Our HELP Ottawa Team
There are many people who are part of our HELP Ottawa Project team, and each person that is involved, and each network, program, organization that is connected with this work, will help shape and guide HELP Ottawa as we aim to support people with advanced age, frailty, and/or chronic and life-limiting illness to live and die, as well as possible, at home or in the community, and to ensure people who are living with grief and loss have the care and support they need.
Our Research and Project Team

Dr. Pam Grassau
Principal Investigator

Lorraine Mercer
Project Coordinator

Anthea Nelson-James
Community Research Coordinator

Ann Gallant
Community Facilitator,
South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre

Jen Hubbard
Community Facilitator,
Christ Church Bells Corners

Colleen Mayo
Community Facilitator,
Christ Church Bells Corners

Heather McGrath
Community Facilitator,
Orleans United Church

Saloni Phadke
Research Student,
University of Ottawa, School of Medicine

Tyler Schmalenberg
Geography Research Data Assistant

Amy WannamakerÂ
Community Facilitator,
Centretown Community Health Centre
Our Research Co-Investigators

Dr. Arne Stinchcombe,
Assistant Professor, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Roanne Thomas,
Canada Research Chair, Creative Practices & Well-being, Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa

Dr. David Kenneth Wright,
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa; Academic Lead, Palliative Care and Nursing Ethics Hub, Centre for Research on Health and Nursing.
Our Steering and Dissemination Committee
Dr. Charles Barrett
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Jim Nininger
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Ian Arnold
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee
Mac Evans
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee
Dr. Mary Lou Kelley
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee, HELP Ottawa Research Team Collaborator
Jack McCarthy
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee
Dr. Sarah Todd
HELP Ottawa Steering and Dissemination Committee,
Director, School of Social Work, Carleton University
Our Past Research and Project Team
We would like to recognize the many contributions made by past HELP Ottawa Team Members.

Hayley Miloff
Past Project Coordinator

Emily Davison
Past Community Facilitator,
Orleans United Church; Research Assistant

Alexa Keeshan
Past Community Facilitator,
Christ Church Bells Corners

Christine Klerian-Rodriguez
Past Community Facilitator,
Centretown Community Health Centre; South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre
Past HELP Ottawa Team Videos
Christine Klerian-Rodriguez
Past Community Facilitator,
Centretown Community Health Centre & South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre
Heather McGrath
Community Facilitator,
Orleans United Church
Colleen Mayo
Community Facilitator,
Christ Church Bells Corners
Alexa Keeshan
Community Facilitator,
Christ Church Bells Corners
Emily Davison
Past Community Facilitator,
Orleans United Church; Research Assistant
Hayley Miloff
Past Project Coordinator
Footnotes:
[1] Videos created by Faculty of Public Affairs
[2] “The forest of healing” by Brandon HM Oh is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
