Report on the Social Isolation of Seniors

Annex C – List of Consulted Stakeholders

Regional Roundtable Participants

TORONTO, Ontario – November 6, 2013

• Edna Beange, Toronto Council on Aging
• Pushpmit Bhatia, Centre for Immigrant and Community Services
• Elizabeth Birchall, Community Outreach Programs in Addictions (COPA)
• Jacquie Buncel, Sunshine Centres For Seniors
• Jane Harrison, Anishnawbe Health Toronto
• Robin Hurst, Saint Elizabeth
• Linda Jackson, Baycrest
• Allie Lehmann, Toronto Public Health
• Devora Schwartz-Waxman, Circle of Care
• Jenny Shickluna, Niagara Gatekeepers
• Tal Spalter, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
• Andria Spindel, March of Dimes Canada
• Debra Walko, LOFT Community Services
• Ambrose Yeung, TransCare Community Support Services - Meals on Wheels of Toronto

REGINA, Saskatchewan – November 29, 2013

• Shirley Arnold, Regina Senior Citizens Centre
• Joanne Bracken, Alzheimer Society of Saskatchewan
• Tara Burnett, The St. Albert 50+ Club
• Gretta Lynn Ell, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region
• Dana Folkersen, REACH (Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger)
• Isobel Fowler, Saskatchewan Seniors Association
• Cindy Fuchs, Canadian Red Cross
• Shirley Greff, Regina Open Door Society
• Annette Labelle, La Fédération des aînés fransaskois
• Dorothy Lloyd, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region, Eagle Moon Health Office
• Georgina Magee, North Central Community Association
• Heather Monaghan, Helping Hands Personal Care Home
• Betty Pickering, Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism
• Grant Rathwell, Canadian Mental Health Association
• Kari Zinkhan, Regina Public Library - Outreach Services

MONTREAL, Quebec – December 10, 2013

• France Boisclair, Association lavalloise des personnes aidantes
• Michel Boivin, L’appui pour les proches aidants
• David Cassidy, Seniors Action Quebec
• Élaine Clavet, Résidence Berthiaume-du-Tremblay
• Denis Cormier, Fondation Émergence
• Dr. André Davignon, Observatoire vieillissement et société
• Pascual Delgado, Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l’égalité dans la santé et les services sociaux (ACCÉSSS)
• Chad Lubelsky, Santropol Roulant
• Rita Quesnel, Tel-Écoute/Tel-Aînés
• Dr. Cara Tannenbaum, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de montréal

MONCTON, New Brunswick – February 4, 2014

• Jean-Luc Bélanger, Association francophone des aînés du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Anne-Marie Gammon, Steelworkers Organisation of Active Retirees (SOAR)
• Emilia Giboi, Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area
• Louise Gilbert, Mayor's Seniors Advisory Committee
• Pat Goobie, Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents' Rights
• Wanda Hayes, Moncton Canadian Red Cross
• Percy Huntington, New Brunswick Senior Citizens Federation Inc.
• Dr. Janice Keefe, Mount Saint Vincent University, Department of Family Studies and Gerontology
• Janet MacDuff, Moncton Lions Community Centre
• Greg McKim, We Care Health Services LP - Home Health Services
• Jay Poirier, Alternative Residences Alternatives Inc.
• Anthony Ratliffe, Gagetown NB Senior Cohousing
• Nelson Vessey, Canadian Association for the Fifty-Plus (CARP Moncton)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – March 3, 2014

• Kara-Leigh Bloch, Seniors Services Society
• Heather Campbell, BC Care Providers Association
• Carol Dickson, Volunteer Richmond Information Services
• Eddy Elmer, City of Vancouver's Seniors Advisory Committee
• Alexandra Henriques, Vancouver Cross-Cultural Seniors Network
• Janine Hunka, Family Caregivers' Network Society
• Grace Kwok, Canadian Mental Health Association-Vancouver/Burnaby Branch
• Martha Jane Lewis, BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support
• Barb Mikulec, Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of B.C.
• Dr. Beverley Pitman, United Way/Centraide of the Lower Mainland
• Christine Sotteau, Assemblée francophone des retraité(e)s et aîné(e)s de la Colombie-Britannique
• Saleem Spindari, MOSAIC BC
• Christine Stardom, A.S.K. Friendship Society
• Susan Tatoosh, Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Society
• Elizabeth Zinder de Jesus, Burnaby Neighbourhood House

WHITEHORSE, Yukon – March 5, 2014

• Patricia Brennan, Association franco-yukonnaise
• Dorothy Drummond, Yukon Council On Aging
• Connie Dublenko, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition
• Meghan Fraser, Government of Yukon - Community Day Program
• Hailey Hechtman, Second Opinion Society
• NB Spence Hill, Elder Active Recreation Association of Yukon
• Bob Magill, Teslin Tlingit Council
• Gail McKechnie, Line of Life Association of the Yukon
• Krista Mroz, City of Whitehorse, Canada Games Centre
• Lucy McGinty, Council for Yukon First Nations
• Lillian Nakamura Maguire, Yukon Public Legal Education Association
• June Raymond, Golden Age Society
• Lisa Rawlings Bird, Council on disABILITY (Yukon)
• Dalelyne Secord, Teslin Tlingit Council

Individual Meeting Participants

• Pierre (Pete) Belliveau and Louis Caissie, Club de l’âge d'or de St-Philippe
• Ken Brace, The New Brunswick Special Care Home Association
• Ginette Cloutier, Association bénévole PAT/ME
• Jean-Claude Cormier, Go Ahead Seniors
• Sarah Crosske, University of Toronto, Technologies for Aging Gracefully Laboratory
• Robyn Edwards-Bentz, United Way Regina
• Leya Eguchi, Hollyburn Family Services
• Sandra Gebhardt, 411 Seniors Centre Society
• Maria Howard, Alzheimer Society of B.C.
• Jeff Howard, The Salvation Army (Whitehorse)
• Debbie Janzen, Yukon College
• Suzanne Klassen, North Shore Adults at Risk Support Network
• Mahin Khodabandeh, Family Services of the North Shore
• Stacy Landau, Sprint Seniors Care
• Christine Leblanc, Victorian Order of Nurses – Moncton
• Annwen Loverin, Silver Harbour Seniors Centre
• Linda McCaustlin and Johanne Petitpas, New Brunswick Common Front for Social Justice Inc
• John McFadyen, Mobile Crisis Services
• Nuelle Novik, University of Regina, Population Health & Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU)
• Jane Osborne, BC Association of Community Response Networks
• Ann Soden, Institut national du droit de la politique et du vieillissement, Centre du droit et le vieillissement
• Kerrie Strathy, University of Regina, Lifelong Learning Centre
• Renée Strong, Capilano Community Services Society (Seniors' Hub)

National Roundtable Participants

GATINEAU, Québec – July 16, 2014

• Elizabeth Birchall, Community Outreach Programs in Addictions
• Patricia Clark, Active Living Coalition for Older Adults
• Lori Cooper, Victorian Order of Nurses
• Carole Gagnon, United Way/Centraide Ottawa (representing United Way/Centraide Canada)
• Dr. Norah Keating, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta and Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University
• Dr. Lynn McDonald, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto and National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)
• Vera Pawis-Tabobondung, National Association of Friendship Centres
• Fred Phelps, Canadian Association of Social Workers
• T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin, National Association of Friendship Centres
• Céline Romanin, Fédération des aînés et aînées francophones du Canada
• Caroline Sauriol, Les petits frères
• Bonnie Schroeder, Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health

Online Consultation Participants/Represented OrganizationsFootnote 50 

• 55+ Friendship Club of Meaford and Area
• ACEF Rive-Sud de Québec
• Nathalie Adams, Centre d'assistance et d'accompagnement aux plaintes Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Hayat Ahmadzai, The Afghan Association of Ontario
• AIDS Community Care Montreal
• Alberta Council on Aging
• Pete Amyoony, Robson Health Association
• Nathalie Arseneault, Développement des ressources humaines Abitibiwinni - Kitcisakik
• Sherry Baker, BC Association of Community Response Networks
• Solange Baril, Groupe Harmonie
• Deborah Bastien, Golden Age Society
• Sylvain Beaudry, AIDS Community Care Montreal
• Christine Bell
• Brigitte Biron, Club de l'âge d'or St-Boniface
• Lesley Bonisteel, Old Church Theatre
• Snezana Boskovic, Serbians-Citizens of the World
• Solange Boucher, Cercle de fermières de Chandler
• Paddy Bowen, St. Felix Centre
• Patricia Brennan, Association franco-yukonnaise
• Marilyn Brickles, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 581 – Coe Hill
• Grace Brookes, Manoir Roger Bernard Tenants Association
• Garry Brown, 4Seasons Transportation
• Kimberley Buehler, South East Edmonton Seniors Association
• Naila Butt, Social Services Network
• Calgary Seniors’ Resource Society
• Cambridge Bay Elders
• Vickie Cammack
• Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
• Lois Carkener, Co-op Housing
• Cariboo Friendship Society
• CARP
• Cecile Cassista, Coalition for Seniors and Nursing Home Residents' Rights
• Centre d'action bénévole Beauce-Etchemin
• Centre d'assistance et d'accompagnement aux plaintes Gaspésie/Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Centre d’écoute « Briser l'isolement chez les aînés »
• Centre de santé communautaire du Grand Sudbury
• Catherine Chaput, Centre des aînés de Villeray Inc.
• Donald Chen, Chinese Cultural Association of Toronto
• Janice Clarke, Senior and Healthy Aging Secretariat
• Club FADOQ
• Derm Coady, National Association of Federal Retirees
• Marg Coll, Ottawa Life Long Learning for Older Adults
• Conseil économique et social d'Ottawa-Carleton
• Marchell Coulombe, Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Coalition of New Brunswick
• Margot Crête, Le Club de l’âge d'or
• Kim Crockatt, Nunavut Literacy Council
• Anne Crossman, Age Advantage Association
• Madelaine Currelly, The Community Training and Development Centre for Innovation and Improvement
• Stella Davis
• Pascual Delgado, ACCÉSSS (Alliance des communautés culturelles pour l’égalité dans la santé et les services sociaux)
• Frances Delsol, Commonwealth of Dominica Ontario Association
• Vincent Deschênes, FADOQ Saint-Gervais
• Doreen Desrochers, Nakusp Senior Citizens Association
• Denise Destrempes, Observatoire vieillissement et société
• Félicité Dibi, Groupe artisanal féminin francophone de l'Ontario
• Rob DiMeglio, Independent Living Resource Centre Corp.
• Connie Dublenko, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition
• ElderActive Recreation Yukon
• Jeanette Edwards, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
• Robyn Edwards-Bentz, United Way Regina
• Gary Eikenberry, Elmridge Park Tennis Club
• Susan Emmerson
• Bev Farrell, Third Age Outreach St. Joseph's Health Care London
• Nancy Fazzalari, Acclaim Health
• Dana Folkersen, REACH (Regina Education and Action on Child Hunger)
• Brenda Fowler, People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola Society
• Sarah Gargan, Victim Services Outreach Worker
• David Garney, Strathclair Museum Association
• Allan Garside, South Cowichan Seniors
• Antoine Garwah, Science Timmins
• Catherine Geoffrey, Association québécoise de gérontologie
• Leo Girard
• Rebecca Grundy, Canadian Hearing Society
• Judy Grunwald, The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 533 – Byron-Springbank
• André Guérard, Association québécoise des centres communautaires pour aînés
• Hailey Hechtman, Second Opinion Society
• Don Herbertson, Tweed & Area Arts Council
• Karen Hewitt
• Arlene High, Literacy Council of Niagara West
• John Horn, City of Nanaimo
• Dayle Hughson, Age-Friendly Committee of the City of Brandon, Manitoba
• Steven Michael Ilijanich, Knights of Columbus - Belle River
• Patricia Jarrett, Winnipeg & District Branch of the National Association of Federal Retirees
• Jewish Seniors Alliance of Greater Vancouver
• Shirley Kalyniuk, Age-Friendly Committee, TONS (Transportation Options Network for Seniors), and Senior Resource Board
• Kelowna Community Resources
• Gail Kerslake, Yale & District Ratepayers Association
• Joan Kinzett, Northern Rockies Seniors Society
• Kathy Kosatschenko, Horton Street Seniors Centre
• George Kwong
• Annette Labelle, La Fédération des aînés fransaskois
• Suzanne Lacasse, Cercle de fermières de Perkins
• Jo-Anne Laforge, Centre de santé et de services sociaux Lucille-Teasdale
• Marian Law, Prevention of Elder Abuse Committee of York Region
• Le Conseil Rév.S.-É.-Perrey Inc.
• Le Tournesol de la Rive-Nord
• Gabrielle Leblanc, Municipalité des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
• Richard Lee, S.E.A.S. Centre (Support Enhance Access Service Centre)
• Pierre Legros, Carrefour Saint-Eusèbe
• Myrna Leishman, Senior Citizens Association of BC Branch 47 – Powell River
• Jane Leslie, Peel Addiction Assessment and Referral Centre
• Jody Lessard, North Shore Community Association
• Claude Levac, Municipalité du Village de Casselman
• Mélanie Levasseur, Université de Sherbrooke
• Annwen Loverin, Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre
• Faye Luxemburg-Hyam, The Family Education and Support Centre
• Penny MacCourt
• Barb MacLean, Family Caregivers' Network Society
• Guy-Julien Mayné, Centre communautaire Multi-services Un coin chez-nous
• Mary Jane MacArthur, Retired Teachers of Ontario
• Angela MacMichael, Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area
• Manitoba Mensheds Inc., Woodhaven Shed
• Anna Mann, Alberta Caregivers Association
• Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie Seniors Network
• Lynn McCleary, Canadian Gerontological Nursing Association
• Kelly McClure, Harbourfront Community Centre
• Sue McMahon, Toronto Intergenerational Partnerships
• Heather McRae, Voice of English-speaking Québec
• Valerie McWilliams, Glenridge Lawn Bowling Club
• Derek Miedema, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada
• Cynthia Milburn, Epilepsy Halton Peel Hamilton
• Alejandro A. Morales, Hispanic Future Care
• National Association of Federal Retirees – Winnipeg & District Branch
• Paula Negron, Institut d'urbanisme, Université de Montréal
• Connie Newman, Manitoba Association of Senior Centres
• Kathleen Olson, Northern Lamplighters Activity Centre Association
• Michèle Osborne, Centre des aînés de Gatineau
• Partners Seeking Solutions with Seniors
• Jennifer Pass, S.O.S.(Support Our Seniors) Comox Valley
• Peer Support Services for Abused Women
• Evelyn Pepe, Canadian Hearing Society - Toronto Region
• Sheila Pratt, Ridge Meadows Seniors Society and Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie Seniors Network
• Pitt Meadows and Katzie Seniors Network
• PRÉSÂGES
• Shirley Price, The New Horizon Club
• Rita Quesnel, Tel-Écoute/Tel-Aînés
• Ajit Singh Rakhra, Association of Seniors Clubs
• Michel Ratelle, Centre d'action bénévole Émilie-Gamelin
• John Reilly, City of Victoria
• Céline René
• Dinah Routly, Kanesatake Health Center Inc.
• Claude Roy, Résidence Notre-Dame de Fatima
• The Royal Canadian Legion, Ontario Provincial Command
• Rural Municipality of St. Andrews (Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative)
• Senior Citizens Association of BC Branch 47, Powell River
• Seniors Resource Centre of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Seniors Serving Seniors Association of BC
• Bernice Sewell, Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton (SAGE)
• Robert Sexsmith, National Pensioners Federation
• Jenny Shickluna, Niagara Gatekeepers
• Sikh Community Services Ottawa
• Bob Sivyer, Ariel Communications
• Sken:nen A'onsonton
• Louise Smith-MacDonald, Every Woman's Centre
• Vi Sorenson, Seniors Outreach & Resource Centre
• Tal Spalter, Institute for Life Course & Aging
• Marie Stacey
• Wolf Strecko
• Tamara Sussman, McGill University
• Annie Tam, International Federation on Ageing
• Wendy Tang, Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre
• Lisa Tobio, York – Fairbank Centre for Seniors
• Toronto Intergeneration Agency
• Heather Treleaven, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Katzie Seniors Network
• Nicole Troiano, Retire-At-Home Services, Mississauga South
• Joan Tufts, La Guilde Acadienne de Clare
• Tweed & Area Arts Council
• Mary Unrau, Rossburn Community Resource Council
• Vancouver Coastal Health
• Joie Van Dongen, Age-Friendly Stonewall, Rural Municipality of Rockwood
• Rochella Vassell, The Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
• Anne Veil, Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement, Centre de santé et de services sociaux – Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke
• Vivre dans la Dignité
• Carla Wells
• Betty Wheatley, Bow Cliff Seniors Association
• Mark Yaffe, McGill University
• Ambrose Yeung, TransCare Community Support Services
• Rupert Yeung, Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre
• Yukon Council on Aging Seniors' Information Centre
• Edward Zimmerman
• Elizabeth Zinder de Jesus, Burnaby Neighbourhood House