CCEL Forms Inclusive Investing Project Advisory Committee
October 16, 2018
BY Valerie Le Blanc
The Canadian Centre for Elder Law (CCEL) has formed a project advisory committee to guide its research and consultation for its Inclusive Investing: Respecting the Rights of Vulnerable Investors through Supported Decision-Making project.
“The project advisory committee brings together individuals with a diverse range of experience and expertise from BC and Ontario to examine how vulnerable investors are using supported decision making in the investment context,” commented committee chair Jim Emmerton.
The members of the project advisory committee are:
Jim Emmerton—Chair
Senior Fellow of CCEL
Tim Ames
Executive Director, PLAN BC
Lauren Bates
Lawyer
Emily Clough
Lawyer, Clark Wilson LLP
BCLI/CCEL Board of Directors Member
Kurt Goddard
Director of Policy and Program Operations
Canadian Association for Community Living
Ken Gracey
Manager, Investor Education and Engagement
British Columbia Securities Commission
Mario Gregorio
Person living with dementia
Robert Lattanzio
ARCH Disability Law Centre
Alison Leaney
Provincial Coordinator, Vulnerable Adults Community Response
Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia
Barbara Lindsay
Director, Advocacy & Education; Marketing & Communications
Alzheimer Society of BC
Catherine Ludgate
Manager, Microfinance
VanCity Credit Union
Marian Passmore
Director, Policy and COO
FAIR Canada
Karla Verschoor
Executive Director, Inclusion BC
The project is made possible by a grant from The Law Foundation of Ontario Access to Justice Fund
Backgrounders summarizing the issues to be examined in the project and short biographies of the project advisory committee members are available on the project page.
