Community Advisory Group

Our Community Advisory Group provides valuable input from diverse perspectives. The group has an open membership and currently has 22 members including families, service providers, managers, administrators, policymakers, academics, and researchers. Group members are:

• Dr. Marni Brownell
  Senior Researcher, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
  Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
  
  
• Ms. Dale Brownlee
  Manitoba Health, Healthy Populations
  
  
• Dr. Peter Cattini
  Associate VP Research, University of Manitoba
  
  
• Ms. Eleanor Chornoboy
  Director, Interdepartmental Initiatives Disability Programs, and Employment & Income Assistance, Family Services and Housing
  
  
• Mr. Réal Cloutier
  COO, Deer Lodge Centre
  WRHA Regional Vice President, Long Term Care
  WRHA Chief Allied Health Officer
  
  
• Dr. Angela Cornick
  Director ABA Program & Psychology Services, St. Amant
  
  
• Ms. Lorraine Dacombe Dewar
  Director, Accountability Support Branch, Manitoba Health
  
  
• Ms. Darlene Dyck
  Principal, St. Amant School
  Director, Disability Services, St. Amant
  
  
• Dr. Emily Etcheverry
  Director, School of Medical Rehabilitation, University of Manitoba
  
  
• Ms. Leanne Fenez
  Director, Community Residential Program, St. Amant
  
  
• Ms. Janet Forbes
  Association for Community Living, Winnipeg
  
  
• Dr. Jennifer Frain
  Executive Director, New Directions for Children, Youth, Adults and Families
  
  
• Ms. Michelle Gibbens
  Knowledge Translation Coordinator, Research & Evaluation Unit, Division of Research & Applied Learning, WRHA
  
  
• Ms. Julietta Hernandez
  Consultant, Regional Support Services, Manitoba Health
  
  
• Dr. Olga Krassioukova-Enns
  Executive Director, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies
  
  
• Dr. Jennifer MacTavish
  Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
  
  
• Dr. Michael Moffatt
  Executive Director, Research and Applied Learning, WRHA
  
  
• Mr. Kent Somers
  Manitoba Families for Effective Autism Treatment
  
  
• Dr. Carl Stephens
  President & CEO, St. Amant
  
  
• Ms. Cheryl Susinski
  Executive Director, Rehabilitation Centre for Children
  
  
• Mr. Stephan Sutherland
  Manitoba families for Effective Autism Treatment
  
  
• Ms. Jo Verstraete
  Director, Community Support Program, St. Amant