Board of Directors
Jeffrey Hocking, BSc, RPh is a pharmacist and research programmer
in Victoria. His pharmacy practice includes several years with the
BC Cancer Agency providing direct patient care, and also in other
community and clinic settings. He is also part of a pharmacology
and neuroscience research group at the University of BC, where he
has provided customized experimental design and software development
since 1989.
Jackie Horton is a barrister and solicitor, and practices as a sole practitioner in Victoria. Previously, Jackie was trained as a midwife in England and then worked in the United Arab Emirates, where she gained extensive medical experience working in the city of Abu Dhabi. She completed law school while living in Hong Kong, and then finished her requirements for Canadian law practice at the University of Victoria.
Elior Kinarthy, PhD was a professor of psychology and parapsychology in California for
26 years. He has been a board member of the California chapter of
the United Nations Association and a member of the San Gabriel Mental
Health Advisory Board. In Vancouver, Dr. Kinarthy has lectured on
parapsychology at Simon Fraser University and at Langara College.
His mission is to help people improve their lives directly through
counselling, workshops, and his writings. Dr. Kinarthy was diagnosed
with advanced prostate cancer in August 2002. He now considers himself
clinically cancer-free.
Dr. Neil McKinney, BSc, ND is a naturopathic physician in
Victoria, with a practice focus on cancer care. He has been a cancer
medical researcher, and is a professor of oncology and naturopathic
medicine, and author of Naturally There's Hope, a handbook
for the naturopathic care of cancer patients.
Susan Paula Smith has worked in a variety of medical facilities.
She co-ordinated the associated practitioners at Healthworks in
Victoria, and has volunteered and trained with the Centre for Integrated
Healing in Vancouver. Susan is a reiki master and volunteers at
the British Columbia Cancer Agency. She first discovered the power
of Reiki nine years ago when her daughter was recovering from surgery
for cancer.
Heather Thibodeau, RN, CHt is a retired nurse and certified
hypnotherapist with the International Medical and Dental Hypnotherapy
Association. Following an extensive career as a Registered Nurse
in many different hospital and community settings, she opened a
private hypnotherapy practice in Victoria B. C., offering a client
centered approach to hypnotherapy, to further contribute to the
health and well being of individuals interested in using hypnosis
as a positive, natural tool for change.
Board of Advisors
- Dr. David Chen, OMD; Scientific Acupuncture Medical Center,
Inc.; California
- Thomas Dawson, hypnotherapist; Duncan, BC
- Robert J. Marckini, founder of Brotherhood of the Balloon
- Dr. Jerry D. Slater, MD; chairman, Department of Radiation Medicine,
LLUMC
- Amber Young, Registered Massage Therapist, Toronto, ON
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