Janet Butler-McPhee

Co-Executive Director, HIV Legal Network

International non-profit communicator and human rights advocate for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS.

Media

Lethbridge’s high-traffic supervised consumption site closes its doors

Stop police involvement in drug overdose scenes

Criminalization of sex laws 2.0

Lethbridge’s high-traffic supervised consumption site closes its doors

Biography

Janet Butler-McPhee is Co-Executive Director at the HIV Legal Network, where she's worked since December 2010. She is responsible for the Legal Network’s effective overall operation and implementing the organization’s mandate. She also manages the Communications and Development Team, including all strategic communications programming and work plans. Butler-McPhee has authored publications for diverse audiences on many of the Legal Network’s issues, and oversees all public-facing communications for the organization. She works closely with the Research and Policy Team to coordinate joint advocacy interventions, and is also responsible for media relations, event planning and brand management, among others. Butler-McPhee was also co-producer on the Legal Network’s documentaries, Positive Women: Exposing Injustice and Consent: HIV Non-Disclosure and Sexual Assault Law. Previously, she worked as the Communications Director for the Reproductive Health Access, Information, and Services in Emergencies (RAISE) Initiative and the Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, both multi-level international programs at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. Her work focused on public health advocacy and behaviour change communications in support of reproductive rights and health care in development and humanitarian contexts. Prior to living and working in New York, she held progressive communications positions within Environment Canada, most recently serving as a National Director of Communications, based in Ottawa. Butler-McPhee holds a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Saint Francis Xavier University, a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Communication from Simon Fraser University and an Honours Master of Science degree in Strategic Communications from Columbia University.

Additional Titles and Affiliations

International Association of Business Communicators

Expertise

  • Women's Rights
  • Social Marketing
  • Reproductive Health & Justice
  • Non-Profit Advocacy
  • Non-Profit
  • HIV/AIDS Health Policy and Human Rights
  • Hiv / Aids
  • Government & Politics
  • Behavior Changing Communications
  • Advocacy and Social Justice

Education/Éducation

  • Saint Francis Xavier University
    English
    Bachelor of Arts, Honours, 1999
  • Simon Fraser University
    Communications
    Post Baccalaureate Diploma, 2003
  • Columbia University
    Strategic Communications
    Master of Science, 2010