2024 Council Election
The election for SCoP Council is held online each year when needed.
Voting opens March 30 at noon. Your ballot will be emailed to you. Voting ends April 29.
Four members have put their names forward to run for two Member-at-Large positions on Council. One member has been acclaimed as Vice President.
Notice: a third Member-at-Large position was vacated half way through the two-year term, so Council will appoint a third MAL for a one-year term, as per The Paramedics Act, based on election results.
Please note that SCoP uses a two step process to validate votes:
- Once you vote, you will be sent an email and you must click on the link in your email for your vote to be counted.
All votes are confidential and counted one time. Successful candidates will be announced at the AGM on Monday, May 6. AGM info >
2024 Council Election Biographies
The biographies of the candidates for election are listed in alphabetical order below. Members will vote for 2 of the 4 candidates.
Candidates for Member-at-Large:
Destin Ash
Destin Ash is an ACP/CP currently employed with North East EMS based out of Nipawin and Cumberland House. He began his EMS career in Maple Creek after graduating from the SIAST PCP program in 2009. During this time, he completed the ICP program graduating in 2010. In 2012, he chose to enroll in the ACP program, graduating in 2012. Not being done with furthering his education, Destin completed the Community Paramedic program in 2021 through Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Wishing for the opportunity to practice these new found skills and concepts, he was employed with North East EMS in April of 2020.
His EMS career has been focused on the rural arena being employed in Maple Creek, Swift Current and Assiniboia. Destin feels that EMS is a crucial part of the health system, and in the rural setting. EMS is most times the first contact in an individual’s time of need. This places prehospital providers as an important part of the overall care of the patient.
The passion of learning is something that has driven Destin to give back to the profession. In 2013 he delivered the PCP 2011 upgrade course in the Swift Current area and soon after was employed as a casual paramedic instructor at SPT-Regina. He holds instructor status with the Canadian Red Cross- First Aid/CPR and Advanced First Aid courses; Heart and Stroke- BLS, ACLS, and PALS; as well as ITLS- basic and advanced provider.
In 2017, Destin co-authored the tranexamic acid and hemostatic agents protocol proposal alongside his friend and colleague, Michael Hengstler. He was awarded the Saskatchewan Star of Life for his work in promoting local health services and team-based approaches to patient care in 2019. In 2022, he became an ITLS Instructor Trainer and was elected as a member of the ITLS advisory committee and currently sits as vice chair. He has had the privilege to be a subject matter expert for the college in the development of the VAPOC project, designed to allow international applicants the ability to perform VR skills and patient integration for Saskatchewan licensing.
Destin and his wife Amanda founded A-Line Medical Training in 2020. Their vision is to provide lifesaving medical education to not only health care professionals in Saskatchewan, but also to the public to promote healthy communities for all.
Destin feels that by offering his experience and rural perspective to the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics Council, that it will provide a well-rounded and complete view of the prehospital providers in Saskatchewan. Our goal as providers are to help those in need, and as a profession it is to protect those that are in need in the province of Saskatchewan. It is his hopes to assist the College in this task.
Donna Dohms
Donna Dohms is an lntermediate Care Paramedic for Saskatchewan Health Authority EMS serving Sunrise and Kelsey trail facilities. She has been employed full time since 1989 where she has served in various communities including Moosomin, Humboldt, Preeceville and Nipawin. Her experience is on car, CEC facility, supervisory and as an EMS Education Coordinator for 14 years.
She began as an EMR in 1989, achieving her EMT/PCP in 1991 at SIAST. Shortly after, she achieved her EMT-A/ICP in 1997 and still continues to advance her education. She is also a former instructor for St. John Ambulance, HSF, and Red Cross for 23 years.
Donna served on the SCoP Education Committee from its inception in 2010 to 2013 where she was active on the audit committee, the protocol committee and served on the Paramedic Practice Committee with the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She enjoyed serving her peers in this capacity and found it very rewarding to see our profession advance. In 2011, she was humbly honored with the Governor Generals Exemplary Services award in EMS.
Donna has recently moved back to Melville with her family to get back to their roots. She hopes to become involved again in various volunteer activities and interests. SCoP has always been one of those interests through which she hopes to serve her peers again.
Donna has accepted nomination to run for Council. She hopes her broad experience base will supplement her ability to collaborate with the team members to make sound decisions for our future. She states “Many hospital hallway conversations begin with ‘What if we could’. I would like to help advance them to become ‘We can!'”
Heather MacMillan
Heather MacMillan has been working in the emergency medical field since 2004, when she obtained her Primary Care Paramedic licence. At that time she worked in both rural and urban services. In 2009, she successfully graduated and obtained her Advanced Care Paramedic diploma, and worked with Regina EMS until 2015. After her 2015 maternity leave, she returned to work in the newly established ‘Seniors House Calls Program’, where she worked in the community as a paramedic. During this time she successfully had an equivalency assessment approved by the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics and obtained her Community Paramedic Endorsement. She has been working with the Intermediate Care Services Team (formerly known as Seniors House Calls) since then. She also holds a part time instructor position in the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Paramedics program and a casual position with Prairie Skies Medical Imaging.
Heather has been part of numerous committees throughout her career in EMS such as the Paramedics with Heart Organization, the EMS working group for 2009 On-Scene Emergency Services Joint conference, the Milestone (Sooline) EMS Ambulance board and most recently part of the Paramedic Association of Canada’s NOCP working group for the review of Community Paramedicine. Heather was also a guest author in the 2023 edition of the Women in Canadian Paramedicine. She also been part of working groups for The Long Covid Pathway, Earlier Palliative Integrated Care (EPIC) and Saskatchewan Roughriders Alumni Grey Cup Silent Auction.
Heather is hoping to be accepted into the Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences – Paramedic during the next intake and will be working on several Community Paramedicine related projects.
Heather currently resides in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Michael Slater
My name is Michael Slater. I have been in EMS for 29 years and for 27 of those years have worked for Medavie Health Services West – Moose Jaw, currently as an Advanced Care paramedic. I graduated from Saskatchewan Polytechnic as a Primary Care Paramedic and then in 1999 as an Advanced Care Paramedic.
I currently am an instructor in ITLS, First Aid/CPR, 1st Responder, Road to Mental Readiness and Group Crisis Intervention. I also am employed as a casual instructor at Saskatchewan Polytechnic since 2008.
I am very committed to mental health support and awareness for the paramedic profession. I have certification in both basic and Advanced Group Crisis Intervention and Assisting Individuals in Crisis. I am currently an active member of the Provincial Crisis Intervention team and have provided Critical Incident Stress debriefing throughout the province, as well as recently becoming a member of the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics Member Wellness Committee.
I am married with 3 grown children and a grandson as of January 2021. About 5 years ago I made a major lifestyle change, losing over 100lbs and becoming very passionate about physical fitness. I have completed the Regina Police Half Marathon, Rocky Mountain Super Spartan Challenge, and finished in 3rd place in the Novice division of the Paramedic Fitness challenge at the EMS expo in Winnipeg
I continue to be passionate about the paramedic profession and I am looking forward to new and exciting challenges in both paramedicine and fitness.