Sally MacLean has been involved in international nursing programs and projects for the past 16 years in several different capacities, including manager and volunteer consultant for the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and as an independent nursing and health policy consultant on Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) funded projects in partnership with McMaster University, the Canadian Public Health Association and with the Canadian Society for International Health and Queen’s University.  This experience has taken her to Pakistan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Bosnia, Serbia and Kosovo. The main focus of her work has been on developing nursing and health policies that aim to strengthen nursing and midwifery services through education reforms, professional regulation, chief nursing officer positions, and professional associations. In addition, she is involved with volunteer organizations in Canada to promote engagement in global health issues that are of concern to nurses. She has served on both the CNA International Nursing Advisory Committee and the University of BC International Advisory Committee and is currently a member of the CNA Global Nursing Leadership Reference Group.  She also served as president of the BC Global Health Nurses Interest Group and is currently a member of the CAIN Board of Directors.

Sally is committed to a vision of global health practice that includes a pivotal role for nursing in addressing global health issues, and to the development of competencies and a system of credentialing Canadian nurses for global health practice.