The BCHC Board of Directors is a policy governing board and conducts its work based on BCHC’s Constitution and our 2026-2030 Strategic Directions.
Joshua Tan, Co-Chair
Joshua is a lawyer with a focus on serving the needs of individuals, local businesses, community groups, and non-profit organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Arts with Combined Honours in Political Science and East Asian Studies from the University of Alberta, a Master of Arts in History from Simon Fraser University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
Joshua finds the work of building relationships and community very rewarding. Working extensively with immigrant communities and non-profit organizations, his community service includes pro bono work at a legal clinic in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Fluent in both Mandarin and Cantonese, Joshua has served abroad as an interpreter for a Canadian medical mission, extending his volunteerism beyond the local community. He is pleased to have the opportunity to contribute in a role that involves the protection of the public interest on the board of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncturists of BC.
In his younger days, Joshua ran as a competitive track athlete. Trading in his spikes for a military uniform, he ran to the rescue of others as a combat medic. These days, Joshua is learning to embrace a less hurried life, no longer running to or from anything. Outside of work, he is often found at the dojo, where he trains in Yoshinkan Aikido as he finds his way along the path of transformation from award-winning athlete to non-competing martial arts practitioner.
Asma-na-hi Antoine, Co-Chair
Dr. Asma-na-hi Antoine is from the Toquaht Nation of the Nuu-chah-nulth lands (west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada). She acknowledges and pays respect to the ancestors and families of the unceded Lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations where she lives, works, plays, and learns.
She is the Director of Indigenous Research at UBC and has a doctorate in Educational Theory & Practice from Simon Fraser University. She has a Master of Education in Psychology and Leadership Studies, specializing in Indigenous Community Counselling, and a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care with a Minor in Indigenous Studies, both from the University of Victoria.
Asma-na-hi has worked in academic institutions and non-profit organizations as an Indigenous educationist and systems-change leader focused on Indigenization. Asma-na-hi believes her life and work are grounded in a strong foundation of Indigenous ways of knowing and being, which she uses to communicate, train, and facilitate teachings on reconciliation, decolonization, and Indigenization. She continues to walk between two worlds: Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and is recognized for her need to build and sustain a culturally safe place for all.
Asma-na-hi will share stories and life experiences along her academic journey into career opportunities. She has had the privilege of learning from Indigenous scholars and mentors who have become friends, and engaging with National and International Indigenous communities and organizations. Of course, along her journey, she has stated that it did not come without trial and error using different innovative modalities tied to family values, culture, traditions, and ceremonies.
Eda Mallhi, Director
Eda Mallhi brings over 15 years of experience in health promotion, disease prevention and community development, with a strong focus on equity and the social determinants of health. She played a key role in launching and strengthening the local Social Prescribing Program into a national initiative and led the development of the RISE Community Health Centre, engaging over 400 stakeholders to shape one of BC’s most effective wraparound service models.
As the Executive Director of one of BC’s largest seniors’ centres, Eda oversees holistic programs that foster intergenerational and holistic approaches to . She is also a board member of the BC Hospice Palliative Care Association and an active member of the Alliance for Seniors Centres. Eda brings strategic leadership, inclusive practices, and a collaborative spirit to all her work in building healthy, connected communities.
Ian Brunskill, Director
Ian Brunskill has over 30 years of consulting and leadership experience working with health and social service organizations in Canada and internationally to successfully plan and implement major strategic initiatives and organizational transformations. His health care leadership experience includes senior management and operating roles in the largest provincial cancer agency and a major academic health science centre in Canada as well as consulting to governments, health services organizations, their associations and regulators in Canada, the Caribbean, South and Central America and Africa.
Ian retired from leading the health practice for a national consulting firm and moved to Salt Spring Island with his partner several years ago. Semi-retired, he enjoys taking full advantage of the hiking, kayaking and biking opportunities the island presents.
Ian is currently the Chair of the Board of VHA Home Health Care in Toronto, as well as Salt Spring Literacy.
Renée Laboucane, Treasurer
Renée Laboucane is the Manager of a Primary Care Network in Campbell River, BC, where she brings together healthcare providers, health authority leaders, and local community and Indigenous organizations to improve regional healthcare access. She joins the BC Healthy Communities Board with a warm, collaborative approach and a deep commitment to community well-being.
Dedicated to building strong, inclusive communities, Renée has worked in local government, post-secondary education, and non-profit leadership. She has led community and economic development initiatives in both Alberta and BC, and served as Executive Director of a non-profit organization, where she advocated for and supported housing and employment programming for adults with developmental disabilities.
Outside of work, Renée enjoys crafting, hiking, and sharing her community and the beauty of Vancouver Island with visiting friends and family.
Sherry Baker, Secretary
Sherry Baker has owned and operated a private consulting and counselling practice since 1990. She was hired as the Executive Director of the BC Association of Community Response Networks in July 2010. In the subsequent 14 years she built a province-wide network of 92 community networks dedicated to raising the awareness and prevention of the abuse, neglect and self-neglect of vulnerable adults. She retired in 2024. Sherry has sat on, and chaired many provincial, regional and local boards.
Sherry was elected to City Council in Chilliwack in the 1980’s where she served for six years. Sherry has been a Rotarian since 1992. Sherry served as chair of the Township of Langley Seniors Advisory Committee and in 2016 led the formation of their award winning Age-Friendly Strategy. She was awarded the Canada 125 Medal in 1992 and received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012. She was thrilled to be named a AGE-WELL Honorary Fellow in 2024. Sherry holds a Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science from City University in Seattle and a Diploma in Business Administration from Fraser Valley University.
Dr. Louisa-May Khoo, Director
Dr. Louisa-May Khoo brings over 15 years experience in urban governance and diplomacy with international and local expertise across the fields of aging, housing, social theory, geopolitics, equity and community engagement. She is particularly fascinated with the intersections of urban change and social wellbeing, layered through the lens of racial justice, longevity, and people’s everyday place-making practices. Attentive to the humanistic register, Louisa-May is committed to social equity and empowering partnerships, with an aptitude of galvanizing win-win outcomes across a career path that spans academic research, teaching, planning practice and community advocacy.
From Singapore, she is grateful for her blend of being ‘both/and’, navigating the multiple trajectories of East and West, its cultures, heritage, traditions and (un)learnings of lived experience and stories. She relishes the natural beauty of these lands and seeks to uncover hidden gems in her recreational sojourns.
Louisa-May holds a Ph.D in Planning from the University of British Columbia and is currently Principal Planner with the City of Maple Ridge in British Columbia, Canada.