Biography

About Shelagh Davies

photo: Shelagh Davies

Shelagh Davies

Shelagh has a Master of Science degree in Speech and Audiological Sciences from the University of British Columbia, an Honours BA in English and Drama from Queen’s University at Kingston, and two diplomas in Speech Arts, from the Royal Conservatory of Toronto and the Mount Royal Conservatory in Calgary, Alberta. She is also certified to administer the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program – a speech/voice treatment program specifically designed for people with Parkinson ’s disease.

For the past 15 years, Shelagh has been in private practice, specializing in the care of the voice. In her practice, she works with people individually, and also runs a number of speech/voice therapy group programs. She presents seminars and workshops at universities, colleges and voice training programs throughout the province. She is currently a consultant for the Pacific Voice Clinic in Vancouver, the Transgender Health Program of BC, and a clinical instructor for the School of Speech and Audiological Sciences at the University of British Columbia.

Prior to establishing her own practice, Shelagh worked in hospitals with people who had suffered strokes, neurological disorders, brain injury and throat cancer. She developed the speech-language services program at Lions Gate Hospital and Burnaby General Hospital, and has worked in a number of other acute care, rehabilitation and long-term care settings.

Shelagh’s connections to the scientific and artistic worlds of voice include:

  • Registered member, BC Association of Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Certified member, Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
  • Clinical Faculty Instructor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Certification in the administration of the LSVT program, a speech/voice training program specifically designed for people with Parkinson’s Disease
  • Member, National Association of Teachers of Singing
  • Member, Voice and Speech Trainers Association
  • Member, Canadian Voice Care Foundation
  • Member, Vancouver Bach Choir
  • Coordinator and singer, Memorial Choir, Palliative Care Unit, Vancouver General Hospital
  • Service Provider, Transgender Resources Guide of BC