The National Seniors Council's Roundtables on Social Isolation

Members of the National Seniors Council (NSC) met with seniors' organizations, service and health providers, as well as researchers and practitioners from across Canada, for a series of round tables assessing how social isolation affects seniors and explore ways to prevent and/or reduce social isolation of seniors in Canada.

Toronto - November 6, 2013

Photograph 1 - Toronto: Description immediately follows — 1^st Row (From Left to Right): Devora Schwartz-Waxman, Edna Beange, Dr. Andrew Wister, Maurice Royer, Linda Jackson, Andrea Spindel

2nd Row (From Left to Right): Allie Lehmann, Pushpmit Bhatia, Jacquie Buncel, Jane Harrison, Jenny Shickluna, Ambrose Yeung, Tal Spalter, Elizabeth Birchall, Debra Walko, Robin Hurst

Photograph 2 - Toronto: Description immediately follows — Dr. Andrew Wister

Photograph 3 - Toronto: Description immediately follows — National Seniors Council members and key players from the non-profit, public and private sectors as well as seniors engage in discussions, in Toronto, on the National Seniors Council's 2013 priority.

Regina - November 29, 2013

Photograph 1 - Regina: Description immediately follows — The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors)

Photograph 2 - Regina: Description immediately follows — Dr. Andrew Wister, Informal Leader of the National Seniors Council

Photograph 3 - Regina: Description immediately follows — The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), is joined by Dr. Andrew Wister, Informal Leader of the National Seniors Council, Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Regina and Dr. Shanthi Johnson, NSC Member.

Photograph 4 - Regina: Description immediately follows — National Seniors Council members and other participants engage in discussions on the NSC's 2013-2014 priority "to assess how social isolation affects seniors and explore ways to prevent and/or reduce social isolation of seniors in Canada".

Photograph 5 - Regina: Description immediately follows — The Honourable Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors), Dr. Andrew Wister, NSC Informal Leader, Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Regina, Dr. Shanthi Johnson, NSC Member, and roundtable participants.

1^st Row (From Left to Right): Isobel Fowler, Shirley Arnold, Dana Folkersen, Cindy Fuchs, Heather Monaghan, Joanne Bracken

2^nd Row (From Left to Right): Grant Rathwell, Betty Pickering, Kari Zinkhan, Annette Labelle, Shirley Greff, Dr. Andrew Wister, The Honourable Alice Wong, Dr. Vianne Timmons, Dr. Shanthi Johnson, Tara Burnett, Georgina Magee, Dorothy Lloyd, Gretta Lynn Ell

Montreal - December 10, 2013

Photograph 1 - Montreal: Description immediately follows — Dr. Marie Beaulieu, National Seniors Council (NSC) member, led the Montreal Regional Roundtable.

Photograph 2 - Montreal: Description immediately follows — Dr. Marie Beaulieu, NSC member, and participants engage in discussions on the NSC's 2013-2014 priority "to assess how social isolation affects seniors and explore ways to prevent and/or reduce social isolation of seniors in Canada"

Photograph 3 - Montreal: Description immediately follows — Dr. Marie Beaulieu, NSC Member are joined by roundtable participants.

1^st Row (From Left to Right): Dr. Marie Beaulieu, Cara Tenenbaum, Rita Quesnel, France Boisclair, Denis Cormier

2^nd Row (From Left to Right): David Cassidy, Pascual Delgado, André Davignon, Michel Boivin, Élaine Clavet, Chad Lubelsky

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