Judi Heppner is the Liberal candidate in the Concordia byelection

Last night Judi Heppner was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the upcoming Concordia byelection.

Judi lives in Concordia with her husband Rob and their three children, and she is committed to working for and helping people in Concordia. Judi is a social worker, a graduate of Booth College, and she has almost 20 years experience working to better the lives of Manitobans through her work with Marymound, MacDonald Youth Services, Booth College, Heathy Child Manitoba, Sara Riel and Mount Carmel Clinic. Judi has worked in leadership roles supervising a clinical team in program delivery and supervising student youth care workers. Judi is especially known for her strong advocacy on issues such as recognizing the academic credentials of smaller post-secondary institutions and recognizing the needs and rights of children in care. She has been involved with FASD service delivery and prevention, as an evaluator of the North End Schools Safer Corridors Project and in the 1997 Manitoba Birth Cohort Study. She presently sits on the Board of Governors of the University of Manitoba. She is running because she believes strongly in the need for changes at the provincial level to improve the child welfare system in Manitoba and to improve our ability to have strong community support for children, for youth, for workers and for seniors.

Please also see Judi Heppner's blog at
http://judiheppnercampaign.wordpress.com