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:

Ms. Joanne Banfield
Manager, Trauma Injury Prevention
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue – H259
Toronto ON M4N 3M5
Phone: 416-480-5912
E-mail: joanne.banfield@sw.ca

Ms. Loretta Bernard, Co-Chair
Manager, Injury Prevention
York Region Health Services
50 High Tech. Rd. Second Floor
Richmond Hill, ON, L4B 4N7
Phone: 905-762-1282 Ext. 4810
Email: Loretta.bernard@york.ca

Ms. Colleen Cooper
Public Health Nurse
Region of Waterloo, Public Health
P.O. Box 1633, 99 Regina Street South
Waterloo, ON N2J 4V3
Phone: 519-883-2000
Email: ccolleen@region.waterloo.on.ca

Ms. Hélène Gagne, Co-Chair
Program Director, Prevention
Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 601
Toronto, ON
M4P 2Y3
Phone: 416- 422-2228
E-mail: helene@onf.org

Jeff Griffith
Team Leader, MTO
Ministry of Transportation
447 McKeown Ave. Suite 301
North Bay, ON PIB 9S9
Phone North Bay: 705-497-5221
Phone Toronto: 416-235-5329
Email: Jeff.Griffith@ontario.ca

Kristen Gane
Manager, Programs
Safe Kids Canada
555 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1X8
Phone: (416) 813-7286
Email: kristen.gane@sickkids.ca

Dr. Philip Groff
President and CEO, SMARTRISK
SMARTRISK
36 Eglinton West, Suite 704
Toronto, ON M5R 1A1
PhoneL 416-596-2701
Email: pgroff@smartrisk.ca

Mr. Ben Rempel
Manager, Alcohol Education and Injury Prevention
Ontario Public Health Association
700 Lawrence Avenue West, Suite 310
Toronto, ON M6A 3B4
Phone: 416-367-3313 ext.233
Email: apn@opha.on.ca

Dr. Richard Volpe
Projects Director, Life Span Adaptation Projects
Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto
45 Walmer Road
Toronto, ON M5R 2X2
Phone: 416-934-4511
Email: richard.volpe@utoronto.ca

Mr. Ron Waldie
Director, Capacity Building and Mission Growth
Safe Communities Canada
64 Charles Street East, Suite 201
Toronto, ON M4Y 1T1
Phone: 416-964-5812
Email: rwaldie@safecommunities.ca

Rebecca Nesdale-Tucker
Executive Director
ThinkFirst Canada
750 Dundas Street West, Suite 3-314
Toronto, ON M6J 3S3
Phone: 416-915-6565 Ext. 224
Email: rebecca@thinkfirst.ca

Brian Hyndman
Senior Planner
Agency for Health Protection and Promotion
480 University Avenue, Suite 900
Toronto, ON M5G 1V2
Phone: 647-260-7319
Email: brian.hyndman@oahpp.ca

Sharon Vanderburg
Public Health Nurse
Algoma Public Health
294 Willow Avenue
Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 0A9
Phone: 705-942-4646 ext. 3038
Fax : 705-541-7308
Email: svanderburg@algomapublichealth.com

Lorna Boratto
Public Health Nurse
Oxford County Public Health & Emergency Services
410 Buller Street
Woodstock, ON N4S 4N2
Phone: 519-539-9800
Email: lboratto@county.oxford.on.ca