Report of the National Seniors Council on Elder Abuse

List of Participants at Meetings on Elder Abuse

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