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Commitment: Long-term
Connection method: Virtual
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Role description
The BC Renal Glomerulonephritis (GN) Committee works to identify, implement and evaluate health services, educational initiatives, and data collection to improve care for patients with GN in BC. They aim to improve awareness and understanding of GN and its treatment.
Committee membership includes patient partners, clinical and administrative leaders from provincial and regional health authorities and BC Renal. Members work together by sharing their perspectives to enable quality care for those living with GN. Patient partners of the committee work alongside kidney health professionals to ensure best outcomes and experiences for people receiving care for GN in BC.
Level of engagement
Collaborate: BC Renal will work together with all members in decision making, developing alternatives and solutions and include your recommendations into each decision as much as possible.
Requirements
• Patients or family members in BC with lived experience of GN (e.g. IgA nephropathy, FSGS, ANCA vasculitis, membranous nephropathy, lupus nephritis) and have not yet had a kidney transplant or on dialysis.
• Experience working and sharing perspectives with diverse groups of people
• A strong interest in partnering and working together with health professionals to improve the quality of life of people living with chronic kidney disease
We are hoping to recruit diverse voices and welcome patient partners of various ages, genders, kidney disease experiences, cultural backgrounds and GN subtypes from across the province.
Number of positions available: 2
Commitment
• 1.5-hour meeting held twice (2) a year via MS Teams in June and December during regular workday hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
• Term membership will be for three years with possibility of a 2-year extension where appropriate.
Compensation
Expenses for travel and accommodation, if needed, will be reimbursed.
RSVP questions
Please respond to the following questions by email (patientengagement@bcrenal.ca) or phone (604-875-7340). RSVP by Friday, April 24, 2026
1. Why are you interested in being on this committee?
2. What skills and expertise would you bring to this committee?
3. Briefly describe your experience with glomerulonephritis (GN), specifying the subtype if available.
4. Which renal program are/ were you or your family member in (i.e., Fraser Health, Interior Health, Island Health, Northern Health, Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health or BC Children’s Hospital)?
