NICE Learning Series

Marilyn White-Campbell is a Clinical Geriatric Addictions Specialist with Baycrest Long Term Care Behavioural Support Outreach teams. She is the provincial lead for BSO BrainXchange Older Adult Substance Use Collaborative. Marilyn is a co-investigator with CCSMH which established 4 national clinical best practice guidelines for SUD’s in older adults including Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, Cannabis and Opiates and is co-chair for the alcohol working group. She is the recipient of the Ontario Psychogeriatric Award of Excellence. She is the recipient of the inaugural 2018 CAGP/CCSMH Seniors’ Mental Health Outstanding Care & Integrative Practice Award from the Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry. With over 33 years clinical experience working with older adults with SUD’s she is recognized as a pioneer in the field of Geriatric Addictions. Marilyn and the BSO Substance Use collaborative have developed a provincial Cannabis fact sheet for Older Adults “ Know the Facts”

Glenn Miller is now a Senior Associate with the Canadian Urban Institute, researching the impact of aging and mobility in relation to the built environment. In this role, Glenn builds on work undertaken for the Public Health Agency of Canada (Taking Age Friendly Communities Mainstream), Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (Housing Older Canadians – with SHS Consulting), and the Region of Waterloo (Supporting the Big Shift with Age-Friendly Development). Glenn holds a masters in urban planning from McGill’s School of Urban Planning and an Honours B.A. in Urban Studies from Concordia University. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Planners and for 25 years was editor of the Ontario Planning Journal (1986-2011), the professional practice magazine of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute.

Martin Krajcik (pronouns he, him, his) is an educator in equity, diversity and inclusion. His primary focus is identifying the issues affecting 2SLGBTQI (Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Questioning and Intersex) people as well as implementing projects and making recommendations for the ways that governments, institutions, and individuals can take action to combat homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and other intersecting oppressions and to improve the well-being of the 2SLGBTQI community globally. Having been educated in social work at the master’s level, for over twenty years, Martin has been involved in working as a human rights instructor, mentor and developer of educational concepts. He has delivered workshops to service providers, social workers, nurses and doctors, police officers, teachers, school administrators, as well as to members of the public, with a goal to create safer and more accepting spaces and communities for 2SLGBTQI people to make their lives affirmed, visible and celebrated.