optimize health.
Tatiana has worked as a Registered Dietitian for Six Nations reserve where she has developed and implemented culturally sensitive community nutrition programs for the Long-Term Care/Home and Community Care Program.
She has provided therapeutic and preventative nutrition assessment, counselling, and education at an individual and group level in the Six Nations community.

For the past decade her nursing practice has taken her to some interesting corners of the earth, from remote First Nations communities in Northern BC, to the deserts of Somalia, and most as Head of Mission for Doctors without Borders in Eastern Congo, Megan.
At Blue Pine, she and the clinic team are working to develop a team-based, patient-centred Primary Health Care Clinic, created to address the needs of the people of Prince George who previously had no access to Primary Care.
Megan has an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy (SOAS) and has taught Leadership and Management theory at the UNBC School of Nursing.