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Working Group Members

Group 1: Indigenous peoples

Jennifer Hoy
Judy Sturm
Vicky Thomas
Victoria Weaver
Flo Ranville

Steering/executive committee members:

Deb Schmitz
Lorraine Fradette (Observer)

Group 2: 2SLGBTQ+ people, youth, children & women

Neora Pick
Darren Ho
Orlee Guttman
Dahn Jeong
Laura Sauve
Sylvie Lebel
Mark Hull

Steering/executive committee members:

Furqan Waleed
Hin Hin Ko
Lesley Gallagher
Robin Yates (Observer)

Group 3: People who are (im)migrants or newcomers to Canada and older people (born prior to 1965)

Jean Damascene Makuza
Niki Alizadeh Vakili
Chelsea Elwood
Jean Philippe Wallach
Kate Fish
James Gray

Steering/executive committee members:

David Truong
Alnoor Ramji
Daryl Luster
Brian Sagar (Observer)

Group 4: People who use drugs, people with prison, forensic, or mental health experience, and people experiencing unstable housing or houselessness

Elisha Hamilton
Larina Reyes-Smith
Mo Korchinski
Pam Young
Tamara Barnett
Courtnay Kolenko

Steering/executive committee members:

Marion Selfridge
Kate Salters
Brian Conway
Naomi Cheah (Observer)

Group 5: Data & monitoring/evaluation

Victor Lei
Kate Twohig
Amanda Yu

Steering/executive committee members:

Jennifer Demchuk
Jennifer van Gennip
Sofia Bartlett

Executive Committee

Carl Swanson, BC Ministry of Health

Robin Yates, BC Ministry of Health

Dominique Garreaud, BC Ministry of Health
Daryl Luster
Lesley Gallagher, Canadian Association for Hepatology Nurses
Lorraine Fradette, CanHepC
Naveed Janjua, BCCDC
Sandra Laframboise, CAAN

Steering Committee

Sofia Bartlett, BCCDC (Co-chair)
Deb Schmitz, BCHep (Co-chair)
Furquan Waleed, YouthCO
Dr. Hin Hin Ko, Pacific Gastroenterology Associates
Lesley Gallagher, Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses
Dr. David Truong, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre
Marion Selfridge, Cool Aid
Kate Salters, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Jennifer Demchuk, PAN
Jennifer van Gennip, Action Hepatitis Canada

Project Team

Joel Harnest, BCHep
Nina Tomas, BCCDC
Jessica Wu, BCCDC
Mona Lee, Consultant
Janice Duddy, Consultant

Roadmap Co-Chairs

Sofia Bartlett, BCCDC
Deb Schmitz, BCHep