Report of the National Seniors Council on Elder Abuse
List of Participants at Meetings on Elder Abuse
September / October 2007
List of Participants
September 17, 2007 Toronto
- Debbie Benczkowsci
Chief Operating Officer, Alzheimer Society of Canada
- Joan Hill
Expert on Elder Abuse (Actor - theatrical vignettes)
- Teri Kay
Executive Director, the Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Lisa Manuel
Manager, Seniors & Caregivers Support Services, Family Service Association of Toronto
- Professor Lynn McDonald
Director, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto
- Thelma McGillivray
Ontario Society (Coalition) of Senior Citizens’ Organizations
- Dr. Elizabeth Podnieks
Vice-President, International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Deborah Tagornak
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
- Judith Wahl
Executive Director, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Christina Wolf
Detective, Ottawa Police Service Elder Abuse Unit
September 19, 2007 Montréal
- Évangéline Arsenault
Réseau québécois pour contrer les abus envers les aînés
- Dr. Marie Beaulieu
Full Professor, Research Centre on Aging, Université de Sherbrooke
- Claire Bernard
Legal Advisor, La Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse
- Maurice Boucher
President, Lévis Chapter, Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées (AQDR)
- Karine Genest
La Fédération de l’âge d’or du Québec
- Henri Gervais
Executive Director, Forum des citoyens aînés de Montréal
- Georges Lalande
President, Conseil des aînés du Québec
- Maxine Lithwick
Elder Abuse Centre of Quebec; CLSC René-Cassin Institute of Social Gerontology of Quebec
- Ann Soden
Ms. Soden is a Montreal lawyer pioneering in the field of elder law in Canada.
- Lucie Tremblay
Director, Nursing Care and Clinical Services, Maimonides Geriatric Centre, Montreal
- Dr. Mark Yaffe
Member of the Board of Directors, Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
September 26, 2007 Calgary
- Louis Adria
Elder Advocates of Alberta Society
- Ruth Maria Adria
Elder Advocates of Alberta Society
- Carla Amerson
Alberta Council on Aging
- Angel Calnuk
Manitoba Society of Seniors
- Eva Chan
Community Development Coordinator, Action Group on Elder Abuse (AGEA)
- Barb Hood
Executive Director, NWT Seniors Society
- Jane Kilpatrick
Age and Opportunity – Programs and Services for Winnipeg Older Adults, Manitoba
- Elliot Paus-Jenssen
Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Saskatoon Council of Aging
- Lesley Sutton
Kerby Centre
- Sharon Thomas
Northwest Territories Coalition Against Family Violence
- Brian Trainor
Police Veteran and Expert on Elder Abuse
- Robert Wiles
The Action Group on Elder Abuse, The Alberta Elder Abuse Awareness Network
September 28, 2007 Vancouver
- Lendina Bambrick
Kootenai Community Centre Society
- Robert Blacker
Senior Support Services
- Joan Braun
Executive Director, B.C. Coalition to Eliminate Abuse of Seniors
- Jeff Burton
B.C. Crime Prevention Association
- Dr. Gloria Gutman
Simon Fraser University
- Gloria Kerwin
Vice President, Yukon Council on Aging, Seniors Information Centre
- Alison Leaney
B.C. Association of Community Response Networks
- Jean Sickman
Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of B.C.
- Charmaine Spencer
Interim Chair, Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
October 3, 2007 Moncton
- Rina Arseneault
Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research
- Annie Boyle
President, PEI Senior Citizens Federation
- Hélène Comeau
RCMP Detachment Meteghan, Nova Scotia
- Valerie DeLong
Social Worker, Department of Family and Community Services
- Nila Ipson
Vice-President, Group of IX Nova Scotia Seniors Organizations
- Yvonne Jacobs
Peer Advocate Program Manager, Seniors Resource Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador, Member of the Elder Abuse Committee of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Dave Murnaghan
RCMP Charlottetown, Secretary Treasurer, PEI Seniors Safety Program
- Dr. Judy Lynn Richards
Professor Sociology and Anthropology, University of Prince Edward Island, and Member of the Board of Directors of CNPEA