Who We Are CAG Board of Directors 2008-2009
President (2008 -2010)
Neena L. Chappell, PhD, FRSC
Neena received her PhD from McMaster University in sociology in
1978. Since that time she has been researching informal and formal
care for older adults; quality of life in old age; aging among Chinese
communities in Canada, Hong Kong and mainland China; and health care
policy. She has established two world-class university-based research
Centres on Aging (one at the University of Manitoba and one at the
University of Victoria) and has over 250 academic publications and
reports and 9 books. Many awards have recognized her work. She is
a tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Social Gerontology, a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Canada, 'advising professor' at East
China Normal University in Shanghai. She has been on the advisory
boards of the CIHR Institute on Aging and the Institute for Health
Services and Policy Research, the executive of the interim governing
council that established CIHR, the advisory board to Health Canada,
among others.
Vice-President (2008-2010)
François Béland, PhD
François Béland obtained a PhD in sociology from Université Laval in 1978 and pursued post-doctoral study at School of Public Health, University of Michigan. Since then, he has been involved in social gerontology studies, health services research, and program evaluation. Full professor at the Health Administration Department of the Université de Montréal, he also holds an appointment as adjunct professor at the Division of Geriatric, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. He is co-director of Solidage, the Université de Montréal \ McGill University Research Group on Frailty and Aging, and member of the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS) at the Université de Montréal School of Public Health. Currently, he is Senior Editor for Healthcare Policies. The conceptualization, implementation and evaluation of the SIPA demonstration program for integrated care for frailty elderly is among some of the recent research initiatives for which Dr. Béland was responsible. He co-led, from 2001 to 2006, one of the first CIHR Research Teams on Aging. Since 2007, he is co-leading a CIHR Research Team on Frailty and Aging. He is an active member of the Gerontological Advisory Council of Veteran Affairs Canada.
Secretary-Treasurer(2007-2010)
Joseph Tindale
Joseph Tindale has been an active researcher and teacher in social gerontology for thirty years. His programme of research is focused on intergenerational relations, health promotion and social policy oriented to older adults. For more than twenty-five years he has mentored graduate students within his research areas of interest. His research has been funded by CIHR, SSHRCC, the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre and foundations. Dr. Tindale's publications and conference presentations are numerous and reflect his priority to engage in collaborative research with interdisciplinary researcher colleagues and community partners.
Health and Biological Sciences(2010-2011)
Katherine McGilton, RN, PhD
Katherine Simone McGilton is a Senior Research Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. She holds cross appointments as an Associate Professor at the Lawrence S Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and the Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Toronto. She is a former Career Scientist with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care of Ontario.
Her program of research is focused on two primary research interests: the development and application of process and outcome measures in gerontological and rehabilitation practice, and the development of intervention studies that focus on enhancing care between staff and clients and between staff and their supervisors.
Psychology (2008 -2009)
Maggie Gibson, Ph.D., C.Psych
Maggie obtained her psychology degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University, Queen's University and the University of Western Ontario. She is a registered Psychologist in Ontario, and has worked in the Veterans Care Program, Parkwood Hospital, St. Joseph's Health Care, London, Ontario, since 1993. She holds appointments as an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology, UWO and an Associate Investigator with the Lawson Health Research Institute, London. Her activities nationally include co-leading projects for the Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health and representing the Canadian Psychological Association in an interagency collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada. She is a member of an International Psychogeriatric Association task force. She has served on research review committees for CIHR and the Alzheimer's Society of Canada, and has recently completed six years of service as an elected representative to the Council of the College of Psychologists of Ontario, including a term as President.
Social Policy and Practice (2007-2009)
Penny MacCourt, MSW PhD
Penny has a social work background and has worked with older adults in the community, long term care and acute care settings for many years. She holds a Bachelor and Masters of Social Work from University of Manitoba and a PhD (Interdisciplinary Studies) from University of Victoria. Her doctoral and post doctoral studies have focussed on aging, mental health and service delivery. Penny is a Research Affiliate with the Centre on Aging and an Adjunct Professor with the School of Social Work, University of Victoria, and teaches by distance for Thompson Rivers University (Open Learning Division). She is a founding member of the BC Psychogeriatric Association, and on the Seniors Advisory Committee to the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Through practice, research, policy and advocacy, and in collaboration with others, her goal is to facilitate social environments (relationships, policy, services) that support seniors' well being/mental health.
Social Sciences (2006 -2009)
Sherry L. Dupuis, Ph.D.
Sherry Dupuis is the Director of the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program at the University of Waterloo and an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies also at the University of Waterloo. She also holds adjunct positions in the Gerontology Program at McMaster University and in the Family Studies Program at the University of Guelph. She has a Bachelor of Music from Queen's University, a joint Master's degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies and Gerontology from the University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. in Family Studies from the University of Guelph. She also has a number of years experience working in long-term care settings with residents and their families. Guided by a partnership approach, Sherry's research program has focused primarily on identifying ways to improve the quality of the lives of persons living with dementia and their families and to ensuring that the voices of persons with dementia and their partners in care are represented in both research and education. Her research is currently funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Homewood Foundation. Sherry is also committed to the knowledge translation and the transfer of research into practice through the development of educational tools; the delivery of workshops, in-services and presentations at professional conferences; and in exploring alternative representations of research results that make research findings more accessible to those who can use the information the most.
Educational Gerontology (2008 -2009)
Kathleen E.
Cruttenden RN, PhD
Dr. Kathleen Cruttenden is an Associate and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick - Fredericton. She obtained her RN from St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto and BScN from the University of Toronto. Her MHSc (A) is from McMaster University where her research was coping and depression in elderly women. Later, she was the field coordinator for a dementia study conducted by the Departments of Occupational Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, and Geriatric Medicine at McMaster. Her PhD is in Regional Planning and Resource Development (Gerontology), University of Waterloo where she conducted the policy analysis of Ontario's Long-Term Care Reform policy implemented by the governing New Democratic Government. Kathleen has taught courses in Health and Aging, Nursing Theories and Philosophy, Community Nursing with older persons, Primary Health Care and Community Development with undergraduate and graduate students. She was the President of NBGNA and board member of CGNA; and is a charter member of N.I.C.E. and Co-chair of the Dementia Theme Team preparing to present a case-finding tool with South African partners at IAGG. Her research interest is in seniors' policy studies. Currently, she is the New Brunswick Co-applicant, Co-investigator on the 5-year Atlantic Seniors' Housing Research Alliance (www.ashra.ca) funded by a CURA grant for $!,200,000. She is collaborating with the Atlantic Office for the Social Determinants of Health to analyze the data of five focus groups.
Canadian Journal on Aging Editor-in-Chief (2008
-2009)
Mark Rosenberg, PhD
Professor Mark W. Rosenberg is a Professor of Geography and cross-appointed as a Professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 2001, Professor Rosenberg was an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury (NZ). In 2006, Professor Rosenberg became the first winner of the Queen's University Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision in the Social Sciences and Humanities. In 2008, he was made an Honourary Professor in the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute for Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research. From 2000 to 2008, Professor Rosenberg was the Chairperson of the International Geographical Union (IGU) Commission on Health and the Environment (CHE). Professor Rosenberg recently became the Co-chair of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Earth System Science Partnership on Global Environmental Change and Human Health supported by the four Global Change Programs. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal on Aging and a North American Editor of Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. His research covers a wide range of topics including health and the environment, access to health care services, aging populations and the implications for public policy, and health human resources planning. Professor Rosenberg's research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
SC-CE President(2010-2011)
Stacey Stewart
Stacey Stewart completed her HBSc in Psychology and MA in Experimental Psychology, collaborative program in Gerontology at Lakehead University. Her doctoral studies research has focused on the practice and policy related to oral health care in older adults. She previously worked as a research assistant for the Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and as a Research Associate at Homewood Research Institute. During her graduate studies, Stacey was involved in the origin of the Gerontology Student Club at Lakehead University. She is an active volunteer in long term care and a previous member of the UW-Graduate Student Association Health and Dental Plan committee. Stacey has been enthusiastically involved the CAG-ACG SC-CÉ as student representative at the University of Waterloo, and as the past SC-CÉ Secretary-Treasurer. Through research and advocacy, her goal is to encourage and support collaboration between dental professionals and gerontology.