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Terrace physiotherapist

Margaret Dediluke was honoured

- with a prestigious. professional

award by her colleagues at. a

special awards banquet in the
Delta River Inn March 7.

The award is presented every
second year to membérs who have
made an outstanding contribution
to their profession and to their
communities,

Dediluke was honoured for
her work in Terrace at the Child
Development Centre, for the
Childbirth Education Association,
and in her professional practice at
the Kermodei Physiotherapy
Centre. In addition, Margaret has
been president since 1989 of the
Association of Physiotherapists
and Massage Practitioners of B.C.
She was a presenter to the Royal
Commission on Health Care and
is president of the Provincial
Physiotherapy Licensing Board of
B.C. The Licensing Board has
been reviewing changes to the
Health Care Act and the laws and
regulations that govern Health
Care in B.C.

"The act has been in force
since 1932," said Margaret, “and
we have been working on changes

Margaret Dediluke: Clients from ail strata of society.

for more than 15 years. It is not
changed easily — nor should it
be. But there have been so many
advances in knowledge and tech-

nology :n the last years that some
changes are essential."

Margaret is also active in the

community and is this area’s

representative on the Interim
Governing Council (IGC) of the

_ emerging University of Northern

B.C. to which she brings her ex-
tensive knowledge of medical
needs in the northwest.

"In the clinic we have clients
from throughout the Northwest,"
says Margaret, "from all strata of
society from the Nass to Kitimat
and they tell me first-hand what

we should be doing!" Many of her

patients are recovering from in-
dustrial injuries with retraining
often of paramount importance.
Margaret came to Terrace in
1973 after graduating from UBC
with a Bsc. (Rehab. Med.). She

‘married fellow graduate David.

Dediluke, a surveyor, soon after,
and they have three children:
Kirsten (15), Graeme (13) an
Katie (11), _ 7
Both Margaret and David
have first-hand knowledge of
distance education and of the
difficulties associated with post
graduate education in the North-
west. David has completed his
degree through self-study and
"challenging" the exams, and
Margaret obtained her diploma in

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