#BCCPA2021 Annual Conference: announcing André Picard as a #BCCPA2021 keynote presenter

Registration is now open for our 2021 Annual Conference — May 31^st to June 2^nd

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s long-term care sector endured unprecedented challenges and has been in the media spotlight as COVID-19 remains a risk to the operation of long-term care homes. How our country can build a better system of long-term care sector has been a central focus of Canada’s foremost health columnist — the Globe and Mail’s André Picard. BCCPA and EngAge BC are pleased to announce that Mr. Picard will be a featured #BCCPA2021 conference keynote speaker, and will take part in a discussion with the association’s CEO Terry Lake.

André Picard is one of Canada’s top health & public policy observers and commentators, he has been a health reporter and columnist at the Globe and Mail since 1987. He is the author of five bestselling books and is an eight-time nominee for the National Newspaper Awards, Canada’s top journalism prize, and a past winner of the prestigious Michener Award for Meritorious Public Service Journalism.

He was named Canada’s first “Public Health Hero” by the Canadian Public Health Association, as a “Champion of Mental Health” by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health, and received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, for his dedication to improve healthcare.

André has reported on the COVID-19 crisis from a wide range of angles through the perspective of public health and was one of the first prominent voices to make a public declaration for the implementation of physical distancing.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care is in the media and political spotlight like never before. As the saying goes: In every crisis, lies opportunity. So what dangers and opportunities lay ahead for the sector? That’s the discussion I’m looking forward to having with Terry Lake on May 31.” says Picard.