Mark MacKinnon

Mark R. MacKinnon is a Canadian government official based in Victoria, British Columbia. He is the Executive Director of Professional Regulation and Oversight at the British Columbia Ministry of Health.

MacKinnon attended the University of Victoria from 1983-1986 for his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and 1987-1990 for his Bachelor of Law.¹⁾

MacKinnon began working at the British Columbia Ministry of Employment and Investment in 1996 in the Gaming Project Office, and then Director of Gaming Policy Development and Coordination on the Lotteries Advisory Committee. He then worked as Executive Director for the Gaming Policy Secretariat, then the British Columbia Information, Science and Technology Agency as 1999-2001.

He fulfilled further roles at:

• British Columbia Ministry of Management Services (2001-2004)
• British Columbia Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services (2004-2006)

From June 2007 to October 2013, MacKinnon served as Executive Director of Business Development at HealthLinkBC under the BC Public Service Agency.

In May 2014, he became Executive Director of Professional Regulation and Oversight at the British Columbia Ministry of Health.

MacKinnon was scheduled to attend a September 2017 of the College of Massage Therapists of British Columbia to provide board training.²⁾

In January 2018, MacKinnon met with the board of directors of the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia (COTBC) to “discuss regulatory governance and role clarity.”³⁾

In May 2018, MacKinnon asked Brian Westgate to prepare guidance for how to deal with a regulatory college that “is not meeting its legal obligation” in response to so-called “anti-vaccination” statements by Avtar Jassal, Parm Rai and Gil Desaulniers.⁴⁾

• June 14, 2019: British Columbia Medical Association
• September 13, 2021: College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia

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