In order to ensure that the LCO fully considers the practical and theoretical implications that this Project raises, we have established an Advisory Group.
The Advisory Group is made up of legal practitioners, academics from law and other relevant disciplines, representatives from community and advocacy organizations and government representatives with particular expertise in the area of legal capacity, decision making and guardianship. The role of the Advisory Group is to provide advice on the issues raised by documents released in this Project, provide input into the Consultation Strategy in this Project and provide feedback on the impact or effectiveness of potential LCO recommendations.
The current members of the Advisory Group are:
Joanne Bertrand – Ontario Caregiver Coalition
Alexandra Carling-Rowland – College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
Dr. Carole Cohen – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Julia Fisher – Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee of Ontario
Professor Joan Gilmour – Osgoode Hall Law School
Jan Goddard – Goddard Gamage Stephens LLP
David Harvey – Alzheimer Society of Ontario
D’Arcy Hiltz – Hiltz Szigeti LLP
The Honourable Madam Justice Susan Himel – Superior Court of Justice of Ontario
Gordon Kyle and Brendon Pooran – Community Living Ontario
Anne Bowlby – Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Roslyn Shields – Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Laura Metrick – Ministry of the Attorney General
Lora Patton – Consent and Capacity Board
Frank Wagner – Ethicist/Joint Centre for Bioethics
Judith Wahl – Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
Laura Watts – British Columbia Law Institute