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Our Advisory Council

Drug Free Kids Canada’s Advisory Council

Our Advisory Council is comprised of a group of talented and committed subject matter experts who are closely involved in the fields of youth substance use, addiction and drug prevention.

DFK Canada has access to their combined expertise to ensure that our website content is kept up to date with the latest scientific and evidence based information available.

For information on how to contact any one of our Advisory Council Members, please contact us at: info@drugfreekidscanada.org.

Glenn Barnes, MHA

Health Administrator, Consultant. Former CEO – Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Ottawa

Dr. Richard Bélanger, MD FRCPC

Pediatrician specializing in Adolescence, Clinical Researcher – Centre mère-enfant Soleil CHU Québec – Université Laval

Christian Boivin

Senior Manager, JLR, an Equifax Company. Works to raise public awareness of accidental overdose among young people.

Dr. Peter Choate, PhD, RSW

Clinical Social Worker and Ass’t Professor of Social Work, Mount Royal University

Dr. Patricia Conrod, PhD

Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Université de Montreal

Dr. Victoria Creighton, Psy.D

Clinical Director, Pine River Institute, Ontario

Dr. Claude Cyr, MD

Family Practitioner and founder of Doctors for Responsible Access

Kathryn Djordjevic, RPh, BScPhm

Independent Consultant for clinical practice, education, and health tech startups

Deputy Chief Tim Farquharson

Deputy Chief of Police, Peterborough Police Service, Drug Advisory Committee, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Substance Advisory Committee, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, (OACP)

Gaby Gatineau

Speaker and Author in Recovery with Lived Experience

Dr. Tony P. George M.D., FRCPC

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Scientific Advisory Board, Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)

Dr. Abby Goldstein, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Canada Research Chair in the Psychology of Emerging Adulthood. Associate Professor of Psychology, OISE, University of Toronto

David Hammond, PhD

Professor, CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health, University of Waterloo

Dr. Sandra Ingram

Retired professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Facilitator for Healing Hearts (MSTH) Winnipeg

Dr. Martin Laliberté, MD

Medical Director of the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres Ass’t Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Anne Elizabeth Lapointe

Executive Director, Addiction Prevention Centre (APC) and Maison Jean Lapointe

Dr. Steven Laviolette

Researches Neurobiology of addiction, schizophrenia, autism and PTSD. Assoc. Professor University of Western Ontario

Dr. Chris Montoya, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Psychologist with a private practice, Academic and Senior Lecturer at Thompson Rivers University

Dr. Marie-Eve Morin, MD, CMFC

Founder and Medical Director of Clinique Caméléon

Dr. Louise Nadeau

Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Associate Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University

Dr. Christina Nona, MDCM, PhD

Resident Physician in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto

Dr. Amy Porath, PhD

Director, Research and Knowledge Mobilization, Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Dr. John Sader

Family Practitioner specializing in substance use disorders and dependency.

Dr. Jacqueline Smith, RN, BN, PhD

Director of Mental Health & Wellness, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary

Dr. Maude St-Onge, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Director, Quebec Ministry of Health Poison and Drug Information Service

Dr. Philip Tibbo

Professor, Researcher, Dalhousie University, Director of the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP)

Dr. Christine Wekerle, PhD

Associate Professor Pediatrics at McMaster University. International Society of Child and Adolescent Resilience

Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson

Deputy Chief, Vancouver Police Department, Drug Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)

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