Dale Fisher, CEO, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
“Your 30 hours of attention has resulted in different types of conversations happening, some brilliant new ideas emerging and a unique way forward to secure a new mandate.”

Penny Ballem MD, former Deputy Minister, Province of British Columbia and former City Manager, City of Vancouver
“Lorraine is a rare mix. She can successfully blend academic research, authentic collaborative principles and practice and policy improvement goals.  She is a much sought after critical voice in health, gender equity and policy research in Canada and elsewhere.”

Heather McGregor, CEO, YWCA Toronto
“Lorraine Greaves and Nancy Poole of Galvanizing Equity have been very generous to the YWCA. They have helped us structure and evaluate our ambitious and complicated housing project for women with mental health and addictions issues. They have trained our staff on trauma informed practices that suit our style and mission. We turn to them for guidance when we are making change.” 

Bobbie Jacobson, MD OBE, former Director, London Health Observatory
“Lorraine has that mixture of incisiveness and wisdom that has been instrumental in building collaborative initiatives across many sectors. Her work is highly influential in bringing a gender perspective to health equity.”

Amanda Amos, Professor of Health Promotion, University of Edinburgh
“Lorraine is both thought provoking and constructively challenging. Always has something new to say.”

Carol Amaratunga, former Dean of Research, Justice Institute of British Columbia
“Nancy and Lorraine represent the best of making progressive social change in the gender and equity realm. They bring evidence to the real world, re shaping programs and policies in a wide range of areas.”

Australian Women’s Health Network website:
Acclaim for Doing Better: gender transformative public health messages, developed by Lorraine Greaves

Debby Altow  National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, Vancouver Section
“Thank you so much;  you helped us approach a difficult topic with a greater understanding.  The concept – gender transformation – is so profound, and has implications for generations to come – and you balanced this long-term outlook with direct responses to immediate challenges.”