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:
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:
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:
Dr. Phil Groff, SMARTRISK's Director of Research and Evaluation, manages the resource centre, ably assisted by Linda Yenssen, Pam Farmer, Jayne Morrish and others.
Linda Yenssen coordinates the networking and consultation activities of the resource centre, as well as providing the liaison 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 works part-time for the resource centre, assisting in research and organizing injury prevention forums.
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.