Hello all,
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sharon Martin about a month ago when we
were on a family trip to Vancouver.  Her sense of humour was intact, even
as she acknoledged she was suffering from an extremely rare form of cancer.
 She joked that maybe her illness was a type of payback for all of the
shouting she had done over the years.  She also remarked that it must be
some peculiar form of justice that after so many years criticizing the
medical model she should be forced to spend so much time with doctors.  In
the late spring, she told me, she took a trip to Ireland with her daughter,
which was a wonderful experience for her.

We talked some shop and, as always, she had helpful and insightful comments
to make on a few ideas I was trying to pull together.  She was never
without an opinion.

I will remember Sharon as a feisty, energetic fighter who was one of the
few who could translate the rhetoric of community development and health
promotion into action.  She was driven by her principles, and by a
wonderful sense of humour.  I will miss both very much.