Jill retired as the Executive Director
of the B.C. Institute Against Family
Violence in 1998. Currently, she is
a partner in a small research and educational
consulting group with a specific focus
on social and health issues affecting
older adults. Jill has published and
presented her research at North American
and European conferences, and in community
forums. She is the recipient of the
Simon Fraser University Gerontology
Research Centre Senior Leadership Award,
a member on the United Nations Sub-Committee
on Older Women (SCOW) of the NGO Committee
on the Status of Women (CSW). Jill is
a member of the British Columbia Premiers
Advisory Council on Aging and Seniors
Issues, a member of the Complaints Committee
of the BC College of Psychologists and
an active participant in the Seniors
Network (SNAG) on the Sunshine Coast.
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| Greg Marchildon,
LL.B, PhD |
Canada Research Chair in Public Policy
and Economic History as well as a Professor
at the University of Regina, Dr. Marchildon
serves as the Executive Director of
the Commission (Chaired by Hon. Roy
Romanow, Q.C,) on the Future of Health
Care in Canada. Dr. Marchildon was Saskatchewan’s
Cabinet Secretary and Deputy Minister
to the Premier and advised Cabinet on
the establishment of the Fyke
Commission on Medicare. From 1994
until 1996, he was as the province’s
Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental
Affairs. In this capacity, he built
up the province’s international
relations and trade policy capacity
and was a key participant in the early
social union negotiations that led to
the National Child Benefit and the Social
Union Framework Agreement (SUFA).
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Bob has served the Canadian financial
services industry for over 30 years.
After leaving law school he worked as
a trust officer for 7 years, followed
by a 2-year career as a stockbroker
and 12 years in head office Advanced
Marketing with two Canadian life insurance
companies, servicing the marketing,
tax and quasi-legal needs of life insurance
agents and their clients. For the past
12 years Bob has operated his own consulting
firm, working with financial services
organizations such as Advocis, the Canadian
Securities Institute. The Institute
of Canadian Bankers and the Insurance
Institute of Canada, in addition to
his many years of work with CASA. Bob
is the author or co-author of several
texts on insurance, estate and financial
planning and the Advocis certification
course for new life insurance agents,
in addition to being a regular lecturer
across Canada. In addition to his Bachelor
of Arts Degree, Bob has been a CLU,
ChFC and CFP Designee.
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