Report of the National Seniors Council on Low Income Among Seniors

Annex C: Roundtable Participants

Québec City, Quebec

• René Andrews, Federal Superannuates National Association
• Jean-Marie Fréchette, Fédération de l’Âge d’or du Québec
• Claude Gendreau, United Way Québec et Chaudière-Appalaches
• Gérald Lavoie, Centre d’aide et d’action bénévole de Charlesbourg
• Louise Thibault, Member of Parliament (Independent)

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Geoff Chaulk, Canadian Mental Health Association
• Gerry Leahy, Federal Superannuates National Association – Avalon-Burin Chapter
• Rosemary Lester, Seniors Resource Centre Association of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Jackie McDonald, Atlantic Seniors Housing Research Alliance
• Alfred Sullivan, Goulds Seniors Group
• Sheila Sullivan, Alzheimer’s Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Egbert Walters, Canadian Association of Food Banks/Community Food Sharing Association
• Edgar Williams, Canadian Association of Retired Persons – Newfoundland Chapter

Woodstock, New Brunswick

• Jean-Luc Bélanger, Association acadienne et francophone des aînées et aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Pat Burgess, Canadian Red Cross - New Brunswick
• Jean-Claude Cormier, Go Ahead Seniors
• Louise Gilbert, Canadian Association of Retired Persons – New Brunswick
• Alban Landry, NB Seniors Citizens Federation
• Willie Lirette, Canadian Federation of Francophone Seniors
• Wayne McCallum, Senior Goodwill Ambassador for the Province of New Brunswick
• Joan McKell, Alzheimer’s Society
• Kay Simonds, Carleton Manor
• Bob Smalley, Federation Research Committee – The Provincial Transportation Committee

Peterborough, Ontario

• Doreen Anderson-Roy, Victorian Order of Nurses
• Martha Butler, Older Women’s Network
• Ralph de Groot
• Art Field, National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation
• Robert Geddes, Canadian Association of Retired Persons
• Cheryl Gorman, Ontario Community Support Association
• Len Lifchus, United Way of Peterborough and District
• Janice MacGregor, Alzheimer’s Society of Peterborough
• Shirley Shaw, the Activity Haven Senior Centre
• John Turner
• William Woodbeck, Ontario Coalition of Senior Citizens Organizations

Winnipeg, Manitoba

• Susan Alder, Downtown Seniors Resource Council
• Jack Atchison, Creative Retirement Manitoba
• Louis Bernardin, Fédération des ainés franco-manitobains
• Marlene Bertrand, Manitoba Women’s Advisory Council
• Anita Cox, Federal Superannuates National Association
• Joanne Grusko, Charleswood Seniors Centre
• Gerri Hewitt, St. James-Assiniboia Senior Centre
• Ethel Hook
• Jane Kilpatrick, Age and Opportunity
• Gail Lepine, Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre of Winnipeg
• Trish MacDonald, University of Manitoba Centre on Aging
• Mary Richards, Aboriginal Centre of Winnipeg

Nanaimo, British Columbia

• Cecilia Chong, Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
• Marjorie Driscoll, Nanaimo Volunteer and Information Centre Society
• Karen Kryzanowski, Seniors Resource and Support Society – Cowichan
• Merry-Jo Levers, Vancouver Island Health Authority – Nanaimo Home and Community Care
• Jacquelene Spies, Nanaimo Family Life Association – Seniors Programs and Services
• Françoise Wagstaff, Nanaimo Telephone Visiting Society

Maple Ridge, British Columbia

• Silvia Fassler, Langley Seniors Resource Centre
• Joyce Jones, the 411 Seniors Centre Society and Seniors Outreach Counsellor Program
• Ray Koob, Ridge Meadows Seniors Society
• Art Kube, Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC
• Val MacDonald, BC Seniors Services and Seniors Housing Information
• Ed Queijsen, Maple Ridge Seniors Housing for the Elderly
• Susan Tatoosh, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre
• Sandy Wagner, Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services – Seniors Services
• Jan Westlund, Women Elders in Action

Vernon, British Columbia

• Diann Bastian, Whitevalley Community Resource Centre
• Kelly Denis, People in Need Crisis Intervention Society
• Dayle Dury, Seniors Information and Resource Bureau
• Elaine Gallacher, Vernon Community Response Network
• Elsie Gerdes, BC Old Age Pensioners Society
• Donna Lommer, Interior Health – Home and Community Care
• Mavis McGuire, Abbeyfield Houses Society of Canada – Vernon
• Doris Parker, First Nations Friendship Centre – Elders, Sharing Our Knowledge
• Jan Schulz, Family Resource Centre Society for the North Okanagan
• Linda Yule, United Way of North Okanagan Columbia Shuswap

Whitehorse, Yukon

• Michael Brauer, Elder Active Recreation Association
• Kelly Cooper, Adult Community Services– Government of Yukon
• Dorothy Drummond, Golden Age Society
• Joan Graham, Council of Yukon First Nations
• Elaine Kimball, Home Care – Services for Seniors
• Michelle Kolla, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre
• Cynthia Onions, Community Day Program - Government of Yukon
• Ken Snider, Yukon Council on Aging/Dawson Seniors Group
• Dwayne Wheeler, Seniors Social Housing

Regina, Saskatchewan

• Carole Brouwers, Regina Home Economics for Living Project Inc.
• Brian Gieg, Seniors Healthy Living Program – Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region
• Joyce Glen
• Fern Haight, National Pensioners and Senior Citizens Federation
• Les Lye, Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism
• Beverly MacLeod, Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism
• John McFadyen, Mobile Crisis Services
• Bill McRae
• Pierre Schweda, Regina Senior Citizens Centre
• Ian Shields
• Marj Thiessen, Seniors Education Centre, University of Regina

Calgary, Alberta

• Patricia Allen, Kerby Centre for the 60 Plus
• Corina Cole, Special Needs Assistance for Seniors/Alberta Seniors and Community Supports – Government of Alberta
• Laurie Lyckman, Seniors Advisory Council for Alberta
• Kim Savard, Bowmont Seniors’Assistance Association
• Salim Sindhu, Calgary Immigrant Educational Society
• Anna Sommer, Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society
• Lawrence Tymko, Alberta Seniors Citizen’s Housing Association
• Robert Wiles, Seniors Social Development Unit, City of Calgary; Community and Neighborhood Services
• Kevin Zeh, Diversity Resources Unit - Seniors Liaison Program, Calgary Police Service