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July 10, 2025
Courtney dining out in Cape Town, South Africa.

Name: Courtney Ruddiman (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Team Lead, Recruitment Assistants
Length of Service: 5 years
Worksite: Kelowna Community Health & Services Centre
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: syilx/Okanagan
Favourite Quote / Advice to Live By: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." — Nelson Mandela

Born in Saskatchewan, Courtney Ruddiman has lived on the traditional territory of the syilx nation in the South Okanagan since she was two. She now calls Kelowna home.

With a background in business management, Courtney joined Interior Health (IH) in 2020 as an administrative assistant. Four years ago, she found her passion in recruitment and human resources (HR). She’s now the lead for the Recruitment Assistants team and has fully immersed herself in HR, and has gone back to school to study human resources management. She’s working towards a Chartered Professional HR (CPHR) designation.

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