Last Updated : June 17, 2024
A Provincial Advisory Group (PAG) is in place to provide advice to the Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee about operational issues, as well as to inform strategic and policy direction. PAG reports to the Pharmaceutical Advisory Committee through its Chair.
Input from PAG ensures that the pCODR drug review process, and the resulting recommendations, meet the needs of participating provinces/territories and cancer agencies for evidence-based recommendations that guide drug funding decisions. Issues brought forward by PAG may include considerations related to the implementation of recommendations, advice around consultation and information exchange, and information about emerging trends in the development and use of cancer drugs.
All members of the PAG must comply with the following:
- pCODR Provincial Advisory Group (PAG) Terms of Reference
Last updated: June 2019
Membership
The PAG consists of appointed representatives from each of the participating provincial/territorial Ministries of Health and provincial cancer agencies.
Members
| Chair Marc Geirnaert | COI CancerCare Manitoba |
| Lyndee Yeung | COI Ontario Health |
| Helen Anderson | COI British Columbia Cancer Agency |
| Edmond Margawang | COI British Columbia Ministry of Health Services |
| Lynne Nakashima | COI British Columbia Cancer Agency |
| Sandra Rees | COI Alberta Health |
| Carole Chambers | COI Alberta Health Services |
| Position Vacant |
| Darryl Boehm | COI Saskatchewan Cancer Agency |
| Position Vacant |
| Danica Wasney | COI CancerCare Manitoba |
| Laureen Rance | COI Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care |
| Nicole Cluett | COI Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness |
| Erica Craig | COI New Brunswick Cancer Network |
| Joanne Houlihan | COI Cancer Care Nova Scotia |
| Amanda Hunt | COI Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Health and Community Services |
| Jaclyn McCarville | COI New Brunswick Ministry of Health |
| Nicole MacDonald | COI Eastern Health in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Position Vacant | |
| Position Vacant | |
| Michel Trottier | COI Indigenous Services Canada / Government of Canada |
| Gunita Mitera | COI Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies (CAPCA) |
Last Updated : June 17, 2024