At Canterbury Foundation, we believe in creating spaces where seniors feel at home, no matter the challenges they face — and at the forefront of this mission is our CEO, Heidi Hadubiak.

 Since 2018, Heidi has been leading Canterbury’s efforts to provide exceptional care for seniors, including those living with dementia. With a Bachelor of Nursing, an executive MBA, and credentials as a Certified Executive Coach, Heidi brings a unique blend of clinical expertise, strategic thinking, and heartfelt compassion to everything she does.

 Driven by her passion for human connection, Heidi is a tireless advocate for enhancing seniors’ care services and ensuring that all residents, regardless of where they are at on their journey of aging, continue to live with dignity, joy, and purpose. Under her leadership, Canterbury is more than just a seniors’ residence — it’s a community where every person matters and every story is honored.

 For Heidi, this isn’t just work — it’s a calling.

Rita Filice joined Canterbury Foundation in 2022 as Interim HR Director. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree with specialization in human resources management and a Certified Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) designation.

Rita is a collaborative and accomplished HR leader who has dedicated her career to bringing out the best in people. Her positive energy and outlook drive productivity and make anything possible. As part of a series of engagements ranging from performance management, employee engagement to developing HR frameworks, Rita has created solutions that delivered practical and meaningful business results. Rita dedicates her energy to family and friends. She is proud to be Canadian, loves living in Alberta, and takes every opportunity to visit the beautiful Rocky Mountains.

Sacha joined Canterbury Foundation in 2020 as Business Development & Licensing Manager and, in late 2022, was promoted to Director, Business & Community Development. She brings over 18 years of expertise in Marketing, Business Development, Client Services, and Brand Strategy, paired with a proven ability to forge strong partnerships and drive meaningful growth. Known for her creativity, relationship-building skills, and commitment to excellence, Sacha plays a key role in advancing Canterbury’s reputation as a leader in seniors’ care and ensuring the fulfillment of its Promise of Home for residents and families.

Beyond her professional work, Sacha and her husband enjoy the joyful chaos of raising two energetic sons, sharing their home with two spirited dogs, and caring for their family’s much-loved fat-tail Leopard Gecko, Sticky.

Glyn Eales joined Canterbury Foundation as Executive Assistant in 2020 and has over 20 years of administration experience. She is originally from South Africa and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology. Her skills lie in organization and attention to detail. Fun facts about Glyn - she has lived on 3 different continents and has completed an ultramarathon of 90km. Glyn is married and has 2 sons.

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Born and raised in Edmonton, Bruce is a NAIT graduate with Third-Class Power Engineering Certification. With over 35 years of maintenance experience in the healthcare, long term care, and food processing industries, Bruce is a welcome addition to the Canterbury family.

Bruce brings a high level of skill in Customer Service, Building Management, Preventative Maintenance, Project Management, Team Building, Process Improvement and Change Management, and when he isn’t using his superpowers to make Canterbury run like a well-oiled machine, he enjoys travel, golf and cycling.

Rev. Colleen Sanderson joined the Canterbury Foundation in 2022. She brings with her a Bachelor of Education, with a specialty in Music and a strong background in classroom teaching. After an experience walking 150 km of the El Camino De Santiago in Spain, she felt a called to Ordained Ministry, and left classroom to teaching to be an Anglican Priest. As a parish priest with 15 years of experience, in both rural and urban settings, she has a particular passion for ministry with Seniors in community and end of life care. She brings with her a calm and faithful presence, and a love for God, and community, a love of music, steeped tea, and her cat, “Mrs. Sparkles the Cat”.

David is the Vice President of Business Development for MetCredit , Canada’s largest and most successful accounts receivable management firm.

David has been with the firm for over 27 years, and is also Vice President of its subsidiary, Affinity Credit solutions.

David received his BA in Economics, and his ACI designation from the Credit Institute of Canada.

David also sits on the N.A.I.T Finance and Advisory committee, and is currently the Vice President of The Credit Institute of Canada.

He has produced and presented many seminars for clients, the University of Alberta, and NAIT.

David’s father Dr. J.C.W. Hopkyns, FRCP was a founding member of the Canterbury Foundation.

He is married with 2 grown children, and enjoys their cabins, and many trips to the mountains for hiking and skiing.

David is a member of the St Aidan and St Hilda Anglican church.

Diann joined Canterbury as a Board Director from 2004 to 2010 and in 2012 completed a two year term as Board Chair. She continued serving on a number of committees with Canterbury and in 2019 re-joined the Board as a Director. She continues to sit on a number of committees including the adhoc Project Development Committee which she has been a member of since its inception. After 47 years with the office of the Alberta Ombudsman, Diann retired in mid-2020, having started out as a clerk stenographer, then advancing into complaints investigation and ultimately completing her time with the Alberta Ombudsman as the Manager of Strategic Services. She was the lead investigator on a number of investigations that ultimately made public, including an examination of the out of country health services system, the complaint fee structure of one of the province’s health colleges and the administrative fairness of the Mental Health Review Panel process. Diann is passionate about administrative fairness in decision making and has spoken to a number of different organizations about the Alberta Ombudsman, including the 34th annual conference of the United States Ombudsman Association in Indianapolis, Indiana. Diann has served and continues to serve in numerous leadership roles at St. Timothy’s Anglican Church, one of Canterbury’s two founding parishes. Diann and her husband Keith have two adult children and two (the third is scheduled to arrive in December 2020) grandchildren.

Linda Wood Edwards owns LUE-42 Enterprises, which focuses on board governance. She has a Bachelor of Administration degree and is a Certified Association Executive, a Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute of Canada, and an Accredited Director. Linda contracts as a Corporate Secretary to several organizations, is CGIC’s Governance Chief Examiner, and a governance and strategy facilitator for the international Directors Education Accreditation Program.

In addition to the Canterbury Foundation Board (via St. Augustine of Canterbury), Linda serves as a public member on the Council of a regulated profession. Linda has been Chair of the Community Services Advisory Board (City of Edmonton) and Women Building Futures. She is a former Executive Director/Registrar of a professional association and a current one for an industry association. Linda is the author of two books (board-related) and 14 plays (decidedly not board-related) as well as a popular monthly e-zine.

Linda is also a Certified Funeral Celebrant, a speaker/emcee, a fan of the Canadian Football League, and in training to become a Certified Beer Judge.

Rev. Clare Louise Stewart completed an undergraduate degree in Geological Engineering and a Master of Science in Earth Sciences (Hydrogeology) at the University of Waterloo. Clare spent 20+ years working for engineering consulting firms in the Region of Waterloo, as a technical specialist in the hydrogeology and environmental stewardship of land development projects, with a primary focus on waste management facilities.

After her son Brett finished high school, Clare left her career to pursue a Master of Divinity at Huron University College at Western University. There, Clare met and married a Newfoundlander, and thus began her ordained ministry as the Incumbent of the Parish of Port Saunders on the Great Northern Peninsula on Newfoundland’s west coast serving five small fishing villages/towns.

Clare came to the Edmonton area in February 2020, when her wife, the Captain Rev. Jennifer Renouf who is now a Military Chaplain and was posted to CFB Edmonton. Clare became the Incumbent of St. Timothy’s Anglican Church in October 2021 and was appointed Rector in April 2022.

Graham Henderson is legal counsel at McLennan Ross LLP. His practice focuses on construction disputes, contractual disputes, debt collection and defamation claims. He also advises on regulatory matters and bylaw enforcement. Graham was born and raised in Edmonton, and lived in close proximity to Canterbury for most of his life. He attended the University of Alberta, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts and his law degree. Graham enjoys travel, squash and downhill skiing, and previously worked as a certified ski instructor at a local ski club. He is married and has one daughter.

Penny Holmes is a recently retired nurse who worked in Women’s Health at both the Sturgeon Community Hospital in St Albert, and the Lois Hole Hospital for Women in Edmonton. Penny’s roles included being a labour and delivery nurse, Clinical Nurse Educator and most recently, as a Unit Manager. Penny’s focus has always been quality patient and family centered care with a foundation of evidenced based practice. She is pleased to be able to bring some of her experience to the Canterbury Board of Directors as well as the quality committee at Canterbury.

Penny graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with her Bachelor of Nursing degree.

Prior to becoming a nurse, Penny worked in the food processing industry in British Columbia performing quality control and product development and was a plant Superintendent before leaving the workforce to raise her three sons.

Penny was born and raised in BC and moved to Newfoundland with her husband Stewart and their young family, before returning west and moving to St Albert in 1995. Throughout her adult life, Penny has volunteered with many organizations including the Greater Vancouver Childbirth Association, Boy Scouts of Canada, Olympian Swim Club and many roles within multiple parishes of the Anglican Church.

Retirement has allowed for more time to travel and spend time with her adult children and their families.