ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROJECT
The Advisory Group for this project has been integral to its work. The members of the Advisory Group are listed at the front of this Report.
During the course of its consultations, the LCO heard from well over 300 organizations and experts. The following list includes organizations and experts who:
- provided written submissions to the consultations, some at multiple stages of the project (32),
- provided practical support to the Fall 2014 Public Consultations (17),
- attended one of the Focus Groups following the release of the Discussion Paper (over 170)
- attended one of the Focus Groups following the release of the Interim Report (35)
- attended the Fall 2014 Consultation Forum (35), or
- were interviewed by LCO staff (98).
Some of the organizations and experts listed participated in multiple ways over the course of the project. The LCO would also like to thank all those who commented and asked questions during the LCO’s many presentations on this topic since the inception of this project.
In addition to those listed below, the LCO heard, during its consultations, from several members of the judiciary and a wide range of government officials.
- Melanie Abbey, Rights Adviser, Southwest Centre for Forensic Mental Health Care
- Donna Abbink, Limestone District School Board
- Teresa Acs, Scotia Private Client Group
- Laura Addington, BMO Financial Group
- Adult Protective Service Association of Ontario
- Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Ann Elise Alexander, CIBC Trust Corporation
- Alisha Alladina, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Dr. Federico Allodi, Psychiatrist
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute
- Alzheimer Society of Ontario
- Tom Archer, Developmental Services Ontario, Niagara
- Peggy Armstrong, Grey Flag Campaign
- Michael Bach, Canadian Association for Community Living
- David Baker, BakerLaw
- Jan Barduzzi, Brain Injury Services
- Deborah Barker, Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce
- Janet Barry, Community Living Kingston and District
- Sally Bean, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Jennifer Bell, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
- Beth Bentley, Ongwanada
- Joanne Bertrand, Ontario Caregivers Coalition
- Lise Betteridge, College of Social Workers
- Dr. Raj Bhatla, Royal Ottawa Hospital
- Sharon Biecks-Hangrow, Westpark Health Care Centre
- Elizabeth Birchall, Community Outreach Programs in Addictions
- Carol Blake, Advocate, Providence Care Mental Health Services Kingston
- Donna Broga, Lee Manor
- Barbara Bryan, Jarlette Health Services
- Kelley Bryan, Swadron Associates
- Katharine Buchan, Autism Society of Ontario
- Rob Buchanan, Legal Aid Ontario
- Daniel Buchman, University Health Network
- Clare Burns, Weir Foulds LLP
- Charlotte Bumstead, Grey-Bruce Health Services
- Chris Burton, RBC Wealth Management Estate and Trust Services
- Dr. Clarissa Bush, Psychologist, Queensview Professional Services
- Elaine Calvert, Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Canadian Bankers Association
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, Executive Directors Network
- Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee
- Paul Cappuccio, Southlake Regional Health Services, ACTT/PACTT, Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services
- Linda Carey, Advocate, St. Joseph’s Health Care Hamilton
- Alexandra Carling-Rowland, College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists
- Dr. Corine Carlisle, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Elizabeth Carlton, Ontario Hospital Association
- Danielle Carnegie, Community Living Kingston and District
- Angela Casey, de Vries Litigation
- Kelly Caswell, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Dr. Patricia Cavanagh, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Jennifer Chambers, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Empowerment Council
- Dr. Ranjith Chandrasena, The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance
- Paula Chidwick, William Osler Health Systems
- Howard Chodos, Mental Health Commission of Canada
- Christian Horizons
- Bob Clark, Humber River Hospital
- Georgie Clarke, Concerned Friends of Ontario Citizens in Care Facilities
- John Clegg, Scotia Private Client Group
- Coalition on Alternatives to Guardianship
- Audrey Cole (advocate)
- College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario
- Barbara Collier, Communications Disabilities Access Canada
- Communication Disabilities Access Canada
- Nancy Cooper, Ontario Long-term Care Association
- Barry Corbin, Corbin Estate Law Professional Corporation
- Jacques Côté, Barrister and Solicitor
- Johanne Curodeau, Association pour l’integration sociale d’Ottawa
- Eyitayo Dada, Barrister and Solicitor
- Margaret Dain, Rights Adviser, Providence Care Mental Health Services Kingston
- Carol Dalgado, CIBC Trust Corporation
- Dr. Christopher De Bono, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Pauline Diemert , Alzheimer Society Grey Bruce
- Cathy DiFonte, Advocate, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene
- Cynthia Dillon, Rights Adviser, Brockville Mental Health Centre
- Lisa Douris, SRT Medstaff
- Robin Rundle Drake, Advocate, Regional Mental Health Care London
- Diane Dyson, WoodGreen Community Services
- Dawn Eccles, Registered Nurse
- Dr. Virginia Edwards, Psychiatrist
- Elder Abuse Ontario
- Duncan Embury, Neinstein & Associates
- Orville Endicott, Community Living Ontario
- Maureen Etkin, Elder Abuse Ontario
- Phyllis Fabra, Rights Adviser, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Donna Fairley, Ontario Association of Residents Councils
- Family Dispute Resolution Institute of Ontario
- Guy Farrell, Farrell Law Group
- Dian Ferguson, CIBC Asset Management
- Dr. Ian Ferguson, Providence Health Care
- Anne Marie Fitzgerald, Ontario Works
- Elana Fleischman, Social Justice Tribunals Ontario
- Dr. Russell Fleming, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
- Dr. Jennifer Fogarty, Psychologist, St. Joseph Healthcare London
- Dr. Jane Fogolin, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
- Angie Fong, BMO Harris Private Banking
- Andrea Foti, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
- Cristel Francis, Barrister and Solicitor
- Beth French, Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement
- Ryan Fritsch, Legal Aid Ontario
- Antonio Gallo, Joint Centre for Bioethics
- Nimali Gamage, Goddard, Gamage and Stephens LLP
- Meryl Zisman Gary, BakerLaw
- Dr. Rose Geist, Trillium Health Centre
- Dr. Maggie Gibson, Psychologist, St. Joseph Healthcare London
- Dr. Joan Gilmour, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Jan Goddard, Goddard, Gamage and Stephens
- Dianne Godkin, Trillium Health Partners
- Gabriella Golea, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Bruce Graham, WoodGreen Community Services
- Angela Grant, Advocate, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Dr. Adrian Grek, Mount Sinai Hospital & University of Toronto
- Tom Groziner, RBC Wealth Management Estate and Trust Services
- Michelle Hagar, Ontario Works
- Professor Margaret Hall, Thompson Rivers University
- Dr. Karen Hand, London Psychiatric Hospital
- Mark Handelman, Whaley Estate Litigation
- Professor Lynne Hanson, Queen’s University Law School
- Louise Hanvey, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
- David Harvey, Alzheimer Society of Ontario
- Alice Haveman, Counselling Services of Belleville and District
- Ann Hester, Joint Centre for Bioethics
- Rick Hill, Community Living Owen Sound and District
- Ann Hilliard, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- D’Arcy Hiltz, Hiltz LLO
- Sandra Hood, Alzheimer Society Grey Bruce
- Leah Hood, Grey-Bruce Health Services
- Tracy Howell, PACE Independent Living
- Elizabeth Hughes, Advocate, Brockville Mental Health Centre
- Kimberley Ibarra, Joint Centre for Bioethics
- Krista James, Canadian Centre for Elder Law
- Colleen Kelly Jensen, Community Living Kingston and District
- Danielle Joel, Borden Ladner Gervais
- Kerri Joffe, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Deborah Johnston, Chartwell Seniors Housing
- Carolyn Jones, Barrister and Solicitor
- Michelle Jorge, Jewell, Radimisis Jorge
- Horace Joseph, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Daria Kagan, Kagan Law Firm
- Ellen Kampf, College of Social Workers
- Anya Kater, Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Teri Kay, Ontario Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse
- Lana Kerzner, Barrister and Solicitor
- Nabila Khan, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Reema Khawja, Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Christa Korens, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Julian Kusek, Advocate, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene
- Gordon Kyle, Community Living Ontario
- Hilary Laidlaw, McCarthy Tétrault LLP
- Liz Laird, Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultation Program Southwestern Ontario
- Alastair Lamb, Ongwanada
- Margaret Lambert, Upper Canada Lodge, Long Term Care Home
- Dr. Larry Leach, Psychologist, Baycrest
- Dee Lender, Ontario Association of Residents Councils
- Nina Lester, Barrister and Solicitor
- Brian Loza, BMO Mutual Funds
- Dr. Lynn MacDonald, National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly
- Jane Mackenzie, Rights Adviser, Lakehead Psychiatric Hospital
- Faith Malcolm, Rights Adviser, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
- Gary Malkowski, Canadian Hearing Society
- Lisa Manuel, Family Service Toronto
- Chrystal Marshall, Rights Adviser, North Bay Regional Health Centre
- Andrée-Anne Martel, Association des jurists d’expression francaise de l’Ontario
- Nyranne Martin, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Paul McGarvey, Extend a Family Kingston
- Sally McMackin, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Elizabeth McNab, Ontario Coalition (Society) of Senior Citizens’ Organizations
- Jane Meadus, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Douglas Melville, Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments
- Mental Health Legal Committee
- Isfahan Merali, Consent and Capacity Board
- Estrella Mercurio, ParaMed Home Health Care-Toronto Central
- Suzanne Michaud, Royal Bank of Canada
- Audrey Miller, Elder Caring
- Anita Miller, Preferred Health Care Services
- Ministry of Community and Social Services Partnership Roundtable
- Edgar-Andre Montigny, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Dr. Elizabeth Moore, Psychologist, Providence Health Care
- Dr. Rick Morris, College of Psychologists
- Katherine Mortimer, Ontario Seniors Secretariat
- Rikin Morzaria, McLeish Orlando
- Patricia Muldowney-Brook, Muldowney-Brooks Mediation Services
- Kendra Naidoo, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Northumberland Community Legal Centre
- Jordan Oelbaum, Schnurr Kirsh Schnurr Oelbaum Tator
- Roy O’Leary, Investors Group Trust
- Catherine Olsiak, SimpsonWigle Law LLP
- Ontario Brain Injury Association
- Ontario Caregiver Coalition
- Robyn Ord, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Mr. Justice Edward Ormston, Consent and Capacity Board
- Margaret O’Sullivan, O’Sullivan Estate Lawyers
- Diane Parsons, Barrister and Solicitor
- Stanley Pasternak, Law Offices of Stanley Pasternak
- Ruth Patterson, York Durham Aphasia Centre
- Lora Patton, York University, Consent and Capacity Board
- Professor Patricia Peppin, Queen’s University Law School
- Mercedes Peres, Mental Health Law Committee
- Ivana Petricone, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Kathryn Pilkington, Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors
- Jeff Poirier, Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Brendon Pooran, Barrister and Solicitor
- Suzana Popovic-Montag, Hull & Hull LLP
- Jennifer Pothier, Niagara North Legal Clinic
- Steacey Powell, Community Living Kingston and District
- Lisa Priolo, Advocate, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Alexander Procope, Swadron Associates
- Lorraine Purdon, Association of Family Councils
- Sally Qi, Community Ethics Network
- Archie Rabinowitz, Dentons Canada LLP
- Steve Rastin, Rastin & Associates
- Kevin Reel, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Anne Reynolds, BMO Harris Private Banking
- Gail Riihimaki, Community Care Access Centre, Niagara Region
- Margaret Rintoul, Blaney McMurtry LLP
- Dr. Marcia Rioux, York University
- Cherie Robertson, Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Allan Rouben, Barrister and Solicitor
- Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario
- Carol Rudel, Seniors Community Programs, Niagara Region
- Nancy Rushford, Alzheimer Society, Niagara Region
- Barbara Russell, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Anna Ruto, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Deb Ryckman, Community Living North Frontenac
- Sheri Scott, Community Living Kingston and District
- Greg Shaw, International Federation on Ageing
- Jenny Shickluna, Niagara Region Seniors Services
- Roslyn Shields, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Dr. Gerald Shugar, Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
- Doreen Simenov, Canadian Mental Health Association
- Ruth Sommers, St. Joseph’s Health Care Hamilton
- Dean Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Margaret Spoelstra, Autism Ontario
- Peter Sproul, Community Living Kingston and District
- Wade Stevenson, Rights Adviser, Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Penetanguishene
- Ebony St. Rose, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Laurel Stroz , Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- Stanley Stylianos, Psychiatric Patient Advocacy Office
- Myra Sugar, Kerry’s Place
- Professor Doug Surtees, University of Saskatchewan College of Law
- Marshall Swadron, Swadron Associates
- Georgia Swan, HGR Graham Partners LLP
- Irina Sytcheva, Schizophrenia Society
- Anita Szigeti, Anita Szigeti Advocates
- Shaheynoor Talukdar, Barrister and Solicitor
- Marie Taylor, Advocate, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences
- Kim Thompson, Rights Adviser, Regional Mental Health Care London
- Rachel Thomson, Community Care Access Centre Southwest
- Dr. Michele Tremblay, Northern Ontario Francophone Psychiatric Program
- Matthew Trennum, Niagara Region
- Kate Tschakovsky, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Tom Turner, Developmental Services, Leeds-Granville
- Mary Beth Valentine, Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority
- Frank Wagner, Joint Centre for Bio-ethics
- Judith Wahl, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Professor Shirley Wales, Humber College
- Dean Walsh, Community Living North Frontenac
- Laura Watts, Canadian Centre for Elder Law
- Graham Webb , Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
- Corinna Weigl, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
- Joanna Weiss, Anita Szigeti Advocates
- Kimberly Whaley, Whaley Estate Litigation
- Carla Whillier, Barrister and Solicitor
- Krista Whittard, Niagara Region Mental Health
- Ruth Wilcock, Ontario Brain Injury Association
- Kim Wilson, Canadian Coalition for Seniors Mental Health
- Dianne Wintermute, ARCH Disability Law Centre
- Christine Wray, Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre
- David Wright, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
- Anna Zachariah , Ontario Coalition (Society) of Senior Citizen’s Organizations
- Joanna Zymont, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Private Individuals
In accordance with our mandate, and reflecting the nature of this project, the LCO made efforts throughout to not only make participation accessible to individuals directly affected by this area of the law and their family members, but to actively encourage their participation.
The LCO received input from over 300 individuals over the course of this project. This includes:
- 212 responses to the survey questionnaires: 109 from individuals directly affected and 103 from persons providing decision-making assistance,
- close to 100 individuals participating in the LCO’s eleven focus groups for persons directly affected or family members,
- several formal interviews conducted by LCO staff,
- several individuals who contacted us via phone calls, emails, written submissions or online comment
In accordance with the LCO’s Privacy Policy, the names of contributing individuals are not listed here. However, the participation of these individuals fundamentally shaped this project throughout, and the LCO wishes to express our gratitude to them for sharing their expertise and experiences with us.
Commissioned Research Papers
The LCO issues a call of the preparation of research papers in particular subjects relevant to a project. It relies on these papers in the same way as any research. The papers do not necessarily reflect the LCO’s views.
Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and Dykeman Dewhirst O’Brien LLP: Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning: Standards and Supports, online at: LINK
ARCH Disability Law Centre: Decisions, Decisions: Promoting And Protecting The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Who Are Subject To Guardianship, online at: LINK
Canadian Centre for Elder Law: Understanding the Lived Experience of Assisted and Supported Decision-making in Canada, online at: LINK
Dr. Bonnie Lashewicz: Understanding and Addressing Voices of Adults with Disabilities Within Their Family Caregiving Contexts: Implications for Legal Capacity, Decision-making and Guardians online: LINK
The following papers were also of assistance to the LCO:
Dr. Vahe Kehyayan and Dr. John P. Hirdes: Socio-Demographic, Clinical and Functional Characteristics of Persons Lacking Legal Capacity Across the Continuum of Health Care Settings in Ontario, Interim Paper, November 2013, unpublished
Lana Kerzner and Michael Bach: Fulfilling the Promise: ‘Alternative Courses of Action’ under the Substitute Decisions Act, Interim Paper, March 2014, unpublished.