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. Sue Connell
Acting Manager, Injury Prevention
Hamilton Public Health Services
77 James St. North
Hamilton, ON, L8R 2K3
Phone: 905-546-2424 Ext. 5255
Email: Sue.Connell@hamilton.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. Claudia Aronowitz
Director, Programs & Services
Safe Kids Canada
2105-180 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
Phone: (416) 813-7287
Email: claudia.jinich-aronowitz@sickkids.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
Regional Planner, MTO Northern Region
Ministry of Transportation
447 McKeown Ave. Suite 301
North Bay, ON PIB 9S9
Phone: 705-497-5453
Email: Jeff.Griffith@ontario.ca

Dr. Philip Groff
Director, Research and Evaluation
SMARTRISK
36 Eglinton West, Suite 704
Toronto, ON M5R 1A1
PhoneL 416-596-2718
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, Co-Chair
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 300
Toronto, ON M5G 1V2
Phone: 647-260-7319
Email: brian.hyndman@oahpp.ca

Angela Loconte
Health Promotion Consultant - Mental Health
Toronto Public Health
175 Memorail Park Avenue
Toronto, ON M4J 4Y6
Phone: 416-338-7863
Email: aloconte@toronto.ca