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
• Spencer Mulholland, Senior Volunteer
  Hamilton, Ontario
• Willma Stortz, Chair, Niagara Branch
  Canadian Association of Retired Persons

National Seniors Council Representatives

• Daphne Nahmiash
• Jean-Guy Soulière

Government of Canada Representative

• Dean Allison, Member of Parliament
  Niagara West-Glanbrook, Ontario

Montreal, Quebec (June 5, 2009)

Participants

• Mychèle Amberg, Volunteer
• Raymonde Audet, Volunteer
  Projet Changement
• Jacques Brosseau
  Carrefour communautaire Montrose
• Élizabeth Daoust
  Conseil régional des personnes âgées italo-canadiennes
• Henri Gervais, Secrétaire général
  Forum des citoyens aînés de Montréal
• Jean-Claude Grondin, Président,
  Fédération de l'âge d'or du Québec Réseau
• Pierre Riley
  Fédération des centres d'action bénévole du Québec
• Mary Stark, Executive Director
  Contactivity Centre
• Claire Tougas, Présidente, région Montréal-Laval
  Regroupement interprofessionel des intervenants retraités des services de santé vieillissement

National Seniors Council Representatives

• Daphne Nahmiash
• Cécile Plourde
• Rémi Plourde
• Jean-Guy Soulière

Edmonton, Alberta (June 19, 2009)

Participants

• Anna Der, Executive Director
  Seniors Assisted Transportation Society of Greater Edmonton
• Carole Cheung
  Volunteer Edmonton
• Sarah Cleary
  Tree of Peace Friendship Centre
• Monica Johnson, Program Assistant
  Volunteer Centre of Camrose and District
• Grant Jones, Representative
  City of Calgary Seniors Services
• Blake Lyons, President
  Yellowknife Seniors' Society
• Luc Marmelic, Director
  ElderNET Calgary
• Christine Poirier, Volunteer Coordinator
  Seniors Association of Greater Edmonton
• Giri Puligandla, Executive Director
  Alberta Caregivers Association
• Brenda Shewaga, Executive Director
  Calder Seniors Drop In Society
• Karen Spencer
  Edmonton Seniors Coordinating Council
• Jennifer Swindle
  Department of Human Ecology Research on Aging, Policies and Practice, University of Alberta
• Brenda Wong, Seniors' Coordinator
  City of Edmonton, Community Services Department

National Seniors Council Representatives

• Sandra Hirst
• Patricia Humenny
• Jean-Guy Soulière
• Joan Tufts

Provincial Government Representatives (Observers)

• The Honourable Bert Brown, Senator
• Amelia Martin, Research Analyst, Seniors Policy and Planning
  Alberta Seniors and Community Supports

Sidney, British Columbia (June 26, 2009)

Participants

• Pat Bayes, Coordinator SMH Admin, Program and PR
  Stand Up For Mental Health
• Susan Brice
  Saanich Councillor
• David Cheperdak
  Broadmead Care Society
• Lois Fraser, Volunteer
• Val Green, Executive Director
  Volunteer Victoria
• Gloria Gutman
  BC Network for Aging Research, Simon Fraser University
• David Hurford
  BC Care Providers Association
• Don Knutson, Volunteer
• Isobel MacKenzie, Executive Director
  Beacon Community Services
• Lori McLeod, Executive Director
  Greater Victoria Eldercare Foundation
• Audrey Sampson
  Saanich First Nations Adult Care Society
• Vi Sorenson, Executive Director
  Seniors Outreach Services Society
• Barry Thomas
  Canadian Association of Retired Persons - Victoria
• John Treleaven, Volunteer
  Chamber of Commerce

National Seniors Council Representatives

• Marilyn Loveless
• Cécile Plourde
• Doo Ho Shin
• Jean-Guy Soulière

Provincial Government Representatives (Observers)

• The Honourable Richard Neufeld, Senator
• Lorna Hillman, Project Management Analyst, Seniors' Healthy Living Secretariat
  Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, Government of British Columbia
• Eve Millar, A/Project Management Analyst, Seniors' Healthy Living Secretariat
  Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, Government of British Columbia

Iqaluit, Nunavut (July 7–8, 2009)

Elders

• Ovide Alakanauak
• Mariano Aupillarjuk
• Joanasie Karpik
• Mary Kilaodluk
• Tommy Kilaodluk
• Annie Nattaq
• Akulliksiiq Nowdlak
• Enoapik Sagiaktook
• Mary Ann Taparti

Stakeholders

• Leonie Duffy, Volunteer
• Syd Glawson
  Cambridge Bay Council
• Pamela Gross
  Kitikmeot Inuit Association
• Peesee Pitsiulak-Stephens, Campus Director
  Nunavut Arctic College
• Silvia Samsa
  Qimaavik Women's Shelter
• Dorthy Tootoo
  Pulaarvik Kalu Friendship Centre

National Seniors Council Representatives

• Daphne Nahmiash
• Reverend Canon Derwyn Shea
• Jean-Guy Soulière
• Edward Wade

Government of Canada Representatives

• The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
  Minister of Health

Territorial Government Representative (Observer)

• The Honourable Ann Meekitjuk Hanson,
  Commissioner of Nunavut