Awards Ceremony Thursday, 8 March 2018 6:00 pm Mackenzie Ballroom Fairmont Waterfront Hotel Vancouver Welcome to CDSBC’S 2018 AWARDS CEREMONY Each year, we present awards to recognize dentists, dental therapists, certified dental assistants, and members of the public who have made significant contributions to CDSBC. Program Reception Welcoming Remarks President’s Greeting Remembering Past Colleagues Award of Merit Distinguished Service Award Closing Remarks Photographs Mistress of Ceremonies: Dr. Myrna Halpenny, Past President Recipients AWARD OF MERIT DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Dr. Reza Nouri Dr. Greg Card Dr. Bert Smulders Mr. Dan De Vita Dr. David Speirs Dr. Leetty Huang Ms. Agnes Arevalo, CDA Mr. Richard Lemon Ms. Susanne Feenstra, CDA Ms. Sherry Messenger, CDA Mr. Brad Daisley 2 AWARD OF MERIT This award is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to CDSBC, beyond basic volunteer participation. Ms. Agnes Arevalo, CDA Agnes Arevalo has Agnes is an Accreditation Surveyor and the been a member of Dental Assisting Educator Representative of the the College’s Inquiry Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada. Committee since Agnes has delivered several dental continuing 2010. Agnes received courses, including infection control, dental her Doctor of Dental recordkeeping and CPR. She is a certified Canadian Medicine degree from Red Cross First Aid/CPR instructor and Personality Manila, Philippines Dimensions facilitator. where she practised Agnes completed her Provincial Instructor Diploma dentistry before immigrating to Canada in 2003. and Certificate in Online Learning at Vancouver After joining CDI College as a dental assisting Community College. She is currently completing instructor, Agnes assumed the position of BC a masters degree in educational technology and Dental Assisting Program Head in 2008. She learning design at Simon Fraser University. wrote the CDI Orthodontic Module curriculum, Outside of work and school, Agnes enjoys which was approved and recognized by the spending time at home with her family and going College in 2007. Agnes served as a board to yoga. She also loves to travel. member of the National Dental Assisting Examining Board (NDAEB) and is currently a clinical evaluator for the NDAEB. Mr. Brad Daisley Brad Daisley is to the British Columbia bar in 1984. He began his the Manager of professional career as a lawyer with a Vancouver Communications and firm where he worked for five years before General Counsel for the becoming a journalist for The Lawyers Weekly Legal Services Society, newspaper and a freelance writer for numerous a non-profit organization publications. Brad was also a regular legal affairs providing legal aid to commentator on CBC Radio. Brad spent eight all British Columbians. years as the Public Affairs Manager for the Law He has been providing Society of BC, the regulatory body for the legal his expertise as a public member on the Inquiry profession. Committee since 2012. Brad and his wife, Sian, live in south Surrey and Brad holds a Bachelor of Arts (English) from the they have an adult daughter, Christina, and a cocker University of Victoria, a Bachelor of Laws from spaniel named Stella. the University of British Columbia, and was called 3 Award of Merit Ms. Susanne Feenstra, CDA Susanne Feenstra has Columbia and has been working as a Certified volunteered on the CDA Orthodontic Assistant with Dr. Sandra Maduke and Advisory Committee Dr. Ryan Bulat since that time. Her CDA credentials since 2008. She served and computer and administrative skills serve her as vice-chair from well in the role of Financial and Office Manager at 2013-14 and chair from the practice. 2014-17. She has found it Susanne and her husband, Shaun, have three motivating and rewarding wonderful boys: Henrik, Pieter and Jeremy. When to be involved with other she is not working or volunteering, Susanne dental professionals in this way. enjoys spending time with family, being outdoors, Susanne graduated from Douglas College in 1999, mountain biking, walking, travelling and taking her after which she began her career as a certified boys to hockey and soccer. dental assistant. In 2003, Susanne completed the orthodontic module at the University of British Ms. Sherry Messenger, CDA Sherry Messenger VCC’s Tooth Trolley, a large community project that began volunteering at provides free dental care to over 200 elementary the College in 1997 and school children in predominantly low-income has served on several neighbourhoods. committees and on Sherry is past president of the Certified Dental the Board. She was a Assistants of British Columbia and past president member of the CDA of the Canadian Dental Assisting Association. Certification Committee Having a particular interest in employment from 2012-13. She standards for the profession, Sherry has developed formerly chaired the CDA Advisory Committee a copyright document that is available for all CDAs and continues to serve as a committee member. throughout the country. Sherry was a CDA member of the Board from 1998-99 and 2011-17. Outside of work, Sherry enjoys road trips with her husband, Jim, in their RV or travelling Sherry teaches in the Certified Dental Assisting internationally. When at home, gardening and and Dental Reception Coordinator departments entertaining friends and family gives her great at Vancouver Community College (VCC). Since pleasure. its inception, Sherry has been the organizer of 4 Dr. Reza Nouri, Certified Specialist Dr. Reza Nouri has been course until 2016. He was also a member of the on CDSBC’s Ethics Pediatric Dentistry Faculty Search Committee, in Committee since 2012, addition to sitting on the ad-hoc committee for and now serves as its the development of the post-graduate program vice-chair. He was also in pediatric dentistry. Reza was a staff surgeon at a member of the Task BC’s Children’s Hospital from 1997 to 2016, where Force on Patient-Centred he served on the Forms Committee and the Dental Care and the Business of Audit Committee. Dentistry. Reza has also represented his profession by Reza received his Doctor of Dental Medicine serving on BC Dental Association’s Health degree from the University of British Columbia in Promotions Committee (2000-2008), Public 1994. After a year of practice in family dentistry, Education and Communication Committee (2014 to he went on to complete his specialty training in present), and the MLA Network (2016 to present). pediatric dentistry at the University of Toronto. He is a past-president of BC Society of Pediatric Upon his return to B.C., he completed his Master Dentists and the Dental Specialists Society of BC. of Science degree in dental biomaterials at UBC Reza is interested in clinical research, and has Dentistry. published articles on clinical dentistry. He is a Reza has been a committed alumnus at UBC contributing consultant for the Journal, Oral Health. Dentistry and has received multiple teaching Away from the office, Reza enjoys soccer, yoga, awards as a Clinical Associate Professor and martial arts, and spending time with his wife, coordinator of the Pediatric Dentistry simulation Dr. Sara Hamidi, and their two active children. Dr. Bert Smulders Dr. Bert Smulders Bert has practised dentistry for over 40 years first joined CDSBC’s and volunteered at the Eastside Dental Clinic volunteer network in extensively. He is currently teaching part time 1995 as a member at UBC Dentistry and is otherwise enjoying his of the Peer Review retirement. Committee for the Bert and his wife have a large blended family of Fraser Valley. He eight, and with the addition of their spouses and also participated on children, he finds his life is very full. the Nominations Committee for two When he is not working or volunteering, Bert years and has been a member of the Discipline spends most of his time painting with acrylics Committee since 2015. and is currently training for the Gran Fondo at the Sunshine Coast. He also enjoys golf, tennis, After receiving his dental degree from UBC in cycling, travel, gardening, reading, and participating 1976, Bert taught part time at the University of in his extraordinarily long-running men’s book club. British Columbia from 1977-81. 5 Award of Merit Dr. David Speirs Dr. David Speirs began planning, occlusion, and implant dentistry. He was his volunteer work with a long-time director of the Vancouver Seminar for the College 30 years ago Dentistry, and regular attendee of The Pankey as chair of the Auxiliary Institute. Education Committee, After retiring from full-time practice in 2012, David and later as a member of was invited to become the first CEO of the Pacific the Inquiry Committee. Oral Health Centre in Surrey, a UBC-affiliated He has been a member outreach clinic. He stepped down from that of the Discipline position in 2014, but has continued as a part-time Committee since 2011. locum. David hails from the Liverpool area of the UK An avid outdoorsman, David became a successful and graduated from the University of Sheffield in racing sailor, keen skier and private pilot. 1968. Soon after, he became a faculty member He also became involved with organizations at UBC Dentistry, teaching Oral Medicine and such as Bard on the Beach and the Vancouver Periodontology. Symphony Orchestra, and is a past president of While continuing to teach part time at UBC, the BC division of the Canadian Mental Health David started his general dental practice on Association. David enjoys spending time with West Broadway in 1976. He also founded three his wife, Lisa, and son, Arthur, playing cello, and study clubs on each of diagnosis and treatment training for his next triathlon. 6 This ceremony is hosted by the Nominations Committee on behalf of the CDSBC Board. Nominations Committee Dr. David Tobias, Past President, Chair Dr. Don Anderson, President Ms. Leona Ashcroft, Public Member Dr.