Board of Directors

CAPO is run by a volunteer board of directors dedicated to the goals of the organization. As a national, multidisciplinary organization, the composition of the board must include representation from the following disciplines:

  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Medicine
  • Re-Hab Medicine
  • Nursing
  • Pastoral/Spiritual Care

Members of the Board of the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology are listed in the following order: President, Past President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Members. The member’s discipline is listed after her or his name. The next line, in dark blue, shows the member’s position on the Board.

Deborah McLeod, PhD
Nursing
President
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Room 11-006, 1278 Tower Rd
Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9
Phone: (902) 473-2964
Fax: (902) 473-2965
deborahl.mcleod@cdha.nshealth.ca
 

Joan Bottorff, PhD
Nursing
Vice President
Faculty of Health and Social Development
University of British Columbia
FIN 323, 3333 University Way
Kelowna BC V1V 1V7
Phone: (250) 807-9901
Fax: (250) 807-9901
joan.bottorff@ubc.ca

 

 

Deborah McLeod, PhD
Nursing
Vice President
QEII Health Sciences Centre
Room 11-006, 1278 Tower Rd
Halifax, NS B3H 2Y9
Phone: (902) 473-2964
Fax: (902) 473-2965
deborahl.mcleod@cdha.nshealth.ca

 

 
Steven Simpson, PhD
Medicine
Treasurer
Dept. of Psychosocial Resources
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
2202-2nd St. SW
Calgary, AB T2S 3C1
Phone: (403) 944-1272
Fax: (403) 944-8340
steve.simpson@calgaryhealthregion.ca


Marc Hamel, PhD
Psychology
Secretary
Psychosocial Oncology-MUHC
Montreal General Hospital
1650 Cedar Avenue T6-301
Montréal, QC H3G 1A4
Phone: (514) 934-1934 x 44286
Fax: (514) 934-8593
marc.hamel@muhc.mcgill.ca

 

Thomas Hack, PhD
Psychology
Past President
Clinical Psychologist/Researcher
St. Boniface Research Centre,
Room CR-3018
351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg MB R2H 2A6
Phone: (204) 235-3791
Fax: (204) 233-7214
thack@sbrc.ca

 Philip Doyle, PhD
Rehab Medicine
Director
Rehabilitation Sciences and Otolaryngology
University of Western Ontario
Elborn College, Rm. 2518
London, ON N6G 1H1
Phone: (519) 661-2111 Ext. 88942
Fax: (519) 850-2369
pdoyle@uwo.ca
 

Doris Howell
Nursing
Director
Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care
Princess Margaret Hospital
610 University Ave
15th Floor Rm 617
Toronto, ON M5G 2M9
Phone: (416) 946-4501 x 3419
doris.howell@uhn.on.ca

 

Gina MacKenzie
Social Work
Director
Patient & Family Counselling
BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver Cancer Centre
600 10th Ave W
Vancouver, BC V5Z 4E6
Phone: (604) 877-6000, Ext. 2802
gmacken@bccancer.bc.ca

 

Ms. Diane Manii
Social Work
Director
The Regional Cancer Centre
Ottawa General Hospital Box 938
501 Smyth Rd
Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6
Phone: (613) 737-7700 x 70141
Fax: (613) 247-3515
dmanii@ottawahospital.on.ca

 

Carole Mayer
Social Work
Director
Supportive Care Program and Supportive Care Oncology Research Unit
Regional Cancer Program, HRSRH
41 Ramsey Lake Rd
Sudbury, ON P3E 5J1
Phone: (705) 522-6237 x 2700
cmayer@hrsrh.on.ca

 

Josée Savard
Psychology
Director
Psychology and Cancer Research Center
Laval University Cancer Research Center
L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec
11 côte du Palais
Quebec, QC G1R 2J6
Phone: (418) 525-4444 x 20622
josee.savard@psy.ulaval.ca

 

Shane Sinclair
Spiritual Care
Director
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
1331 29 St. NW
Calgary, AB T2N 4N2
Phone: (403) 521-3368
shane.sinclair@albertahealthservices.ca

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