BC Association of Community Response Networks

Dr. Gloria Gutman

Dr. Gloria Gutman PhD

Director
gutman@sfu.ca

Dr. Gloria Gutman, PhD developed and directed the Gerontology Department and Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University from 1982-2005.  She served two terms as President of the Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG), was President of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) from 2001-2015 and President of the International Network for Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) from 2009-2014.  In 2005 she was recipient of INPEA's Rosalie Wolf award for her strong support of elder abuse prevention.  In 2007 she was awarded the Order of British Columbia, in 2010 an honorary LLD by the University of Western Ontario and in 2012 a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the CAG for her work in gerontology.  She is author/editor of 23 books among them "Aging, Ageism and Abuse - moving from Awareness to Action" (Elsevier Insights 2010).  Recently, she was awarded a grant for an integenerational project that will raise awareness of the risks of elder abuse in the LGBTQ community.

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