Drug Free Kids Canada’s Advisory Council
Our Advisory Council is comprised of a group of talented and committed subject matter experts who are closely involved in the fields of youth substance use, addiction and drug prevention.
DFK Canada has access to their combined expertise to ensure that our website content is kept up to date with the latest scientific and evidence based information available.
For information on how to contact any one of our Advisory Council Members, please contact us at: info@drugfreekidscanada.org.
Glenn Barnes, MHA
Health Administrator, Consultant. Former CEO – Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Ottawa
Dr. Richard Bélanger, MD FRCPC
Pediatrician specializing in Adolescence, Clinical Researcher – Centre mère-enfant Soleil CHU Québec – Université Laval
Christian Boivin
Senior Manager, JLR, an Equifax Company. Works to raise public awareness of accidental overdose among young people.
Dr. Peter Choate, PhD, RSW
Clinical Social Worker and Ass’t Professor of Social Work, Mount Royal University
Dr. Patricia Conrod, PhD
Psychologist and Professor of Psychology, Université de Montreal
Dr. Victoria Creighton, Psy.D
Clinical Director, Pine River Institute, Ontario
Dr. Claude Cyr, MD
Family Practitioner and founder of Doctors for Responsible Access
Kathryn Djordjevic, RPh, BScPhm
Independent Consultant for clinical practice, education, and health tech startups
Deputy Chief Tim Farquharson
Deputy Chief of Police, Peterborough Police Service, Drug Advisory Committee, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), Substance Advisory Committee, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police, (OACP)
Gaby Gatineau
Speaker and Author in Recovery with Lived Experience
Dr. Tony P. George M.D., FRCPC
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Scientific Advisory Board, Canadian Centre for Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA)
Dr. Abby Goldstein, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, Canada Research Chair in the Psychology of Emerging Adulthood. Associate Professor of Psychology, OISE, University of Toronto
David Hammond, PhD
Professor, CIHR-PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health, University of Waterloo
Dr. Sandra Ingram
Retired professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba, Facilitator for Healing Hearts (MSTH) Winnipeg
Dr. Martin Laliberté, MD
Medical Director of the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres Ass’t Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Anne Elizabeth Lapointe
Executive Director, Addiction Prevention Centre (APC) and Maison Jean Lapointe
Dr. Steven Laviolette
Researches Neurobiology of addiction, schizophrenia, autism and PTSD. Assoc. Professor University of Western Ontario
Dr. Chris Montoya, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Psychologist with a private practice, Academic and Senior Lecturer at Thompson Rivers University
Dr. Marie-Eve Morin, MD, CMFC
Founder and Medical Director of Clinique Caméléon
Dr. Louise Nadeau
Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Associate Researcher, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University
Dr. Christina Nona, MDCM, PhD
Resident Physician in Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
Dr. Amy Porath, PhD
Director, Research and Knowledge Mobilization, Knowledge Institute on Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Dr. John Sader
Family Practitioner specializing in substance use disorders and dependency.
Dr. Jacqueline Smith, RN, BN, PhD
Director of Mental Health & Wellness, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
Dr. Maude St-Onge, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Director, Quebec Ministry of Health Poison and Drug Information Service
Dr. Philip Tibbo
Professor, Researcher, Dalhousie University, Director of the Nova Scotia Early Psychosis Program (NSEPP)
Dr. Christine Wekerle, PhD
Associate Professor Pediatrics at McMaster University. International Society of Child and Adolescent Resilience
Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson
Deputy Chief, Vancouver Police Department, Drug Advisory Committee Co-Chair, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP)
