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About the Centre

About the Centre

The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre (OIPRC) is a member of the Ontario Health Promotion Resource System, a network of organizations dedicated to building capacity for health promotion in Ontario.

The OIPRC has several objectives:

  • To increase the knowledge, skill, and confidence of injury prevention practitioners in the planning, implementation and evaluation of injury prevention initiatives in Ontario.
  • To promote use of best practices for injury prevention within Ontario.
  • To respond to priorities and needs of Ministry of Health Promotion and the injury prevention community.
  • To help reduce morbidity and mortality associated with injuries in Ontario.

IP Resource Centre Staff

Dr. Phil Groff, SMARTRISK's Director of Research and Evaluation, manages the resource centre, ably assisted by Linda Yenssen, Pam Farmer, Jayne Morrish and many others.

Linda Yenssen coordinates the networking and consultation activities of the resource centre, as well as providing the liason between the resource centre and many of our primary stakeholders. She also coordinates the development of the resource centre's website and other electronic and print content in the centre's collection.

Pam Farmer, SMARTRISK’s Research Associate, researches and produces the monthly issues of Ontario Injury Compass and also researches many of the responses to external requests for information.

Claude Meurehg coordinates the workshops for the Canadian Injury Prevention Curriculum and the Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum. Claude also assists with French Language Services at the centre.

Jayne Morrish has previously served as the point of first contact for many Ontarians accessing the resource centre, now she is taking the lead on organizing a one-day injury prevention forum for early 2010. She can be reached at info@oninjuryresources.ca.

Other members of the SMARTRISK team also contribute to the success of the resource centre including, but not limited to, the information technology support provided by Michael Gemar and Kathy Blair’s work writing and editing for the Resource Centre.

Advisory Committee

The Ontario Injury Prevention Resource Centre advisory committee consists of members representing various Health Promotion and Injury Prevention Organizations. The following is the listing for each member:

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