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Management Team and Directors

Douglas Fairweather Pamela Rose Colleen King Terry Francis Heather Taylor Christina Duthie Audrey Sutton Julie Dais    Front Office Staff Enola Puglak Lisa Walker Liza Judd  Instructors, Teaching Assistants & Supervisors Dianna April Hilary Barnard Samantha Brewer Julie Dais Kathleen Dubois Christina Duthie Kristy Fisher Lon Fraser Paula Gregorash September (Amber) Hahn Lana Henry Odean Hume-Smith Richard Hoglund Glenn LeBlond Gala Loncke Robyn McCluskey Nadeau Cameron Moffatt Sandra Mowat Stephanie Needham Renate Ohse Wendy Onusko Natale Rao Sonja Rawlings Sarah Robson Pamela Rose Chris Spooner Sally Stewart Heather Taylor Lani Warden Heather White John Zandvliet

Douglas Fairweather, RMT, B.A
Executive Director

• BA (Psychology), Carleton University, Ottawa, 1977
• RMT Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy, Toronto, 1982
• CAT (c) - Canadian Athletic Therapist Certification

Doug is the 2002 recipient of the Meritorious Service Award, presented at the Leadership Conference of the Council of Schools of the American Massage Therapy Association. The award is for outstanding service to the Council of Schools, and the presentation was accompanied by a standing ovation!

• 2007 Leadership award presented in Winnipeg by the Canadian Council of Massage Therapy Schools.
• Presently the President of the College of Massage Therapists of BC
• First Vice-President of Council of Schools of AMTA from 1997-2004
• First Vice-President of Canadian Council of Massage Therapy Schools (founding board member) 1999-2003, 2005-2007
• Co-chair of the Massage Therapy Association of BC since mid 1980’s

Doug has 25 years experience as a Massage Therapist and 22 years experience as a teacher of massage. He has also held the position of Practical Director at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy from 1986-1989.

In the 1980’s, Doug was a National Team Trainer with the cycling team and a massage therapist for the Vancouver Canucks. He worked with Anita Patrick and a few others to set up the Sports Massage Therapy Association of Canada.

He has been continually involved with the College of Massage Therapists of BC, serving on key committees such as Curriculum, AIT, and Accreditation.

"Doug is such a beacon of vision and integrity that I love working with him. He has contributed so much to our profession. Beyond a doubt he has made major contributions in the formation of Massage Therapy as a respected medical profession. He always sees the benefits of massage as a career choice and points new massage therapists in such diverse and exciting directions as sports massage, spas, wholistic health clinics, Olympic team support and medical environments working with chiropractors, doctors and other health professionals." 

Lynette Gilmer, RMT
Former Clinic/Outreach Program Coordinator
Former student

Pamela Rose, B.A., PDP, M.Ed. (University of Calgary)
Education Director, Instructor of Communications & Ethics
Pam is a presenter for the American Massage Therapy Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio in September, 2007 on the topic, “Designing Significant Learning in Health Care Education.” In May 2007 she was a featured presenter at the Association for Complementary and Integrative Physicians of BC ‘Body Heals’ Conference. Her topic was “Designing a Model of Integrative Health Care Education: A Massage Therapy example.” She was a reviewer for the second edition of the text, The Educated Heart, Professional Boundaries for Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, and Movement Teachers by Nina McIntosh, MSW, published in 2005. Over the past three decades, Pam has worked as an educator, presenter and counselor in a variety of settings.

• Education Director, OVCMT (since 2001)
• Instructor of Communications & Ethics OVCMT (since 2000)
• Management Team, Program Management Team, and Advisory Committee member
• Master of Education (Adult, Community, and Higher Education) University of Calgary
• Graduate course focus on Spirituality in the Workplace and Spirituality in Higher Education
• P.D.P. (Education Cert.), Simon Fraser University
• B.A. (Political Science), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Yoga Teachers Training Certificate, Mount Madonna Center, California

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Colleen King
Administrator
Colleen joined OVCMT in April 2007. Colleen brings 15 years of management experience and over 20 years of finance experience along with a progressive approach to all areas of the administration of the college. Colleen’s recent management courses include Office/Supervisory Skills (2005), Train-the Trainer (2005), and How to be a More Effective Team Leader (2006). Colleen coordinates all administration functions including:

• Finance
• Student Records and transcripts
• Adminstrative Staff supervision
• Purchasing and inventory control
• Maintenance and facilities
• Advertising and promotions

Colleen serves as liason with PCTIA and StudentAid BC.

Terry Francis, RMT
Clinic/Outreach Program Coordinator
Clinic Supervisor
Terry is our Clinic Coordinator and Co-Coordinator of Outreach, since January, 2003. She is a key member of the Research Team on the osteoarthritis of the hip project.

• RMT, OVCMT, Vernon, 1997
• Post Graduate Studies: Muscle Energy, Muscle Balance & Function
• Private Practice: Armstrong, B.C. 1997 - Present

Heather Taylor, RMT
Internship/Outreach Program Coordinator (on leave 2007-2008)

• RMT, WCCMT, Vancouver, B.C., 1991
• B.C. Sports Aider, 1987
• B.C.R.P.A. Fitness Instructor, 1987
• Trainer for the Okanagan Sun Football Team, 1988-1991
• Private Practice: Vancouver, 1991 – 1993
• Private Practice: Vernon, 1993 – Present
• Participant in Massage in Schools Program in England, May 2005
• Currently teaching peer massage in an elementary school class

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Christina Duthie, RMT
Acting Internship/Outreach Program Coordinator
Instructor: Business
Teaching Assistant: Hydrotherapy
Supervisor: Maternity Outreach

• RMT, OVCMT, Vernon, B.C., 1999
• Private Practice, Vernon, B.C., 1999 - present

Audrey Sutton, RMT, B.H.Ec, Ed. Cert.
Library and Resource Coordinator

• Bachelor of Home Economics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 1969
• Certificate in Education, University of Manitoba, 1970
• RMT, Sutherland Chan School of Massage Therapy, Toronto, 1980

Audrey is a member of the Board of Directors of OVCMT. She has worked in private practice and as an instructor of hydrotherapy and massage therapy and as a teacher’s assistant. Audrey instructs the Introduction to Massage prerequisite course.

Audrey serves as a program consultant and Library and Resource Coordinator. She provides key support for OVCMT faculty.

Julie Dais, B.Sc., Ph. D.
Academic Director, Research Coordinator
Instructor: Anatomy & Physiology, Research

• B.Sc., Zoology, University of Calgary
• Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Calgary
• College Professor since the fall of 1990, most recently at Okanagan College and UBC-Okanagan
• Member of Program Management Committee OVCMT
• Member of the Research Committee of the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia
• Member of the Canadian Massage Therapy Research Network Committee

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