In order to ensure that the LCO fully considers the practical and theoretical implications that this Project raises, we are in the process of establishing an Advisory Committee.
The Advisory Committee 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 the law as it affects older adults. The role of the Advisory Committee 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 members of the Advisory Committee are:
- Dr. Jane Barratt – International Federation on Ageing
- Nancy Cooper – Ontario Long Term Care Association
- Professor Brenda Elias – Lakehead University
- Susan Eng – CARP
- Elizabeth Esteves and Katherine Mortimer – Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat
- Professor David Freedman – Queen’s University, Faculty of Law
- David Harvey – Alzheimer’s Society of Ontario
- Margaret Hawthorne – Ontario Older Women’s Network
- Krista James – Canadian Centre for Elder Law
- Professor Gerda Kaegi – Ryerson University, Department of Political Science
- Terri Kay – Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Professor Nina Kohn – Syracuse University, College of Law
- Penny MacCourt – Canadian Association on Gerontology
- Dr. Lynn McDonald – University of Toronto, Institute for the Life Course and Aging
- Kathryn Pilkington – Ontario Association of Non-Profit Housing and Services for Seniors
- Judith Wahl – Advocacy Centre for the Elderly