Report of the National Seniors Council on Volunteering Among Seniors and Positive and Active Aging
Annex C: List of Participants at Regional Roundtables
Thunder Bay, Ontario (May 15, 2009)
Participants
Allan Buchan, Director of Corporate & Community Affairs
Hagi Community Services for Independence
Beverley Carter, Senior Volunteer
Bernice Dubec, Executive Director
Anishnawbe Mushkiki Thunder Bay Aboriginal Community Health Centre
Rebecca Johnson, Chair
Age-Friendly Thunder Bay, City of Thunder Bay
Nancy Jokinen
Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health
Catherine Peterson
Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre
Liz Poulin
Lakehead Social Planning Council
Dorothy Roberts
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Amanda Ross, Program Manager
Volunteer Thunder Bay
Debbie Sault, Mental Health Coordinator
Ontario Native Women's Association
Kathy Spence, Care Worker
Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre
Lee Stones, Regional Consultant for Ontario Strategy to Combat Elder Abuse
Lakehead University
Elaine Wiersma, Assistant Professor in the Master of Public Health Program
Lakehead University
Joan Williams, Volunteer
Hospice Northwest
Virginia Wolnairski, Senior Volunteer
National Seniors Council Representatives
Patricia Humenny
Marilyn Loveless
Jean-Guy Soulière
Beverley Weeks
Summerside, Prince Edward Island (May 20, 2009)
Participants
Jean-Claude Cormier, Program Director
Go Ahead Seniors Inc.
Joan Denny, Social Development Officer
Membertou First Nation, Nova Scotia
Winnie Fraser Mackay, President
Canadian Pensioners Concerned
Kelly Heisz, Executive Director
Seniors Resource Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador
Don Holloway, President
Newfoundland Pensioners and Senior Citizens/50+ Federation
Janice Keefe, Canada Research Chair in Aging and Caregiving Policy and Professor, Family Studies & Gerontology
Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, Mount Saint Vincent University
Craig Mackie, Chapter Chair, PEI Branch
Canadian Association of Retired Persons
Eileen Malone, Senior Volunteer
Moncton, New Brunswick
Pat Malone
Atlantic Seniors Health Promotion Network
Alma McDougall
Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island
Trudy Payne, Executive Director
Recreation Nova Scotia
Penelope Rowe
Community Services Council, Newfoundland and Labrador
National Seniors Council Representatives
Jean-Guy Soulière
Joan Tufts
Edward Wade
Beverley Weeks
Government of Canada Representative
The Honourable Gail Shea
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Winnipeg, Manitoba (May 22, 2009)
Participants
Don Fletcher, Chairperson
Active Living Coalition for Older Adults in Manitoba
Gerri Hewitt, Executive Director
St. James/Assiniboia 55 Plus Centre
Lorraine Kroeker
Saskatoon Council on Aging
Trish Macdonald, Coordinator
Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba
Noreen Mian
Volunteer Manitoba
Connie Newman, President
St. James/Assiniboia 55 Plus Centre
Harry Paine, President
Manitoba Society of Seniors
Marilyn Regiec, Executive Director
Gwen Secter Creative Living Centre
Stacey Shule
Canadian Mental Health Association, Winnipeg Region
Roslyn Silver, Volunteer
Rady Jewish Community Centre
Vivian Stunden
National Association of Federal Retirees
Marjorie Wood, Executive Director
Creative Retirement Manitoba
National Seniors Council Representatives
Rémi Plourde
Doo Ho Shin
Jean-Guy Soulière
Edward Wade
Government of Canada Representatives
The Honourable Steven Fletcher
Minister of State (Democratic Reform)
The Honourable Terry Stratton, Senator
The Honourable Vic Toews
President of the Treasury Board
Provincial Government Representative (Observer)
Patti Chiappetta, A/Executive Director
Manitoba Seniors and Healthy Aging Secretariat
Grimsby, Ontario (May 29, 2009)
Participants
H. Edison Aitken
Senior Volunteer, Grimsby, Ontario
Joanne Cartmer, Coordinator of Volunteers
Albright Manor
Debbie Christie, Executive Director
Hamilton Council on Aging
Margaret Denton, Director
Centre for Gerontology Studies, McMaster Centre for Gerontology
Victor Hetmanczuk, Executive Director
Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (Toronto)
Bernard Jordaan, Field Representative
United Senior Citizens of Ontario Inc.
Margaret Maynard, Executive Director
Niagara West Employment and Learning Resource Centres
Thelma McGillvray, President
Council of Women of Ontario
