Amanda Laboucane

Amanda provides executive leadership and strategic change oversight for Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety and is accountable for advancing culturally safe care, equity and relationships with Indigenous Peoples and communities across Fraser Health. Her portfolio also includes all Food and Nutrition Services spanning acute, long-term care and community nutrition and dietetic services, food services operations and the multidisciplinary teams that deliver food services as a way of caring for people.

Amanda centres care that is culturally safe, trauma-informed and grounded in respect and belonging to ensure people feel safe, seen, valued and genuinely cared for at every touchpoint. She is most focused on operational and system performance that enables this experience through equitable access, strong quality and safety, excellent nutrition and food services, and supported teams who can deliver compassionate care. Amanda believes in a health system where food is recognized as essential to caring for people and as a powerful pathway to cultural safety and healing. “When we wrap around people with nourishment and care in a good way, the impact we have today improves health for the people we serve, the communities and the generations to come.”

Amanda brings more than 14 years of operational leadership across acute and community health systems, including health care quality, safety and innovation recognized with provincial awards in Saskatchewan. Her experience spans cross-ministry policy and system transformation, leadership in Fraser Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Coordination Centres, and developing regional programs with underserved populations, including work alongside Indigenous communities. She brings deep expertise in cultural safety, quality and safety and operational performance, grounded in public health training through her MPH (SFU), a BSc (UVF), and current MBA studies (SFU).