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By Yvon Trepanier, Co-Chair, National Advocacy Committee<\/p>\n

New Co-Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joyce Barretto has been appointed by the board of directors to co-chair the National Advocacy Committee. Joyce is a strategic leader with over twenty-five years of success in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.<\/p>\n

On the move\u00a0<\/strong>Her 13-year career in the Ontario Public Service included positions in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and as Assistant Deputy Minister in the former Ministry of Public Infrastructure & Renewal, overseeing four large provincial agencies. Joyce is past president of the Children\u2019s Aid Society of Toronto and is currently a director on the board of Evergreen, an environmental non-profit agency. She has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Ontario. With direct family experience of Parkinson\u2019s, Joyce brings a deep commitment to the need to support caregivers and engage today\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n

We offer a hearty welcome to Vanessa Foran, Director of Policy Partnerships and Government Relations at Parkinson Society Canada \/ Neurological Health Charities Canada. Our best wishes to Shannon McDonald who has joined Rx&D as Vice-President, Public Affairs and Partnerships.<\/p>\n

Keeping Parkinson\u2019s issues front and centre<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s Disease and Aging \u2013 A Case for Support<\/a><\/p>\n

October 2011 \u2013 Parkinson Society Canada submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health, as background information for its study on chronic diseases related to aging.<\/p>\n

Neurological Health Charities Canada \u2013 Policy Briefing Note \u2013 November 2011<\/a><\/p>\n

November 2011 \u2013 Neurological Health Charities Canada submitted a brief outlining the elements of a National Brain Strategy to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, which is responsible for making recommendations on Canada\u2019s current Health Accord.<\/p>\n

Parkinson\u2019s Disease \u2013 An Ontario Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2011 \u2013 Parkinson Societies in Ontario participated in a pre-budget consultation meeting with the Honourable Dwight Duncan, Minister of Finance for Ontario, in mid-December 20l1. A brief in support of this presentation was submitted in January 2012.<\/p>\n

Principles to guide healthcare transformation in Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

Parkinson Society Canada participated, along with several healthcare organizations, in a consultation meeting hosted by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) to discuss a common set of principles developed by the CMA and CNA to guide healthcare transformation in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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