Deborah is currently a practicing member of the Law Society of British Columbia. She holds a Masters of Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Alberta. Ms. Charrois is the Director of Legal and Labour Relations at the British Columbia Nurses’ Union. She specializes in labour law and administrative law with a focus on professional governance and regulation. Ms. Charrois is the Chair of the CMTBC Board and sits on the Governance, Finance and Discipline Committees.
The in-person gatherings of the Roots to Thrive program take place of the ancestral and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation at the Snuneymuxw Community Wellness Center, and also on the homelands of the Coast Salish, Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Nuučaan̓ułʔatḥ (Nuu-chah-nulth) Peoples.
Integral to Roots to Thrive’s approach to healing, re-connection and remembering who we are, are these Guiding Principles. By embodying these principles we intend to honour and give thanks to the Snuneymuxw and all First Nations, the teachings they carry and lands they steward, and to join in working for Truth and Reconciliation.