Janet Westbury has built her career within the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University.

Her diversity stems from being both an educator and a health care professional. Currently, Janet is collaborating with the University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda, where she is the lead in creating a teaching excellence centre, the first of its kind in Eastern Africa.  In this role she brings over 20 years of teaching experience in higher education.  Janet is fueled by building relationships; working closely with students, constantly collaborating with faculty and colleagues across the institution, all the while building community connections locally and globally.

She has also been honoured for her contributions in a myriad of leadership roles by being selected for the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference 2022.  Janet truly believes that with leadership comes the responsibility to take action that will create change.