User:Joanne Banfield

Joanne Banfield is the Manager for Trauma Injury Prevention at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada’s first and largest trauma centre. Joanne began her nursing career in 1974 and currently runs the RBC First Office for Injury Prevention, which includes the flagship P.A.R.T.Y. (Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth) Program. She previously managed the trauma unit at Sunnybrook. Joanne is actively and passionately involved in injury prevention at the local, provincial, national and international level and serves on a number of committees, associations and boards including the Trauma Association of Canada, The Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund, the Fire Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council, the CDC, UN and WHO.