Cindy is a Program Manager of the Tobacco-free Living Program and the
Central East Tobacco Control Area Network at Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit.  Key areas of focus include promoting smoke-free college and university campuses, preventing youth and young adults from starting to smoke via grassroots and online promotion, and improving the number of quit attempts for people who smoke.  She has worked in Public Health for 32 years in a variety of roles ranging from a generalist PHN to focused programs by age; such as Healthy Child Adolescence and by issue; Substance Abuse and Injury Prevention.  Cindy has previously participated on the CHNIG Board as Communications, President, and OPHA representatives.

Cindy has been active on many provincial committees related to tobacco control and participated in the development of the RNAO best practice guideline; Enhancing Healthy Adolescent Development.  Cindy is very excited to be able to support the CHNIG board in finalizing all of the governance policies over the next 2 years.

Contact the Governance Director at Governance@CHNIG.org

Kelly discovered her passion for community health when she worked at the Canadian Centre for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care for a summer. This led her to further pursue opportunities at home and aboard to better understand social justice, health systems, and the nursing contributions in these areas. She has volunteered in May Pen, Jamaica to provide health services for an underserved community and finally, she chose to complete her consolidation on the Early Years Team at Southwestern Public Health Unit. Currently, Kelly works in the Child and Family program at VHA Home Healthcare. She is a Master of Nursing Candidate in the Health Systems Leadership and Administration program at the University of Toronto. She strives to leverage her competencies as a nursing leader to improve health outcomes of vulnerable populations through policies, programs, and partnerships on a local and global level. 

Kelly believes in the power of creativity and storytelling through imagery. She hopes to use photography and other medium to communicate stories, create conversations, and increase understanding of community health issues to influence change

Contact the Social Media Director at SocialMedia@CHNIG.org

Janet Leung is a Second-Entry Nursing Student, who is expected to graduate from the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Program at York University in October 2019. She received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) in Occupational and Public Health with a major in Public Health and Safety from Ryerson University.

She is passionate in caring and supporting individuals and diverse communities to promote health and wellbeing, and to enhance health protection and safety. She strives to improve the health of vulnerable populations with the aim of advancing health access and equity.

She collaborated with her clinical practicum team and community stakeholders to conduct thorough assessments and develop an accepted proposal to support LGBTQ2+ individuals (residents and staff) at a long-term care organization. She and her team presented Strengthening Community Ties: Supporting LGBTQ2+ Client Centred Care for Older Adults, including strategies to support and protect LGBTQ2+ staff in the workplace, at the National Community Health Nursing Conference: Caring, Connecting and Leading for a Healthy Canada in June 2018, Regina, SK. As a member of the Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC), she collaborated with the LGBTQ2+ workgroup to develop a policy brief to inform the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health (HESA) report, The Health of LGBTQIA2 Communities in Canada.

Recently, she completed her consolidation at the Toronto Public Health Communicable Diseases Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Program.

As a RNAO Student Liaison and CHNIG Student Representative, she will contribute to advancing community health nursing and nursing student education.

Contact the Student Representative at Student@CHNIG.org