Constantine Passaris

Dr. Constantine Passaris is a Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick, An Onassis Foundation Fellow (Greece), a Dobbin Scholar (Ireland), and the Founding President of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council.

 Professor Passaris has served as an advisor to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, a member of the Economic Council of Canada, chair of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, president of the Canadian Association of Statutory Human Rights Agencies, chair of the New Brunswick Advisory Board on Population Growth, a member of the New Brunswick Immigration Advisory Committee.

Professor Passaris is the recipient of numerous academic and civilian honours and awards including of the University of New Brunswick Allan P. Stuart Award for Excellence in Teaching the national award of the Canadian Council for Multicultural and Intercultural Education, the Government of Canada Citation for Citizenship Award, the New Brunswick Multicultural Council’s inaugural Legacy Award, the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal, and the Order of New Brunswick.

Janet L. Durkee-Lloyd

Janet Durkee-Lloyd is an Assistant Professor of Gerontology at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB, Canada.  She holds a B.A. (Honours) and M.A. from Acadia University and a PhD (Psychology) from the University of Wales. She has a background in psychology and has additional experience working in administration within the Long-Term Care sector.

Her research interests include investigating the information seeking behaviours of older adults and developing strategies to insure equitable access to information. Most recently, she has focused on analyzing the communication strategies used in LTC during the COVID-19 pandemic. When not researching, Janet is mentoring students, both past and present, on how to improve the quality of life for older adults.

Haley Flaro

Haley Flaro has more than 25 years of management and administration experience in the non-profit and community-based sectors. A leader in health and disability advocacy, she has been making her mark in communities throughout New Brunswick as Ability New Brunswick’s executive director since 2006.

She leads Ability NB in its mandate to promote public policy development and service excellence for persons living with a mobility disability. Haley is a community builder, a published author, a passionate researcher for social policy and community-based research initiatives, as well as a dedicated advocate for persons living with a mobility disability, youth, seniors, and persons living in poverty.

Haley was the founder of Ability New Brunswick’s seniors navigation services which are based on international best practices in person centred service delivery with seniors and have demonstrated results in helping seniors live as independently as possible in their own homes. Haley is also the host of a provincial roundtable on seniors navigation services and was a member of the committee that developed New Brunswick’s most recent aging strategy: We are all in this together- An Aging Strategy for New Brunswick.

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Norma Dubé

Graduated with a Masters in Business Administration from the Université de Moncton, she joined the Council of Maritime Premiers as a project officer in 1979.  Three short years later, she moved to Fredericton where a rewarding career began with the NB Public Service.  Over the years, she held many different positions and worked on a number of high profile policy issues and challenges facing our Province.  Her last assignment with the provincial government consisted of heading the Women’s Equality Branch. Her work spanned areas of women’s personal and economic security.  

Retired from the provincial government public service in 2015, she is now enjoying retirement though is keeping active on issues that are of personal importance.  This is evidenced by her involvement with Women for 50%, the Fergusson Foundation as well as numerous boards and committees relating to seniors, language rights and of course, women’s equality issues.  She currently holds the position of vice-president of the Association des ainés francophones du NB and chairs the Comité d’action sur la bienveillance envers les ainés.  The focus of the Committee has been to shed light on the situation of seniors and their families in long-term care and advocating for improved quality of care for seniors.