BA, MA
Instructor
School of Kinesiology
604.986.1911 ext. 3144
Fir Building, room FR537
meghannbrinoni@capilanou.ca
Education
BA, Psychology
MA, Leadership
Bio
After completing her undergraduate, Meghann Brinoni started her career as a mental wellness and substance misuse clinician. This led to a leadership role in mental wellness program development and delivery with First Nations communities throughout the Interior of B.C. and across the province. In this work, Brinoni supported provincial and national research projects demonstrating the value of culturally based healing for Indigenous youth and families.
In 2014, Brinoni joined the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) as the Manager of Research, Knowledge Exchange and Evaluation, working with First Nations leadership in establishing FNHA’s research and ethical frameworks and leading the largest-ever First Nations research projects in the province.
While at FNHA, Brinoni completed her MA in Leadership and Organizational Design. The pairing of knowledge gathering, evidence-based decision making and continuous improvement was a helpful background for her when she became FNHA’s first Director of Quality in 2018, standing up FNHA’s complaint and feedback functions, the development and publication of the BC Cultural Safety and Humility Standard, and launched FNHA’s perspective on Quality.
After being seconded to the Ministry of Health’s Indigenous Health and Reconciliation team, Brinoni's primary responsibilities were related to the recommendations of the In Plain Sight report. Specifically, in working across the health ecosystem relative to complaints and feedback, health workforce education, data governance and measurement and legislative efforts.
Now, Brinoni serves as the Executive Director of Health Workforce Planning, Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at the BC Ministry of Health, and her primary occupation is the BC Health Human Resources Strategy.
In 2022, Brinoni joined Capilano University as an instructor. As she lives in and works remotely from the northern interior of B.C., and teaches her courses primarily online, but does travel to Capilano University regularly throughout the semester to deliver some classes in-person.