MEET OUR TEAM

Executive Director

Heather Cameron, BScN., RN. (she/her)  heather@bcapop.ca

Heather Cameron is honoured to work, play and live on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Secwepemc Nation.  Heather is a Registered Nurse with a Perinatal Specialty Certificate who has been working with pregnant people in a variety of settings since 2005.  Her experience includes program planning, public speaking, and spearheading community development events. As a Registered Nurse, Heather has worked in several fields including withdrawal management, labour & delivery, and maternity.  

Heather has a proven track record of being able to bring communities together with her experience organizing conferences, creating grass-roots programs, and influencing system changes at the local, regional, and provincial levels.  Two projects that Heather is most proud of include a peer-based recovery support group for birth parents affected by substance use, Mothers for Recovery, and the Healthy Care Pregnancy Program that supports perinatal people who use substances.  Heather may be most well-known for her Perinatal Substance Use Training that she created and has been presenting since 2007 throughout BC, Canada and beyond.  Her volunteer involvement on a variety of committees including Foundry Kamloops, Make Children First, Perinatal Connections, Raise-a Reader, and S.W.A.T. (Sex Workers Accessing Treatment) has influenced Heather’s knowledge base and ability to create impactful change within communities.  Heather’s experience, passion and credentials all contribute to her drive to guide BCAPOP as Executive Director. 

Project Manager

Andrea Grady, BA, MSc. (she/her) andrea@bcapop.ca

Andrea Grady is honoured to live, work, and play on the beautiful and unceded territories of the Lhtako Dene Nation. 

Andrea has over twenty years of experience of working in various roles and capacities for health regions, school divisions, and different levels of government.  She started working with youth in addiction services in Northern BC and then spent several years in Alberta contributing to provincial and federal strategies ranging from tobacco reduction, children/youth initiatives, and HEP C/HIV prevention funding.  As a Program Consultant for PHAC on the Healthy Children and Youth Team, she worked primarily in Aboriginal Head Start however closely collaborated with the CPNP program.​  She was also the coordinator of a school and community wellness project after a forest fire ripped through a town and left a third of its residents homeless and overcoming many obstacles.  Andrea has a passion for mitigating the social determinants of health and helping to reduce those inequities.  

She is so pleased to be working for BCAPOP as Project Manager. In her spare time, Andrea is often seen volunteering with her local swim club or at the ski hill helping out with the ski school program.

Hayley Bentley, RN. (she/her) hayley@pregnancyhub.org

Hayley Bentley is a Registered Nurse with a background in working with infants, children, and families since she graduated from Thompson Rivers University in 2015. Hayley has grown up on the unceded territory of the Secwepemc where she is grateful to work, play and raise her own family.

As a Registered Nurse and mother of 5, Hayley recognizes the importance of building a strong supportive network for pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond. Hayley is dedicated to providing families with evidence-based information and passionate about increasing the self-efficacy of perinatal people to make informed decisions. With many years experience as a public health nurse, Hayley has demonstrated skills in building strong therapeutic relationships, which support each individual’s and families' unique needs. Hayley is committed to creating a safe and positive learning environment that fosters growth and confidence. Hayley recognizes that everyone has a unique experience with pregnancy, postpartum, and/or the early parenting stages. Hayley’s passion for perinatal education come from her own personal birth experiences and she is thrilled to have the opportunity to support HUB participants.

Outside of her role at The Pregnancy HUB, Hayley enjoys shuttling her kids back and forth to activities, spending time outdoors, watching her children play sports and running.