Pam Young

Staff

School of Nursing

Faculty of Applied Science

Pam Young is the Peer-Coordinator with the UBC Transformative Health & Justice Research Cluster, where she provides leadership and guidance to support social justice-oriented research activities, policy action, and community-driven change for people in prison and post-release. Pam is also currently the Program Manager for Unlocking the Gates Services Society which operates as a non-profit organization. She feels deeply passionate about the work she does with individuals leaving prison as she herself has lived experience of incarceration and would have benefited from a program like UTG that offers support for individuals pre/post release. She was a peer mentor herself when she originally started with the program. She has presented at international conferences, co-authored/contributed to a book called Releasing Hope about women transitioning from prison. Pam attended Nicola Valley Institute of Technology and graduated from the CHAD program with her Chemical Addictions Support Worker Certificate. Pam is also a Lived Experience Strategic Advisor with BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services as well as a patient and family partner.

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Transformative Health & Justice

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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