Senior Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee

The Senior Abuse Prevention Advisory Committee (SAPAC) advises the Department on the implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the Nova Scotia Elder Abuse Strategy: Towards Awareness and Prevention. It serves as a forum for information sharing on issues related to seniors and abuse, provides opportunities for collaboration among members, and advises on priorities to be undertaken.

Read the SAPAC Terms of Reference.

Current Members

(as of March 2007)

Rose Brooks - African United Baptist Association of NS – Women’s Institute
Jane Cowie - Community Representative
Joan Harbison - Dalhousie University, School of Social Work
Veronica Matthews - Eskasoni First Nations community
Maria Franks - Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia
Kim Munroe - NS Department of Health, Adult Protection Services
Stephanie MacInnis-Langley - NS Department of Justice
Kay Rogers-Lidstone - NS Office of the Ombudsman
W.J. (Bill) Hughes - Service Canada
Kimberly Timmons - Seniors’ Safety Program, RCMP Antigonish
JoAnn Martell-MacKay - NS Department of Health
Sandra Falle - Transition House Association of Nova Scotia
Edwige Henry - Regroupement des aînés de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Stephanie Hunter - Feminists for Just and Equitable Public Policy
TBA - R.C.M.P. Community Policing
Jim Bacich - Group of IX Seniors Organizations

Nova Scotia Department of Seniors

Valerie White - CEO, Ex-Officio Committee Member