Following a merit-based recruitment process, Lynn McBride has been appointed for a three-year term as chair of the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board.

The Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board is the independent tribunal established under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act. The board provides a specialized and cost-effective forum for hearing appeals about licensing, regulation and certification decisions regarding community care and assisted-living facilities and early childhood educators.

McBride was appointed as a member to the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board in 2012 and was appointed vice-chair in 2019. She holds a bachelor of laws and a bachelor of arts degree in linguistics from the University of British Columbia, as well as a certificate in early childhood care and education from Capilano University.

McBride is a planning analyst in the Strategic Planning and Policy department at Legal Aid BC. In this role, she leads the annual strategic and organizational planning and reporting processes, such as strategic risk management, research and consulting with internal and external stakeholders. In her previous positions with Legal Aid BC, and while working as a child care adviser with the BC Aboriginal Child Care Society, her work focused on community engagement, including collaboration with Indigenous communities and organizations. Formerly she worked as a lawyer and as an early childhood educator.

McBride’s term as chair of the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board will start on July 31, 2023.

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For more information about the Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board, visit: https://www.bcccalab.ca/