Our Board
of Directors
Anne LEIS, PhD
Speech therapist, health psychologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Leis is Professor and Director of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Since the 2000s, she has been involved in French-language healthcare and research to improve access to health services in French in Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada. She is leading the research component of the PHAC Départ Santé-Healthy Start project. She was President of the Saskatchewan French Health Network and is now the President of the Board of Société Santé en français. She is committed to improving the vitality of the Francophone communities across Canada.
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Officers
Anne Leis, PhD
President
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Angèle Brunelle
Vice Presidente
Northern Ontario
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Abdoulaye Yoh
Treasurer
Saskatchewan
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Théo Saulnier
Secretary
New Brunswick (RAC)
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By Region
Atlantic
Claude Blaquière
Prince Edward Island
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Blair Boudreau
Nova Scotia
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Théo Saulnier
New Brunswick (RAC)
Secretary
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Sophie Thibodeau
Newfoundland and Labrador
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Michel Tassé
New Brunswick (RAOS)
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Michelle Anne Duguay
New Brunswick (RAFR)
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Ontario
Angèle Brunelle
Northern Ontario
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François-Pierre Gauvin
Southern Ontario
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Diane Hoffman-Lacombe
Eastern Ontario
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West
Diane Poiron-Toupin
Manitoba
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Gisèle Lacroix
Alberta
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Marie-France Lapierre
British Columbia
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Abdoulaye Yoh
Saskatchewan
Treasurer
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Territories
Christelle Sessua
Nunavut
Brigitte Poirier
Yukon
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Roxanne Valade
Northwest Territories
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