\u0027Her experience, community insight ... championing of the health needs of women, children and persons with disabilities will be an asset.\u0027
, Beck currently chairs the board of directors at Algonquin College. Her previous board experience spans years at the Ontario Medical Association and Canadian Medical Association, and she was previously the president of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada.
Previous to this term of council, when communications consultant and past police board member Suzanne Valiquet has filled the role, the chair of the Ottawa Police Service’s oversight board has for years been a city councillor. Sitting on the board with Sutcliffe this term are councillors Curry and Marty Carr, alongside Valiquet and three provincial appointees. When recruitment for a new chair was underway earlier this year,
Beck’s appointment comes at a time of reckoning — in society, and inside city hall — with the role of the police when it comes to mental heath and addictions. The city, with the involvement of the Ottawa Police Service and other institutional and community partners, has been engaged in work to set up an alternative response to such calls.
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