This issue of Vista is the first opportunity since our Annual
General Meeting to welcome our new Board. Nine
are returning members – Mike Bowen (president), Shirley
Cornell (vice-president), Stan Collins (treasurer and chair of
the Finance Committee), Ann Mansey (corporate secretary),
Carolyn Holden (past president and chair of the Governance
Committee), David Crane, Alicia Gordon, Ann Turner, and
John Wesson – and two – Sam Kalb and Roger Tétreault – are
new to the Board. You can always find the names of Board
members on the bottom left hand corner of this page.

The Seniors Association has a magnetic attraction to those
in our community investigating the many and varied aspects
of aging. Our numbers, our differences, our similarities, the
diversity of our interests, and the myriad of situations and
conditions we find ourselves in make us a captive audience
for researchers.

We are fortunate to live in a city with high calibre educational
institutions with several departments researching
the many facets of aging. There is no doubt that we can help
researchers with their various projects whether it be by being
interviewed, answering questionnaires, participating in focus
groups, playing patients for our future doctors or serving as
guinea pigs. Our input is invaluable. And it may even help
you or a loved one! Currently KGH is looking for suggestions
about aspects of end of life care. (See page 13)

Not everyone wants to participate in research activities
and that’s fine, but for those who do, we are now putting all
the research requests together in one place. You will find the
Research Projects bulletin board in the hall near the Reception
Desk. Any and all approved research requests will be
posted on that board. Drop by once in a while and see if there
is some way you can help. And, you know, it just might be
good fun, too!

Diane Luck
Executive Director