Collaborating with Indigenous Individuals and Communities

After working in curatorial and education in fine arts, including at the Museum of Inuit Art and in public exhibitions with Indigenous artists in Canada, such as Christie Belcourt and Bonnie Devine, Christine shifted to homemaking for 5 years to raise her family.

Two and a half years ago, Christine joined the Waterloo Wellington Older Adult Strategy as Geriatric Systems Implementation Facilitator. In this role she works with the health system, community partners, older adults, and caregivers to enhance collaboration & innovation to support older adults in aging well. She looks at both upstream supports for those who are healthy, as well as specialized geriatric services for those who are frail living with complex, chronic conditions. She implements the 10 year strategy through facilitating working groups and overseeing multiple projects with a focus on engaging and learning from local older adults and systems partners to effect transformation within the region.