Irving Rootman Editor

Irving Rootman is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and an Executive Member of Health Promotion Canada. He has worked in the field of health promotion since 1978 as a researcher, research and program manager, professor, consultant, author, and advocate.

Peggy Edwards is a health promotion consultant, policy analyst, human rights activist, researcher, and author on healthy aging. She has worked with Health Canada, the Canadian Public Health Association, and the World Health Organization.

Mélanie Levasseur is an occupational therapist, a researcher at the Research Centre on Aging, and a Full Professor and Director of Research in the School of Rehabilitation at Université de Sherbrooke.

Frances Grunberg is a social work practitioner, educator, and advocate. She has spent the last 20 years as faculty in the Social Service Worker Program at Langara College, where she developed the gerontology program and was recently conferred with Emeritus status.