Chris Douglas
Associate - Functional Specialist
(604) 908-8788

A community and environmental health professional with broad experience in problem solving and option analysis. Expertise in financial analysis, organizational analysis, infrastructure assessment, environmental assessment, and statistical interpretation.

EDUCATION
Master of Health Administration

Department of Health Care & Epidemiology
Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada (1998)

Certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada)

Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
Ottawa, Ontario (1990)

Environmental Health Technology Diploma

British Columbia Institute of Technology
Burnaby, BC, Canada (1989)

Bachelor of Arts

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, Canada (1979)

ASSOCIATIONS

• Canadian College of Health Service Executives
• Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors
• Alumni Association, Department of Health Care & Epidemiology, UBC – Co-chair, 2001 Pacific Health Forum Steering Committee; Steering Committee Member, Health Association of BC Population Health Conference, April 2002

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

• Principal, Home-Douglas Consulting, Vancouver, BC (1998 – present)
• Associate Consultant, Myles J. Noël & Associates Inc., Delta, BC (1999 – present)
• Environmental Health Officer, Simon Fraser Health Region, BC (1994 – 1996)
• Public Health Inspector, Fredericton-Woodstock Health Region, NB (1989 – 1994)
• Human Resources Officer and Financial Officer, IT&T Canada Ltd., B.C. Division (1980 – 1987)

SPECIAL INTERESTS, REPORTS, AND PRESENTATIONS

• Laundry Services Quality Assurance Survey and Report for COMTEX Linen Systems Inc., 2004 and 2005.
• Options for Maintaining the Viability of Hospital Laundry Services for the Vancouver Lower Mainland Area – recommended option approved by Ministry of Health 5 Year Capital Expenditures Plan, 2001
• Biomedical Waste Disposal Alternatives for the Vancouver Lower Mainland Area – currently under review by inter-regional committee
• System Textile Audit and Report for the Tilbury Regional Hospital Laundry Society Board of Directors
• Functional Program for the Expansion and Renovation of the Resident Dining and Program/Activity Area of the Kinsmen Retirement Centre, Tsawwassen, BC
• Public Health Hazard Inspections and Abatement for the Simon Fraser Health Region and the Province of New Brunswick
• Communicable Disease Reporting and Investigations for the Simon Fraser Health Region and the Province of New Brunswick
• Sewage Disposal Contractor Licensing and Food Safe course instruction for the Province of New Brunswick
• Solid Waste Disposal Facility Recommendations for the Fort McMurray Health District.

RECENT REPORTS PREPARED FOR MJN & ASSOCIATES INC., COCHRANE ENGINEERING LTD., AND KPMG CONSULTING LP

• Proposal for the Provision of Services – Construction and Operation of a Regional Healthcare Laundry for the Western New York Purchasing Alliance, Buffalo, New York, 2005
• Process Confirmation for K-Bro Linen Systems Inc. -- Burnaby Healthcare Laundry Facility, Vancouver, BC
• Fraser River Correctional Centre -- Laundry Facility Expansion Analysis, Vancouver, BC
• Laundry Equipment Specifications for the New Kitimat Hospital and Health Centre, Kitimat, BC
• Winnipeg Regional Health Authority -- Delivery of Regional Linen & Laundry Services Option Analysis, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• London Health Sciences Centre -- Regional Laundry Textile Services Review, London, Ontario
• Personal Laundry Facility Review for the Proposed Yorkton & District Long Term Care Facility Expansion, Yorkton, Saskatchewan
• General Linen and Personal Laundry -- Efficiency Study and Recommendations, Zion Park Manor, Cloverdale, BC;