This is a partial list based on our preliminary consultations. This list does not imply these individuals and organizations endorse the LCO’s report, nor does it attribute any information in the report to them whatsoever.
Additional individuals and organizations we have consulted are listed in Appendix E, “Details on Roundtable on Legal Ethics and Practice”. We have also respected the confidentiality of individuals and organizations that requested not to be listed.
- Alzheimer Society of Ontario
- ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Benjamin L. Berger, Associate Dean (Students) & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Dr.Jeff Blackmer, Vice-President, Medical Professionalism, Canadian Medical Association
- Dr. Carrie Bourassa, Professor, Indigenous Health Studies, First Nations University
- Sandra Carpenter, Centre for Independent Living Toronto
- Dr. Paula Chidwick, Director Research & Corporate Ethics, William Osler Health System
- Consent and Capacity Board
- Nancy Cooper, Ontario Long Term Care Association
- Dr. Naheed Dosani, Project Lead & Palliative Care Physician, Palliative Education and Care for the Homeless (PEACH), Inner City Health Associates
- Dr. James Downar, Palliative Care and Critical Care, University Health Network and Sinai Health System
- Prof. Jocelyn Downie, Dalhousie University, Health Law Institute and Schulich School of Law, Faculties of Law and Medicine
- Mary Jane Dykeman, DDO Health Law
- Dr. Ian Ferguson, Regional Geriatric Program of Toronto
- Andréa Foti, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
- Prof. Michelle Giroux, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
- Dr. Russell Goldman, Director, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mark Handelman, Whaley Estate Litigation
- Cathy Hecimovich, Central West Community Care Access Centre
- Dr. Daren Heyland, Professor of Medicine, Queen’s University & Director, Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network
- Hospice Palliative Care Ontario
- Hospice Palliative Care Provincial Steering Committee
- Dr. André Hurtubise, Centre de santé communautaire du Témiskaming
- Dirk Huyer, MD, Chief Coroner for Ontario
- Prof. Joan Gilmour, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Janet Kasperski, Ontario Psychological Association
- Prof. Mary Lou Kelley, Lakehead University and Northern Ontario School of Medicine
- Liz Laird, Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program, Southwestern Ontario (Grey Bruce Counties)
- Local Health Integration Network, Erie St. Clair
- Dr. Denise Marshall, Division of Palliative Care, McMaster University
- Dena Maule, Hospice Toronto
- Kay McGarvey, RN, Saint Elizabeth Health Care
- Dr. Jeff Myers, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Palliative Care Consult Team
- Ministry of the Attorney General
- Ministry of Community and Social Services
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Patricia Mosnia, Regional Director of Pharmacy, William Osler Health System, Central West Community Care Access Centre & Headwaters Health Care Centre
- Office of the Children’s Lawyer
- Ontario Association of Social Workers
- Ontario Bar Association
- Ontario Caregiver Coalition
- Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Ontario Hospital Association
- Ontario Medical Association
- Ontario Multifaith Federation
- Ontario Personal Support Workers Association
- Ontario Seniors Secretariat
- Kathryn Pilkington, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors
- Dipti Purbhoo, Senior Director, Client Services, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Quality Hospice Palliative Care Coalition of Ontario
- Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario
- Prof. Hsien Seow, McMaster University, Department of Oncology
- Robert Sibbald, London Health Sciences, Clinical and Corporate Ethics
- Deborah Simon, Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Community Support Association
- Six Nations Health Services
- Dr. Ann Stewart, Casey House
- Treatment Decisions Unit, Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
- Sara Urowitz, Cancer Care Ontario & Ontario Palliative Care Network Secretariat
- Sara van der Vliet, Health Boards Secretariat
- Frank Wagner, Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto
- Judith Wahl, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Tara Walton, Ontario Palliative Care Network Secretariat
- Eta Woldeab, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
- Basil Ziv, Registrar & Bhupinder Sharma, Past President, College of Homeopaths of Ontario
- Randi Zlotnik Shaul, JD, LLM, PhD, Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children