Ms. Elliot PausJenssen is an older adult who feels fortunate to be able to work in retirement on issues she cared about during her years as social worker in geriatric assessment. These include senior-friendly health care and housing, age-friendly community development, human rights of older adults, elder abuse and senior-to-senior bullying. She has recently served on the Boards of the Saskatoon Council on Aging, the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (external member) and continues to be an active volunteer with SCOA. She is a member of the newly formed SK Human Rights Commission Advisory Committee. She has engaged in participatory research on age-friendly Saskatoon (a citizen led initiative), promoting aging in place, peer bullying in seniors subsidized housing, and an intervention program to influence residents interactions. She values involvement in the SPOR Evidence Alliance and its Knowledge Translation Committee. Ms. PausJenssen has been married over 50 years, and has 3 adult children and 5 grandchildren.
Annie LeBlanc, Ph.D., is a full professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Université Laval and a researcher at VITAM Sustainable Health Research Center. She is the Scientific Director of PASSERELLE, the national training entity of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) dedicated to inclusively and collectively developing, supporting, and maintaining scientific and practical capacities in patient-oriented research in Canada. She also holds a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Mobilization and Integration in Practice. Her expertise focuses on mobilizing evidence within the healthcare system, advancing research methods and practices in real-world care contexts, and capacity building to optimize healthcare delivery while providing rapid and significant benefits for patients.
Annie LeBlanc, Ph. D., est professeure titulaire au Département de médecine de famille et de médecine d’urgence de la Faculté de médecine de l’Université Laval et chercheuse à VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable. Elle est Directrice scientifique de PASSERELLE l’Entité nationale de formation de la Stratégie de recherche axée sur les patient.e.s (SRAP) dédiée à développer, soutenir et maintenir de manière inclusive et collective les capacités scientifiques et pratiques en recherche axée sur les patient.e.s au Canada. Elle est également titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en mobilisation et intégration des connaissances en pratique. Son expertise porte sur la mobilisation des données probantes au sein du système de soins de santé, l’avancement des méthodes et pratiques de la recherche dans un contexte réel de soins, et le développement des capacités dans l’optique d’optimiser la prestation de soins de santé tout en apportant des bénéfices rapides et significatifs pour les patient.e.s.
Priscille-Nice Sanon is a sickle cell survivor. She was diagnosed with Sickle Cell type SS at birth. Due to complication to this disease, she has received over 100 blood transfusion and a bone marrow transplant. She is involved in patient engagement and has a passion for health research. She graduated with a master degree in pharmaceutical science: pharmacoepidemiology from Université Laval. She was also involved with the Quebec SPOR unit as a patient coordinator for University Laval and collaborated on several research projects as a patient. Being a patient partner allowed her to put her passion for research and volunteering at work while being able to make a lasting impact on health research.
