Institute Advisory Board Members (September 2008 - August 2009)

Howard Bergman, MD (Chair)
The Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Professor and Director
Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University
Director, Quebec Research Network in Aging (FRSQ)

Denise Cloutier-Fisher, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Geography and Centre of Aging
University of Victoria

Max Cynader, PhD
Director
Brain Research Centre
University of British Columbia/Vancouver Coastal Authority

Louise Demers, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation
Université de Montréal

Norma Drosdowech
Chair
Manitoba Council on Aging

Carole Anne Estabrooks, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta

Russell Hepple, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
University of Calgary

Janice M. Keefe, PhD
Professor, Mount St Vincent University
Canada Research Chair in Aging and Caregiving Policy

Peter Lansley, PhD
Professor of Construction Management
University of Reading, UK

Verena Menec, PhD 
Director, Centre on Aging
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba

Gael P. Page
Past President
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Christopher Patterson, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

Hélène Payette, PhD
Director, Centre on Aging
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke
University of Sherbrooke

Frances Pennell
Senior Director
Seniors Policy
Human Resources and Social Development Canada

Dorothy Pringle, RN, PhD 
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto

Rebecca Jane Rylett, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physiology
University of Western Ontario

Gary Teare, PhD
Director of Quality Measurement and Analysis.
Health Quality Council of Saskatchewan