Dr.
Perry Robert William Kendall -
Victoria
![Click on image for full-size version](/web/20061229023655im_/http://www.protocol.gov.bc.ca/protocol/prgs/obc/2005/2005_Kendall_sm.jpg) Dr.
Perry Kendall has devoted his professional life to promoting and
pursuing innovative health care practices in British Columbia. His
efforts have focused on the prevention of disease, injury and disability,
and the promotion of population health.
Dr. Kendall
is a former Medical Health Officer for the City of Toronto and a
former CEO of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario. He is
considered to be one of Canada's leading authorities on public health
and drug addiction. He was co-chair of the task group on the feasibility
of Supervised Injection Site Research. He was also instrumental
in developing needle exchange programs and Canada's first safe injection
site in Vancouver in 2003.
Dr. Kendall
has courageously advanced health practices in B.C., including the
creation of an Act that gives pharmacists the right to prescribe
emergency contraceptive pills for women; initiating and promoting
the health and well-being of B.C.'s Aboriginal people; and initiating
legislation that makes HIV/AIDS a reportable disease.
Through his
efforts, public health is achieving a higher profile in this province.
As a provincial health officer, Dr. Kendall's leadership enabled
the province to rapidly mobilize its resources against a potential
outbreak of Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza.
He is currently working with the Ministry of Health to develop core
public health programs, and to modernize the Provincial Health Act.
Dr. Perry Kendall
is presently the co-chair of the newly established Pan-Canadian
Public Health Network.
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