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. Connie Uetrecht (CHAIR)
Executive Director
Ontario Public Health Association
700 Lawrence Avenue West, Suite 310
Toronto, ON M6A 3B4
Phone: 416-367-3313 Ext. 226
Email: cuetrecht@opha.on.ca
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. Helene Gagne
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
Ms. Reggie Caverson
Senior Health Promotion Consultant and Health Education Enforcement Partnership (HEP) Coordinator – Ontario Policy Education and Health Promotion
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
888 Regent Street, Suite 302
Sudbury, ON P3E 6C6
Phone: 705-675-1195
Email: Reggie_Caverson@camh.net
Dr. Robert Conn
President and CEO
SMARTRISK
790 Bay Street, Suite 401
Toronto, ON M5G 1N8
PhoneL 416-596-2722
Email: rconn@smartrisk.ca
Ms. Denise DePape
Manager, Healthy Living
Toronto Public Health
1530 Markham Road, 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M1B 3G4
Phone: 416-338-7515
Email: ddepape@toronto.ca
Dr. Yoassry Elzohairy
Senior Safety Research Advisor
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
1201 Wilson Avenue, Room 212, Bldg A
Downsview, ON M3M 1J8
Phone: 416-235-3643
Email: Yoassry.Elzohairy@mto.gov.on.ca
Dr. Philip Groff
Director, Research and Evaluation
SMARTRISK
790 Bay Street, Suite 401
Toronto, ON M5G 1N8
PhoneL 416-596-2718
Email: pgroff@smartrisk.ca
Ms. Pamela Fuselli
Interim Executive Director
Safe Kids Canada
2105-180 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z8
Phone: (416) 813-7287
Email: pamela.fuselli@sickkids.ca
Ms. Joy Lang
Senior Nursing Consultant, Injury Prevention
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
393 University Avenue, Suite 2100
Toronto, ON M5G 1E6
Phone: 416-327-7228
Email: Joy.Lang@mhp.gov.on.ca
Ms. Daina Mueller
Program Manager
Hamilton Public Health and Community Services
1447 Upper Ottawa Street
Hamilton, ON L8W 3J6
Phone: 905-546-2424
Email: dmueller@hamilton.ca
Mr. Peter O’Neill
V.P. Operations
SMARTRISK
790 Bay Street, Suite 401
Toronto, ON M5G 1N8
PhoneL 416-596-2721
Email: poneill@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
Mr. Jim Russell
Executive Director
Think First Foundation of Canada
750 Dundas Street West, Suite 2-227
Toronto, ON M6J 3S3
Phone: 416-603-5212
Email: jimr@thinkfirst.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
Ms. Jayne Scarterfield
Public Health Nurse
Middlesex-London Health Unit
50 King Street
London, ON N6A 5L7
Phone: 519-663-5317
Email: jayne.scarterfield@mlhu.on.ca
Ms. Colleen Cooper
Public Health Nurse
Region of Waterloo, Public Health
150 Main Street
Cambridge, ON N1R 6P9
Phone: 519-621-6110
Email: ccolleen@region.waterloo.on.ca
Mr. Ron Waldie
Senior Producer
Safe Communities Foundation
64 Charles Street East, Suite 201
Toronto, ON M4Y 1T1
Phone: 416-964-5812
Email: rwaldie@safecommunities.ca