A message from Ian Scott, Director for the Centre for Health Education Scholarship and Angela Towle, Co-Director Patient & Community Partnership for Education, UBC Health.
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Maria Hubinette as the Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships at UBC for a three-year term effective to March 31, 2026.
Dr. Hubinette is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Practice. She is the Undergraduate Program Director for the Department of Family Practice and Scholar at the Centre for Health Education Scholarship.
As the inaugural Canfield Scholar, Dr. Hubinette will support research, as well as teaching and outreach initiatives in patient partnerships in health professional education. Her work will be jointly supported by the Centre for Health Education Scholarship and Patient & Community Partnership for Education, UBC Health.
The Canfield Distinguished Scholar in Patient Partnerships at UBC has been established thanks to a generous donation from Carolyn Canfield, a citizen-patient advocate who works in BC, across Canada and internationally to expand opportunities for patients, caregivers, and communities to partner with healthcare professionals to improve health services, systems, research, training and governance.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Hubinette on her appointment.