How We Work

An executive committee of professional members is nominated and elected by the professional membership every two years for a two year term. Student members nominate one student representative from each training institute operating in British Columbia to be appointed to the executive for each academic year.

Elected Members 2008-2009

President
Marna Lynn Smith, B. Music, DipAT (Victoria) - recreativearts@uniserve.com

Vice President
Shona Collison (Victoria) - shonac@telus.net

Recording Secretary
Alison Baxendale, BFA, DipAT (Victoria) - avbaxendale@shaw.ca

Corresponding Secretary
Heather Sanrud, Heather Sanrud, MA, BCATR, RCAT DipAT (Nanaimo) - art.smart@shaw.ca

Membership Chair
Joanne Elliott, BA, BFA, MC-AT (Vancouver) - bcata.membership@gmail.com

Registration Chair
Sarah Bradley, BA, DipAT, BCATR (Victoria) - registrationbcata@yahoo.ca

Treasurer
Barbara MacCormack BEd. BCATR, (Victoria) - barbaramaccormack@shaw.ca

Ethics
Bruce Tobin PhD., (North Saanich) - Brucetobin@aol.com

Appointed Members 2008- 2009

Professional Development Committee
Liz McKenna (Delta) - lmckenna@dccnet.com and Lee Crawford (Vancouver) leecrawford@shaw.ca

Newsletter Editor
Paddy Bruce, BA (Victoria) - paddyb@telus.net

Newsletter Liason
Michelle Gilligan (Vancouver) - creativehealing@shaw.ca

Marketing & Promotions
vacant - if you are interested to receive the job description for this position please contact us

Task Force Representative College of Counselling Therapists
Michelle Oucharek-Deo, BFA, DVATI, BCATR (Coquitlam) - mlod@telus.net
Kay Collis, PhD, BCATR, ATR (Victoria) - kcollis@shaw.ca

Supervision Consultant
Coleen Gold, B.FA, MA in AT, BCATR, ATR (Vancouver) - cgold@divisionzero.com

Admin/ Web/ Bookkeeper - Paid Position
Merle Miedzygorski (Vancouver) - BCATA_Admin@telus.net

Student Representatives 2007- 2008

BCSAT Student Rep
vacant - if you are interested to receive the job description for this position please contact us.

KATI Student Rep
vacant - if you are interested to receive the job description for this position please contact us.

VATI Student Rep
Sascha Archer (Vancouver) - sascharch@hotmail.com