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Dr. Ana Maria Peredo is the new director of the UVic-based BC Institute for Co-operative Studies. One of Peredo’s main goals is to bring together academic researchers and community practitioners in interdisciplinary research on co-operatives and enterprises with similar aims and structures that make up the “co-operative and community-based economy.” The institute was founded by Dr. Ian MacPherson in 2000. Peredo’s three-year appointment took effect July 1. She will continue her research and teaching activities in the Faculty of Business.

Professor Denis Protti (health information science) has been recognized with the Canada Health Informatics Association (COACH) Leadership Award. COACH is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the use, practice and profession of health informatics—the application of communications and information technology to enhance clinical and administrative practice—within the Canadian health system. Protti has been a national and international leader in the field of health informatics for over 40 years.