Project News: Goodbye and Hello

During the first two years of the CMHEI initiative, many of you may have spoken with Marie-Anik Gagne, coordinator of the initiative. Marie-Anik spent many hours ensuring that participating projects used a similar approach to collect and code data, and she established a detailed process to ensure data quality. Marie-Anik also worked with CMHA-Ontario staff to design and manage the initiative web site. Marie-Anik has left the project to work as a senior planner with the Durham District Health Council. We are sorry to see her leave and thank Marie-Anik for her efforts, and for giving the CMHEI project a solid foundation on which to grow. We wish her success in her new job and ... we certainly know where to go when good planning advice is needed.

Change often creates opportunity. We are delighted that Tess Sheldon, our CMHEI data analyst, has agreed to take on the coordinator position. Tess has also been very involved in the data collection process. She has designed more forms that she can count, she has developed scanning programs for data entry, and she has patiently modified the data base to accommodate coding and other changes in data collection. Tess will continue in these roles but will now also be responsible for web management, communications within the project and with the field, and many of the coordination activities necessary to make the project run smoothly.

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