A. Date Curriculum Vitae is Prepared: 2020 January

B. Biographical Information

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1. EDUCATION

Degrees

1998 – 2003 PhD, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Ann Robertson.

1993 – 1995 MA, Anthropology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Naomi Adelson.

1988 – 1992 BA, Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training

2003 – 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Gerontology/Health Services Research, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Gary Naglie.

2. EMPLOYMENT

Current Appointments

2016 – 2019 Honorary Professor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland

2016 – 2019 Fellow, Trent Centre for Aging & Society, Trent University

2013 – present Senior Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2013 – present Associate Professor (status-only), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Primary Academic Appointment).

2013 – present Adjunct Scientist, Baycrest Health Sciences, Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2013 – present Associate Researcher, Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

2013 – present Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2012 – present Cross-appointment, Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2011 – present Cross-appointment, Associate Member, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2009 – present Academic Fellow, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Previous Appointments

RESEARCH

2015 – 2017 Cross-appointment, Associate Member, Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2009 – 2014 Appointed Mentor, NSERC, Collaborative Academic Rehabilitation Engineering (CARE), Collaborative Research and Training Environment (CREATE), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2007 – 2015 Appointed Mentor, CIHR, Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place,University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2007 – 2013 Research Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2003 – 2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2000 – 2003 Research Associate, Home Care Evaluation and Research Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1999 Research Associate, Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1996 – 1998 Research Associate, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

UNIVERSITY

2007 – 2013 Assistant Professor (status-only) – Primary Appointment, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2007 – 2010 Associate Member Limited, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2006 – 2007 Lecturer, Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

1993 – 1995 Teaching Assistant, Anthropology Department, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

3. HONOURS AND CAREER AWARDS

Distinctions and Research Awards

NATIONAL

Received

2009 New Investigator Award (for 5 years), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 300,000 CAD.

2008 Kiran van Rijn Annual Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place, Canada. (Research Award, recognizing outstanding contributions) Total Amount: 500 CAD.

2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship (for 3 years), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 90,000 CAD.

2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship (for 3 years), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Supporting Institutes (Knowledge Translation Branch, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and Institute of Gender and Health), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 35,000 CAD.

2004 Alzheimer Society of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (for 2 years), Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Institute of Aging (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 83,000 CAD (declined in favour of CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship).

2002 Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (for 2 years), Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Institute of Aging (Canadian Institutes of Health Research), Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 39,060 CAD.

2002 Doctoral Fellowship, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 5,000 CAD.

1999 Doctoral Fellowship (for 3 years), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 53,100 CAD.

PROVINCIAL/ REGIONAL

Received

2012 Early Researcher Award (for 5 years), Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario, Canada. 190,000 CAD.

2007 Career Scientist Award (awarded 5 years of support – 342,500 CAD, declined remaining 3 years in favour of CIHR New Investigator Award), Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 125,500 CAD.

1998 Doctoral Fellowship,Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 11,859 CAD.

1990 Faculty Scholar (for 2 years), McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Distinction, recognizing high academic performance).

LOCAL

Received

2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 60,000 CAD.

2001 Newcastle Capital Management Award in Aging, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 1,064 CAD.

2001 Public Health Sciences Alumni Association Conference Award, Community Health Alumni Association, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 1,000 CAD (two 500 CAD awards – maximum value).

2001 Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Scholarship, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 19,030 CAD (a portion declined).

2000 Public Health Sciences Alumni Association Conference Award,Community Health Alumni Association, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 500 CAD (maximum value).

1999 Public Health Sciences Alumni Association Conference Award,Community Health Alumni Association, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 250 CAD (maximum value).

1998 Connaught Scholarship, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 15,540 CAD (a portion declined).

1993 York University Scholarship, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Research Award) Total Amount: 2,500 CAD.

Student/Trainee Awards

NATIONAL

Received

2018 Sep – 2020 Aug Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship, Co-Supervisor, Awardee Name: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada. Total Amount: 155,000 CAD.

2018 Feb – 2019 Jan Hacking the Knowledge Gap Trainee Award for Innovative Thinking to Support LGBTQI2S Health and Wellness, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD. Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.

Total Amount: 25,000 CAD.

2016 – 2019 Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Karima Joy, PhD Candidate. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada.

“Bereavement accommodation for women in precarious employment in Canada”. Total Amount: 105,000 CAD.

2016 – 2019 CIHR Doctoral Award – Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Celina Carter, PhD Candidate. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.

“Improving end of life care: Understanding clinicians’ distress in engaging in end of life conversations with the terminally ill”. Total Amount: 105,000 CAD.

2016 Sep – 2016 Dec Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Award, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Celina Carter, PhD Candidate. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.

“Improving end of life care: Understanding clinicians’ distress in engaging in end of life conversations with the terminally ill”. Total Amount: 6,000 CAD.

2013 – 2016 CIHR Doctoral Award – Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Henna Aslam, PhD Candidate. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.

“Healthcare and rehabilitation needs of disabled children in immigrant families: A digital ethnography”. Total Amount: 105,000 CAD.

2012 – 2014 CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship,Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: James Shaw, PhD. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada.

“Inter-organizational collaboration for patient transitions: Exploring the relationship between policy and practice in England and Canada”. Total Amount: 55,000 CAD.

PROVINCIAL/ REGIONAL

Received

2018 – 2020 Queen Elizabeth II/Inge and Ralf Hoffmann Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology. Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Jessica Bytautas, PhD Candidate. Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology, Ontario, Canada.

“A qualitative study of the social production of death and dying”. Total Amount: 30,000 CAD.

2017 – 2018 Postdoctoral Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award (Renewal). Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario, Canada.

“Problematizing women’s experiences of sexual harassment: Implications for ethics and healthcare policy”. Total Amount: 55,000 CAD.

2016 – 2017 Postdoctoral Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award. Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Alisa Grigorovich, PhD. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario, Canada.

“Problematizing women’s experiences of sexual harassment: Implications for ethics and healthcare policy”. Total Amount: 55,000 CAD.

LOCAL

Received

2019 Joan Eakin Award for Methodological Excellence in a Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation. Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Rona Macdonald, PhD, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“Ms-Understandings’?: A discourse analysis of the talk of older single women “. Total Amount: 500 CAD.

2017 Joan Eakin Award for Methodological Excellence in a Qualitative Doctoral Dissertation. Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Julia Gray, PhD, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“An aesthetic of relationality: Exploring the intersection of embodiment, imagination and foolishness in research-informed theatre”. Total Amount: 500 CAD.

2016 – 2019 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.Co-Supervisor, Awardee Name: Elizaveta Futerman, PhD Candidate, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“Exploring the effects of medical discourse on persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners through contemporary fiction and autobiographies”. Total Amount 150,000 CAD.

2014 – 2016 Connaught International Scholarship. Co-Supervisor, Awardee Name: Elizaveta Futerman, PhD Candidate, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“Exploring the effects of medical discourse on persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners through contemporary fiction and autobiographies”. Total Amount 70,000 CAD.

2012 – 2014 CIHR Strategic Training Postdoctoral Fellowship in “Health Care, Technology and Place”, Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: James Shaw, PhD. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“Inter-organizational collaboration for patient transitions: Exploring the relationship between policy and practice in England and Canada”. Total Amount: 20,004 CAD.

2012 – 2014 CIHR Strategic Training Doctoral Fellowship in “Health Care, Technology and Place”,Primary Supervisor, Awardee Name: Julia Gray, PhD Candidate. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

“Shaping performed research: An ethnographic study about research-informed theatre in health care”. Total Amount: 15,000 CAD.

4. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Professional Associations

2015 – present Member, Citizenship and Dementia: International Research Network

2015 – present Member, Critical Physiotherapy Network

2013 – 2014 Member, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

2006 – present Member, Gerontological Society of America

Administrative Activities

NATIONAL

2019 Member, Alzheimer Society of Canada, Resident-to-resident Aggression in Long-term Care Expert Group

2018 – 2019 Lead, Transdisciplinary Working, AGE-WELL Networks of Centres of Excellence

2016 – 2017 Member, Alzheimer Society of Canada, KT&E Advisory Committee

2015 – 2019 Member, Research Management Committee, AGE-WELL Networks of Centres of Excellence

2015 – 2018 Co-Lead, Transdisciplinary Working, AGE-WELL Networks of Centres of Excellence

2012 – present Member,Steering Committee, Renal Rehabilitation Network

LOCAL

2019 Member, Affiliate Appointments Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2019 – 2020 Member, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research Celebration Working Group, University of Toronto

2019 – 2020 Member, KITE International Conference (ICAIR) Scientific Planning Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2019 – 2020 Member, KITE International Conference (ICAIR) Organizing Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2019 Member, Internal CIHR Doctoral Scholarship Review Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2019 – present Member, Research Advisory Council, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2019 Member, Scientist Annual Report Review Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute – University Health Network

2018 – 2019 Member,QE Grading Committee, SBHS Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2018 Member, Canada Research Chair Selection Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2016 Reviewer, Appointments Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2016 Member,Selection Committee, Mark Rochon Leadership Award in Rehabilitation Sciences

2015 – present Member,OSOTF Awards Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2013 – present Member, Academic Advisory Committee, Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy, York-UHN Academy

2013 – present Member, Advisory Research Subcommittee, Dotsa Bitove Wellness Academy, York-UHN Academy

2013 – 2016 Member,UHN Research Ethics Board, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2013 Member, Ranking Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2013 Member, Admissions Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place

2013 Member, Admissions Committee, Social and Behavioural Health Science Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2012 Member,Selection Committee, Mark Rochon Leadership Award in Rehabilitation Sciences

2009 – 2010 Member, Client Centred Care Curriculum Development and E-Learning Design Committee, Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario

2009 Chair, Admissions Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place

2009 Co-Leader, SSHRC Graduate Fellowship Workshop, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2008 – 2009 Member, Curriculum Development Committee, Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer’s Support and Training, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

2008 – 2009 Member, Steering Committee, Qualitative Inquiry Group, University of Toronto

2008 Member, Ranking Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2007 – 2008 Member, Admissions Committee, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place

2006 Member, Ranking Committee, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

2002 Member, Admissions Committee, Social Science and Health Program, Department of Public Health Science

2001 Member, Graduate Student Financial Support Advisory Committee, University of Toronto

2000 – 2001 Member, Graduate Academic Appeals Board, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto

Contributing Editor

2018 – present The Gerontologist

2013 – present Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice

2007 – present International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice

Guest Editor

Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice (Special Issue: Embodiment and Dementia)

GRANT REVIEWS

Reviewer

2018 – 2019 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

2018 Geoff Fernie Impact Award, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2018 Women’s Xchange, Women’s College Hospital

2017 – 2019 Alzheimer’s Society UK

2017 – present CIHR College of Reviewers (Foundation and Project Scheme Grant Review Panels)

2016 Canadian Frailty Network (CFN)

2015 – present AGE-WELL Networks of Centres of Excellence

2015 – present OSOTF Awards Committee, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

2015 The Stroke Association (UK)

2015 Neurological Foundation of New Zealand

2014 Alzheimer Nederland (Dutch Alzheimer’s Society)

2010 – 2015 CIHR, Social Dimensions in Aging Peer Review Committee

2010 Government of Canada, Canada Research Chairs Program, College of Reviewers

2009 Alzheimer Society of Canada, Care Practice in Cognitive Impairment in Aging Review Panel

2009 Medical Research Council (UK), Methodology Research Review Panel

MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS

Reviewer

2019 The Gerontologist: 2; Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry: 1; Dementia: 1; Medical Humanities: 1

2018 Canadian Journal on Aging: 1; The Gerontologist: 1; Journal of Aging Studies: 1; Dementia: 1

2017 Social Science and Medicine: 1; Dementia: 1

2016 Dementia: 1; Sociology of Health and Illness: 1

2015 Canadian Journal on Aging: 1; Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy: 1; Disability and Rehabilitation; Healthcare Policy / Politiques de Santé: 3

2014 Age, Culture, Humanities: 1; Ageing and Society: 1; Evaluation Review: 1; Dementia: 1

2013 Evaluation Review: 1; American Journal of Kidney Disease: 1; Journal of Aging Studies: 1

2012 Gender & Society: 1; Journal of Aging Studies: 2

2011 Social Science and Medicine: 1; Health & Place: 1; Medical Anthropology: 1; International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice: 1

2010 Social Science and Medicine: 1; International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice: 1; Canadian Journal on Aging: 1

2009 Social Science and Medicine: 1; Sociology of Health and Illness: 1; Journal of Applied Gerontology: 1

2008 Canadian Journal on Aging: 1; Canadian Creative Arts in Health: 1; Training and Education: 1; Health & Place: 1; Ageing and Society: 1

2007 British Medical Journal: 1; Sociology of Health and Illness: 1; Qualitative Health Research: 2

2006 Canadian Journal on Aging: 1

2005 Qualitative Research: 1

2004 British Medical Journal: 1; Ageing and Society: 1

2003 Canadian Journal of Nursing Research: 1

2001 Canadian Journal of Nursing Research: 1

1999 Ageing and Society: 2

BOOK PROPOSAL REVIEWS

Reviewer

2011 Routledge, Number of Reviews: 1

CONFERENCES

Reviewer

2012 Gerontological Society of America

2009 GTA Rehab Network Best Practices Day

Other Research and Professional Activities

CONSULTATION CONTRACTS

2008 – 2009 Consultant. Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Centre for Alzheimer’s Support and Training, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Joel Sadavoy. Collaborators: V. Wesson, K.C. Chan, N. McNaughton, and B. Lancee.

I participated in the development of an education and skills training program for informal carers of family members of people with dementia. This is a 10-week program that delivers unique, targeted and tailored skill-building interventions that provide family caregivers with the tools and support to manage the care of relatives with dementia at home.

INVITED CONSULTATIONS

2009 Consultant. Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Supervisor: Josie Santos. Collaborators: R. Spée, N. Warner, and G. DeSouza

In 2009 I participated in the development of an e-learning course on client centred care. This is a 4-module e-learning course that is a compliment to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario Nursing Best Practice Guideline for Client Centred Care.

Knowledge & Technology Translation

2018 Oct “TicTacTDR.” Collaborators: Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Fang, M.L., Wada, M., Dionne, P.O., Sauvé, L., Plante, P.

A digital educational game that is trivia-based. The game supports multi-player engagement and enhances learning about and implementation of transdisciplinary research principles.

Impact: The game premiered October 16, 2018 at the AGE-WELL’s 4^th Annual Conference, October 18, 2018 (~400 conference registrants) and is archived on the SAVIE website: https://www.jeuxserieux.ca/age-well/tictactdr/ (password: agewell)

2018 Feb “Relational caring learning series.” Co-Principal Investigators: Dupuis, S.L., McAiney, C.; Co-Investigators: Hickman, K., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Gray, J. (Co-Is); Partners: Extendicare Canada, the Alzheimer Society of Canada. Relational Caring Learning Series. Waterloo, ON, Canada.

The Relational Caring Learning Series is the outcome of a participatory action research project with a range of professionals working in the long-term care sector. The team worked actively together over a year and a half to explore what works and what does not work for learning in the long-term care sector, to decide on the ideal learning approach, and to develop an 8-module Learning Series focused on the principles of relational caring. Based on Dialogue Education™ and recommendations by the working group, the Series is designed to have learners actively involved in their learning, encourage reflection on practice, and open up discussion and sharing among team members and others. In each module, learners explore new ideas, apply them in their practice, come back and talk about what the experience was like, and plan next steps. Working collaboratively, the team created a Relational Caring Learning Series Facilitator Guide (106 pages), a Relational Caring Learning Series Participant Workbook (106 pages), and a compilation of Facilitator Resources needed for the Series (73 pages). The Series is currently being piloted in one retirement and three long-term care homes with plans for broad dissemination after the pilot.

Impact: Even though the Series has not been released yet, we have received requests for the Series from long-term care organisations in Canada and in the United States, and to profile the learning series as part of a case study on relationship-centred care being developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield, UK.

2017 Dec “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Copyright Registration #1145880. Canada. Executive Producer: Kontos, P., Co-Producers: Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Co-Creators: Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C.

A filmed version of a research-based drama featuring qualitative research with persons living with dementia, family care partners, and health care practitioners. The production challenges stigma associated with dementia, and advocates a new ethic of relational caring premised on research I have conducted with colleagues on the importance of bringing relationships to the forefront of care, supporting embodied self-expression, and the allocation of resources to mobilize socio-cultural and political structures to fully support the humanity of persons living with dementia.

Impact: The film premiered at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema on January 19, 2018 in Toronto, Ontario to coincide with the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s Alzheimer Awareness Month (600+ registered attendees). The audience at the film premiere included dignitaries, representatives from three levels of the Alzheimer Society, academics, health care practitioners, family carers of persons with dementia, and the general public. Other film screenings include: Montreal (Concordia University), Toronto (Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN), New York City (Performing the World conference). The film is also accessible at www.crackedondementia.ca. To date, this website has received 28,924 page views since it was launched on January 19, 2018.

2017 Oct “‘We’re In It Together’: Creating Technology with Older Adults”. Collaborators: Johnson, M., Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S., O’Doherty, K., Crawford, T., Diep, J., Ishigami, Y., Jamer, B., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B.

A 2-minute animation video that offers researchers insights into ways of engaging older adults, and highlights the value that older adults can bring to the research and design process. The video is based on a scoping review of the aging and technology research and development literature that was part of the Older Adults’ Active Involvement in Ageing & Technology Research and Development (OA-INVOLVE) project that is funded by the AGE-WELL NCE, an aging and technology network. The animation is intended to disseminate our findings in a medium that is accessible and engaging. https://youtu.be/Avs6is0UoWw

Impact: The video premiered at AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, October 17, 2017 (281 conference registrants) and has been disseminated across the Pan-Canadian network (1000 network members). The video was also presented at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, January 23, 2018 (~350 conference registrants) and won the People’s Choice Award for Best Minute Madness Presentation.

2017 Sep “Transdisciplinarity Game Night”. Collaborators: Johnson, M., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Sixsmith, J., Wada, M., Fang, M.L.

A 2-minute animation video that highlights the core principles of transdisciplinary working and its importance for the research and design of successful technologies for older adults. This video is a CC3 initiative, a cross-cutting theme on Transdisciplinary Working in the AGE-WELL Network Centre of Excellence, Canada’s technology and aging network. Animation was chosen as a knowledge dissemination strategy given that it is cost-effective and a familiar visual medium that will facilitate greater accessibility and reach. https://youtu.be/yoB089qSs0I

Impact: The video premiered at AGE-WELL’s 3^rd Annual Conference, October 17, 2017 (281 conference registrants) and has been disseminated across the Pan-Canadian network (1000 network members). The video was also presented at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, January 23, 2018 (~350 conference registrants).

2016 Nov “Concussion in the Workplace”. Collaborators: Gray, J., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mollayeva, T., Bayley, M., Mihailidis, A., Liss, G.M., Gibson, B., Lewko, J., Sharma, B., Nowrouzi-Kia, B.

A short animation video about concussion and brain injury in the workplace covering what a concussion is, how it occurs, signs and symptoms, and how to manage and prevent a concussion (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jpqw1sA2d8).

Impact: It was screened at a provincial conference for occupational health and safety, the Ontario Teacher Union, and at the ‘Work-related Traumatic Brain Injury: Innovations for Prevention Lunch and Learn’ at Toronto Rehab. It has also been disseminated to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety which has 35,000 subscribers and has been viewed 500 times.

Impact: The fact sheet upon which this video was based – Heads-Up: What You Need to Know About Concussions in the Workplace – was published and distributed in the Health and Safety Report in May 2015, and was sent to 36,604 email addresses with a pass-along (share) rate of 895,396 readers.

2015 Nov “AGE-WELL and Transdisciplinarity: Advancing the Field of Aging and Technology”. Collaborators: Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J.

A research-based video about transdisciplinarity, why it is needed to advance the field of aging and technology research, and the factors that enable and constrain transdisciplinary working.

Impact: The video premiered at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN Research Day, November 18, 2015.

2015 Jul “Introduction to Transdisciplinary Working”. Collaborators: P. Kontos, J. Sixsmith, A. Grigorovich.

An online research-based seminar for AGE-WELL NCE network members to introduce them to transdisciplinarity, why it is needed to advance the field of aging and technology research, the factors that enable and constrain transdisciplinary working practices, and activities and resources planned to support capacity in this approach.

Impact: Seminar premiered July 28, 2015, and was watched by network members. It is now permanently archived on the AGE-WELL NCE intranet.

2014 Dec “‘Send in the Clowns!’: Exploring an Arts-based Approach to Dementia Care”. Collaborators: Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Mitchell, G., Stirling-Twist, J., Palma Lazgare, L, Binns, M., Low, L-F., Surr, C., Naglie, G.

A research-based video featuring findings from a study exploring the relational dynamics of elder-clowning. Showcased are interactions between elder-clowns and persons with dementia living in a nursing home, which capture the power of this novel art form to support creativity, affect and the imagination.

Impact: The video was premiered at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN Research Day, December 1, 2014.

2013 Jul “Re-imagining Dementia through the Arts”, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network”. Collaborators: Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J.

An arts and community-based research project involving participation by persons with dementia, family members, visual and performance artists, and researchers in a one-day workshop to explore the implications of the tragedy discourse for persons and families experiencing dementia and the creation of an alternative discourse. Working collaboratively, eight visual and poetic expressions were created that reflect what persons with dementia want the world to know about them: despite loss and sadness they embrace life, remain active and engaged, break the silence, and transform with new possibilities.

Impact: The visual and poetic expressions were chosen to be featured at an installation at LabCab, a multi-arts festival in Toronto, Canada, in July 2013. It also featured at Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Innovations Gallery in 2013 and was so successful was invited back for a second showing. We were invited to showcase the art at the Knowledge Translation in Dementia Care: It Takes a Community workshop held in Toronto in May 2014 and at the 10^th birthday celebration of Highview Residences in London, Ontario also in May 2014. A story on the art appeared in the Kitchener Record in Fall 2013.

2013 Jan “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Collaborators: Gray, J., Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Applewhaite, S., Kalamanski, L.N., MacLean, M.E., Muir, C.F., Prince, M., Machin, T., Talbot, D.

A research-based drama featuring qualitative research with persons living with dementia, family care partners, and health care practitioners. Cracked challenges stigma associated with dementia, and advocates a new ethic of relational caring premised on research I have conducted with colleagues on the importance of bringing relationships to the forefront of care, supporting embodied self-expression, and the allocation of resources to mobilize socio-cultural and political structures to fully support the humanity of persons living with dementia. For a trailer, see the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-hS2CnCmjs

Impact: Cracked has been publicly performed 43 times and has been seen by approximately 5,000 people and is still touring Canada. Performance highlights include: keynote presentations at provincial, national and international conferences; the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference—the world’s largest gathering of Alzheimer disease researchers; inclusion through an adjudication process in the SpringWorks Indie Theatre and Arts Festival in Stratford, Ontario for three performances; performances at long-term care and retirement homes across Ontario; and 2 performances featured at the Ontario Science Centre as part of Brain Fest. Cracked has garnered media attention from television, radio, newspapers, and magazines, including interviews with the researchers in the Globe and Mail, Alzheimer Speaks in the US, and Zoomer Media.

2010 Jun “Fit for Dialysis”, Copyright Registration #1078144, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Collaborators: Gray, J., Kontos, P., Naglie, G., Jassal, S.V., Brooks, D.

A filmed presentation of a research-based drama featuring qualitative research that fosters critical reflection and awareness of the importance of exercise for older hemodialysis patients. https://youtu.be/6O51XjpGWoA

Impact: The film has featured as a keynote at a provincial meeting with the Renal Rehab Network and at local rehab rounds. It has also been incorporated in the Clinical Fellowship Program in Nephrology at the University of Toronto, a program that provides training in the comprehensive care of nephrology patients for international medical graduates. The film is currently being evaluated for its effectiveness in increasing exercise by older hemodialysis patients and exercise counselling and support by nephrology staff and family.

2007 Mar “Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Educational Programme”, Copyright Registration #1046900, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Collaborators: Kontos, P., Gray, J., Mitchell, G., Ballon, B.

A filmed research-based drama featuring qualitative research on embodied self-expressions by persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of practitioners recognizing and supporting such expressions for person-centred and relational dementia care. The production is a central component of: a 12-week educational program I co-developed for front-line dementia care practitioners; an e-learning course on client centred long-term care offered by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario that I helped to develop; and an e-learning course offered by NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders), based at New York University College of Nursing.

Impact: An evaluation of the 12-week educational program demonstrated improved understanding of the principles of client-centred care and practitioners’ perception that the course will improve their ability to implement the knowledge-based recommendations about client-centred care into their practice.

2006 Sep “After the Crash: A Play about Brain Injury”, Copyright Registration #1042781, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Collaborators: Gray, J., Rossiter, K., Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Gale, S., Miller, S.J., Nacos, M., Prince, M.

A research-based drama featuring qualitative research on experiences of survivors of traumatic brain injury, their families, and health practitioners working in brain injury rehabilitation.

Impact: The play has been publicly performed 37 times in cities across Canada (in rehabilitation hospitals, and at conferences in the field of rehabilitation science) between September 2006-October 2012. It also ran at the Toronto Fringe Festival, July 2009. Audience members have approximated 3,000. The play has influenced the practice of neurorehabilitation through practitioners’ avoidance of medical jargon to improve clients’ understanding and participation in treatment; their newfound appreciation for clients’ needs for emotional expression and sexual intimacy; increased involvement of family caregivers; and avoidance of staff discussions as if clients were unaware.

2005 Feb “Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s”, Copyright Registration #1027116, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Collaborators: Kontos, P., Naglie, G.

A research-based drama featuring qualitative research on embodied self-expressions by persons living with Alzheimer’s disease performed for nurses and allied health care practitioners in Toronto hospitals and long-term care facilities. The production is a central component of a 12-week educational program I co-developed for front-line dementia care practitioners, and an e-learning course on client centred long-term care offered by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario that I helped to develop.

Impact: An evaluation of the course demonstrated improved understanding of the principles of client-centred care and practitioners’ perception that the course will improve their ability to implement the knowledge-based recommendations about client centred care into their practice.

C. Academic History

1. RESEARCH STATEMENT

My transdisciplinary research program represents a convergence of several key interests: 1) stigma associated with dementia and other cognitive impairments (e.g. stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination) and the consequent social exclusion and marginalization found at both macro levels of political economy and culture, and the micro-level of embodied and embedded practices; 2) the development of a relational model of citizenship which integrates insights from the fields of embodiment and dementia, citizenship, and human rights to address issues of social justice and state responsibility regarding the recognition and entitlements of individuals living with dementia; and 3) the development, implementation, and evaluation of arts-based knowledge translation initiatives (e.g. research-based theatre, film) to bridge my research on relationality, embodiment, and selfhood, with the practice and ethics of dementia care. These interests represent two main themes: relational citizenship and knowledge translation.

2. RESEARCH AWARDS

Grants, Contracts and Clinical Trials

PEER-REVIEWED GRANTS

Funded

2019 Mar – 2022 Feb Co-Applicant. “Promoting just and inclusive end-of-life decision-making for long-term care residents with dementia and their care partners”. CIHR Project Grant. Principal Applicant: Sutherland, N., Co-Applicants: St-Amant, O., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Wiersma, E., Brennan, M. 195,075 CAD.

2018 Sep – 2020 Aug Co-Principal Investigator. “Reducing dementia stigma and fostering relational caring using research-based film”. Alzheimer Society of Canada. Research Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Dupuis, S.; Co-Investigators: Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Gray, J., Grigorovich, A. 119,831.37 CAD.

2018 Apr – 2019 Oct Co-Principal Investigator. “Building capacity to support sexuality and intimacy in the context of dementia”. Women’s College Hospital Women’s Xchange 15K Challenge. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A.; Co-Investigators: Barrick, C., Marczyk, P., Quinn-Humphrey, K., Gray, J., Heesters, A., Anderson, R., Tamblyn Watts, L., Schindel Martin, L. 15,000 CAD

2017 Oct – 2019 Jul Co-Investigator. “Integrating brain injury, mental health, and addictions”. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Health System Research Fund Program Award. Principal Investigator: Colantonio, A.; Co-Investigators: Chan, V., Mann, R., Balogh, R., Kirsh, B., Nalder, E., Kontos, P.,Wiseman-Hakes, C., Matheson, F., Riopelle, R., Grigorovich, A. 1,731,101 CAD.

2017 Apr – 2018 Mar Co-Investigator. “Supporting Relational Caring in Long-Term Care Homes”. Alzheimer Society of Canada Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Dupuis, S.L., McAiney, C.; Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Gray, J. 85,000 CAD.

2017 Jan – 2020 Dec Co-Applicant.“Improving social inclusion for Canadians with dementia and carers through sharing dance”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Social Inclusion of Individuals with Dementia and Carers Grant. Co-Principal Applicants: Skinner, M., Herron, R.; Principal Knowledge User: Dalrymple, J.; Co-Applicants: Kontos, P., Menec, V.; Knowledge Users: Harvey, D., Ingram, J., Kirkby, N. 477,178 CAD.

2016 Jul – 2019 Mar Co-Investigator. “Musical engagement and relational dementia care: Evaluating knowledge translation through research-based documentary”. Alzheimer Society of Canada. Research Grant. Principal Investigator: Jonas-Simpson, C.; Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P. 118,901 CAD.

2016 Apr – 2017 Mar Co-Investigator. “Towards person-centred and relational caring: Development and evaluation of a Relational Caring Learning Series”. Alzheimer Society of Canada. Co-Principal Investigators: Dupuis, S.L., McAiney, C.; Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Gray, J. 85,000 CAD.

2015 Oct – 2016 Dec Co-Investigator. “Experiences of relational dementia care at the DBWA”. Toronto General and Toronto Western Foundation, Lillian Johnston Foundation. Principal Applicant: Jonas-Simpson, C.; Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Cross, N., Kontos, P., Dupuis, S. 7,000 CAD.

2015 Apr – 2020 Mar Co-Investigator. “Older adults’ active involvement in aging and technology research and development”. AGE-WELL Operating Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J.; Co-Investigators: Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K. 1,480,726 CAD.

2014 Jun – 2016 May Co-Principal Investigator.“Traumatic brain injury in the workplace: Innovations for prevention”. Ontario Ministry of Labour Research Opportunities Program: Research for the Workplace. Operating Grant. 13-R-056. Co-Principal Investigator: Colantonio, A., Kontos, P.; Co-Investigators: Bayley, M., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Mollayeva, T. 298,916 CAD.

2014 Jun – 2015 Jun Collaborator.“Assessment of pilot evidence-based a series to improve person-centered practices in inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation”. Northern Illinois University. College of Health and Human Sciences Award. Principal Investigator: Papadimitriou, C. 2,000 USD.

2014 May – 2014 Dec Collaborator.“Developing evidence-based findings to healthcare providers in SCI rehabilitation: A web-based tutorial series”. Northern Illinois University. Research and Artistry Award. Principal Investigator: Papadimitriou, C. 9,000 USD.

2014 Apr – 2016 Mar Principal Investigator. “Fit for Dialysis: Exploring research-based film as a knowledge translation strategy”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. MOP-133433. Co-Investigators: Naglie, G., Alibhai, S., Parsons, T., Jassal, V., Brooks, D., Thomas, A. 213,999 CAD.

2013 Sep – 2015 Sep Co-Investigator. “Enhancing person-centred and relational care through research-based drama”. Alzheimer Society of Canada. Operating Grant. Principal Investigator: Dupuis, S.; Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C. 120,000 CAD.

2012 Jun – 2013 May Co-Investigator. “Identifying barriers and facilitators to prescribing immediate weight-bearing after hip fracture surgery among Canadian orthopedic surgeons: A preliminary study to inform the development of a knowledge translation intervention”. Knowledge Translation Canada. Seed Funding Grant. Principal Investigator: Jaglal, S.; Co-Investigators: Carlin, L., Frank, C., Jenkinson, R., Kontos, P., Kreder, H., McGlasson, M., Sibley, K.M. 30,000 CAD.

2012 Apr – 2014 Mar Principal Investigator. “Embodied selfhood and clowning: An innovative approach to person-centred dementia care”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. MOP-114953. Co-Investigators: Naglie, G., Low, L-F., Mitchell, G. 214,888 CAD.

2012 Mar – 2013 Feb Co-Investigator. “Exploring knowledge translation and exchange through arts-based health research: Theoretical, methodological and practical innovations”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. KTE-120252. Principal Investigator: Boydell, K.; Co-Investigators: Belliveau, G., Cheu, H., Edwards, G., Gladstone, B., Kontos, P., Leeming, W., Parsons, J., Stasiulis, E., Tilleczek, K., Volpe, T. 100,000 CAD.

2012 Jan – 2012 Dec Co-Investigator. “Critical perspectives to the study of aging and late life: Building local capacity in the social sciences and humanities”. McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Internal Grant (Arts Review Board). Principal Investigator: Grenier, A.; Co-Investigators: Kontos, P., Andrews, G., Katz, S. 13,470 CAD.

2011 Oct – 2012 Sep Co-Investigator. “Establishing a renal rehabilitation network”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Meeting, Planning and Dissemination Grant. KPE-255907. Principal Investigator: Parsons, T.; Co-Investigators: Bohm, C., Brooks, D., Kontos, P., MacIntryre, N., Mathur, S., Painter, P., Toffelmire, T. 25,000 CAD.

2011 Oct – 2012 Sep Co-Investigator. “Enhancing relationship-centred care through research-based drama”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Knowledge Translation Supplement Grant. KTB-117419. Principal Investigator: Dupuis, S.; Co-Investigators: G. Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C. 100,000 CAD.

2011 Oct – 2012 Mar Co-Investigator. “Clarifying the link between traumatic brain injury and homelessness: A planning workshop”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Meeting, Planning and Dissemination Grant. MHS-117769. Principal Investigator: Topolovec-Vranic, J.; Co-Investigators: Colantonio, A., Cusimano, M.D., Hwang, S., Kontos, P., Ouchterlony, D., Stergiopoulos, V., Anstett, D. 24,962 CAD.

2010 Oct – 2011 Mar Co-Investigator. “Women and traumatic brain injury: Advancing the agenda for health”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Meetings, Planning and Dissemination. MHG-109021. Co- Principal Investigators: Colantonio, A., Harris, J.; Co-Investigators: Yoshida, K., Lefebvre, H., Swaine, B., Dawson, D., Kontos, P., Velikonia, D. 14,100 CAD.

2009 Nov – 2012 Dec Co-Principal Investigator. “Exploring the experience of artful engagement with older adults”. Ontario Trillium Foundation. Operating Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Tafler, M., Patteson, A.. Co-Investigators: Anderson, N., Fujioka, T. 216,250 CAD.

2009 Sep – 2010 Sep Co-Principal Investigator. “Exploring clown work as a creative intervention in person-centred dementia care”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant. MPA-99128. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Warren, B.; Co-Investigators: Spitzer, P., McKeever, P., Naglie, G., Einstein, G. 9,939 CAD.

2009 Jan – 2010 Jan Co-Investigator. “Identifying research priorities for chronic disease self-management programs (CDSMP) in Ontario: Planning meeting”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant. MPS-92784. Principal Investigator: Jaglal, S.; Co-Investigators: Konan, M., Lesmond, J., Hawker, G., Salbach, N., Kontos, P., Cameron, J., Lou, W., Brehaut, J., Zwarensten, M. 14,851 CAD.

2008 Jul – 2009 Jul Co-Investigator. “Arts-enabled approaches to popular education on global warming”. Centre for Urban Health Initiatives. Seed Funding Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Edwards, G., Bourbeau, M.L.; Co-Investigators: Morris, R., Kontos, P., McLaren, C., Parr, J., Maule, C., Poland, B., Ballengée, B. 10,000 CAD.

2008 Jul – 2009 Jun Co-Principal Investigator. “Increasing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: A novel knowledge translation initiative”. Ontario Rehabilitation Research Advisory Network, Seed Funding Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Naglie, G. 2,490 CAD.

2008 Apr – 2011 Mar Principal Investigator. “After the Crash: Exploring knowledge translation through research-based drama”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. MOP-86624. Co-Investigators: Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M. 345,601 CAD.

2008 Mar – 2010 Mar Co-Investigator. “Acquired brain injury knowledge uptake strategy (ABIKUS)”. Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation. Operating Grant. Principal Investigator: Bayley, M.; Co-Investigators: Marshall, S., Cullen, N., Colantonio, A., Teasell, R., Zwarenstein, M., Kontos, P., Kua, A. 250,525 CAD.

2007 Oct – 2008 Oct Co-Principal Investigator. “A theatre-based intervention for increasing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant. ICH-62329. Co- Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Zitzelsberger, H.; Co-Investigators: Naglie, G., Jassal, V., Brooks, D. 5,000 CAD.

2007 Sep – 2008 Sep Co-Investigator. “How do providers manage pain in hip fracture patients after they are educated about the RNAO BPG?”. Canadian Nurses Foundation, Nursing Care Partnership, Operating Grant. Principal Investigator: Ryan, D.; Co-Investigators: Saryeddine, T., Watt-Watson, J., Crilly, R., Gagliesce, L., Gibson, M., Levy, C., Kontos, P., Korkola, L. 29,766 CAD.

2007 Apr – 2009 Apr Principal Investigator. “Embodied selfhood and person-centred dementia care: Exploring an arts-informed educational intervention”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. MOP-82889. Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Poland, B., Ballon, B., Jaglal, S., Cott, C., McGilton, K. 189,360 CAD.

2007 Apr – 2008 Apr Co-Principal Investigator. “Exploring the long term impact of ‘After the Crash’: A controlled study”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health Care, Technology, and Place, Strategic Research and Training Program. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant. Co- Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Colantonio, A.; Co-Investigators: Keightley, M., Gilbert, J., Gray, J., Rossiter, K. 8,000 CAD.

2007 Apr – 2008 Apr Co-Investigator. “Revisioning our (embodied) place in a warming planet: A resonant installation approach”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health Care, Technology, and Place, Strategic Research and Training Program. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Poland, B., Edwards, G.; Co-Investigators: Bourbeau, M.L., P. Kontos, Maule, K., Morris, R. 8,000 CAD.

2006 Oct – 2009 Mar Co-Investigator. “Increasing access to chronic disease self-management programs in rural and remote communities in Ontario using Telehealth”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Operating Grant. MOP-81099. Principal Investigator: Jaglal, S.; Co-Investigators: Cameron, J., Hawker, G., Cockerill, R., Salbach, N., Williams, R., Lou, W., Kontos, P. 297,611 CAD.

2006 Feb – 2007 Feb Co-Principal Investigator. “Research-based theatre on traumatic brain injury”. The Change Foundation, Strategic Alliance Grant, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Colantonio, A.; Co-Investigators: Keightley, M., Gilbert, J. 50,000 CAD.

2005 Nov – 2006 Nov Co-Principal Investigator. “Research-based theatre on traumatic brain injury”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care Technology and Place. Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Kontos, P., Colantonio, A.; Co-Investigators: Keightley, M., Gilbert, J. 8,000 CAD.

2005 Mar – 2006 Mar Co-Investigator. “Physical activity to enhance functional autonomy of older hemodialysis patients”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aging. Pilot Project Grant. IAP-73373. Principal Investigator: Naglie, G.; Co-Investigators: Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G., De Souza, M.J. 48,977 CAD.

2004 Oct – 2005 Oct Principal Investigator. “Embodied selfhood and person-centred dementia care: Developing an arts-informed educational intervention”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Team Optimize Pilot Grant. Co-Investigators: Mitchell, G., Ballon, B., Poland, B., Jaglal, S., Cott, C., McGilton, K.. 9,985 CAD.

2004 Oct – 2005 Oct Principal Investigator. “Bridging theory and practice: Rethinking personhood in dementia care”. Collaborative Research Program: Rehabilitation & Long-Term Care, and the Canadian Nurses Foundation Nursing Care Partnership. Pilot Project Grant. Co-Investigators: Naglie, G., Mitchell, G. 9,789 CAD.

2004 Oct – 2005 Oct Principal Investigator. “Barriers to, and facilitators of physical activity in older persons who require hemodialysis: An exploratory study”. Collaborative Research Program: Rehabilitation & Long-Term Care, and the Canadian Nurses Foundation Nursing Care Partnership. Pilot Project Grant. Co-Investigators: Naglie, G., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L. 9,790 CAD.

Submitted

2020 Jan – 2020 Dec Co-Applicant. “Building connections: Bringing social sciences and humanities insights to the problems of patient safety in Canadian healthcare”. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Connection Grant: Fall 2019. Principal Applicant: Rowland, P. Co-Applicants: Baker, G.R., Gotlib Conn, L., Goldman, J., Kontos, P., Martin, G., Waring, J. Collaborators: Christianson, M., Luk, W-S. 21,970 CAD [Submitted 2019 November, decision expected 2020 January]

2020 Mar – 2023 Feb Co-Principal Investigator. “Integrating brain injury, mental health, and addictions in marginalized populations”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Project Grant: Fall 2019. Co-Principal Investigators: Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Matheson, FI. Co-Investigators: Balogh, R., Chan, V., Grigorovich, A., Haag, HL., Kirsh, B., Mann, R., Nalder, E., Riopelle, R., Wiseman-Hakes, C. 895,000 CAD [Submitted 2019 September, decision expected 2020 January]

2019 Sep – 2021 Feb Principal Applicant.“Helping Advance Knowledge and Practice in Dementia Care”. Youssef-Warren Foundation Grant. Co-Applicants: Dupuis, S., Grigorovich, A., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Colobong, R. 40,000 CAD [Submitted 2019 June, decision expected 2019 September].

NON-PEER-REVIEWED GRANTS

Funded

2019 May – 2021 Apr Co-Principal Investigator. “Exploring clown care in Norwegian long-term residential homes for individuals living with dementia”. Kavlifondet Research Grant. Co-Principal Investigators: Torrissen, W., Kontos, P. Co-Investigators: Rangul, V., Håpnes, O., Myskja, A., Synnes, O., Hillingseter, Å., van den Boom, P. 1,000,000 NOK (~153,500 CAD).

2019 Mar – 2021 Feb Principal Investigator. “Cracked: new light on dementia – A web-based educational program on stigma associated with dementia and relational caring”. The Waugh Family Foundation. Research Grant. Co-investigators: Dupuis, S., Grigorovich, A., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Colobong, R. 310,000 CAD.

2017 Jan – 2017 Dec Principal Investigator. “Cracked: Interactive digital research resource”. The Waugh Family Foundation. Research Grant. Co-investigators: Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C. 200,000 CAD.

2015 Nov – 2016 Oct Principal Investigator. “Transforming dementia care through the arts”. The Waugh Family Foundation. Research Grant. 25,000 CAD.

2015 Apr – 2019 Mar Co-Principal Investigator. “AGE-WELL Crosscutting Activity: CC3 T-Work”. AGE-WELL Grant. Co-Principal Investigator: Sixsmith, J. 472,545 CAD.

Salary Support and Other Funding

PERSONAL SALARY SUPPORT

2009 – 2014 New Investigator Award. “Embodied selfhood and person-centred dementia care: Exploring an arts-informed educational intervention“. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MSH-87726). 300,000 CAD. Canada.

2007 – 2009 Career Scientist Award. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Grant #06388). 125,500 CAD (awarded 5 years of support – 342,500 CAD, and declined remaining 3 years in favour of CIHR New Investigator Award). Ontario, Canada.

2004 – 2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MFE-70433). 90,000 CAD. Canada.

2004 – 2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Supporting Institutes (Knowledge Translation Branch, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, and Institute of Gender and Health), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place (FRN: STP 53911). 35,000 CAD. Canada.

2004 – 2006 Alzheimer Society of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Institute of Aging (Canadian Institutes of Health Research). Canada. (Declined in favour of CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship).

2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. 60,000 CAD. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

2002 – 2003 Alzheimer Society of Canada Doctoral Fellowship. Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Institute of Aging (Canadian Institutes of Health Research). 39,060 CAD. Canada.

2002 Doctoral Fellowship. Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place. 5,000 CAD. Canada.

1999 – 2002 Doctoral Fellowship. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. 53,100 CAD. Canada.

1998 Doctoral Fellowship. Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program. 11,859 CAD. Ontario, Canada.

3. PATENTS/intellectual property rights

2017 Dec 13 “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Research-based film. Registration #1145880. Canada. Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C.

2010 Jun 22 “Fit for dialysis”. Research-based film, Registration #1078144. Canada. Gray, J., Kontos, P.,Naglie, G., Jassal, S.V., Brooks, D.

2007 Mar 29 “Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s Disease: An Educational Programme”. Research-based film, Registration #1046900. Canada. Kontos, P., Gray, J., Mitchell, G., Ballon, B.

2006 Nov 14 “After the Crash: A Play about Brain Injury.” Research-based film, Registration #1042781. Canada. Gray, J., Rossiter, K., Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Gale, S., Miller, S.J., Nacos, M., Prince, M.

2005 Feb 16 “Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s.” Research-based film, Registration #1027116.Canada. Kontos, P, Naglie, G.

D. Publications

1. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Citation Metrics:

*h-index = 33. Combined citations of 3,793.

*Google Scholar, which includes social science and humanities journals; and books/chapters. Scopus h-index = 25 with combined citations of 1,904 (excludes 25 of my published papers/book chapters, and multiple citations in social science journals).

Note: Trainee co-authors are underlined

Published Journal Articles

1. Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Colobong, R. Towards a critical understanding of creativity and dementia: New directions for practice change. International Practice Development Journal. (Accepted). Senior Responsible Author.
DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2018.1496361. Senior Responsible Author.
10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026912. Co-Author.
, Kontos, P. Immersion, embodiment, and imagination: Moving beyond an aesthetic of objectivity in research-informed performance in health [31 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research 2015; 16(2), Art. 29. Senior Responsible Author.
Miller, K.L., Colantonio, A., Cott, C. Grief, anger, and relationality: The impact of a research based theatre intervention on emotion work practices in brain injury rehabilitation. Evaluation Review 2014; 38(1): 29-67. Senior Responsible Author.

http://jah.synergiesprairies.ca/jah/index.php/jah/article/view/41/pdf. Co-Author.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-12-1059.pdf. Co-Author.

http://arcade.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/article_pdfs/OCCASION_v04_Kontos_053112_0.pdf. Senior Responsible Author.

Rossiter, K., Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Gale, S., James, S., Nacos, M., Prince, M. After the crash: A play about brain injury. Canadian Theatre Review 2011; 146 :66-86. Co-Principal Author.

Co-Principal Author.

. Co-Author.

52. Kontos, P., Mitchell, G.J., Mistry, B., Ballon, B. Using drama to improve person-centred dementia care. International Journal of Older People Nursing (Special Issue: Outcomes from the Promotion of Personhood in Gerontological Nursing) 2010; 5: 159-168.Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Mitchell, G.J. Neglecting the importance of the decision-making and care regimes of personal support workers: A critique of standardization of care planning through the RAI/MDS. The Gerontologist 2010; 50(3): 352-362. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P., Naglie, G. Tacit knowledge of caring and embodied selfhood. Sociology of Health and Illness 2009; 31(5): 688-704. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P., Poland, B. Mapping new theoretical and methodological terrain for knowledge translation: Contributions from critical realism and the arts. Implementation Science 2009; 4(1). Retrieved from http://www.implementationscience.com/content/pdf/1748-5908-4-1.pdf. Senior Responsible Author.

Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Gilbert, J., Rossiter, K., Gray, J., Keightley, M. After the Crash: Research-based theater for knowledge transfer. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2008; 28(3):180-185.Co-Principal Author.

Rossiter, K., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Keightley, M., Colantonio, A., Gilbert, J. From page to stage: Dramaturgy and the art of interdisciplinary translation. Journal of Health Psychology 2008; 13(2): 277-286. Co-Author.

Rossiter, K., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Gilbert, J., Gray, J., Keightley, M. Staging data: Theatre as a tool for analysis and knowledge transfer in health research. Social Science and Medicine 2008; 66(1): 130-146. Co-Principal Author.

Kontos, P., Naglie, G. Bridging theory and practice: Imagination, the body, and person-centred dementia care. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 2007; 6(4): 549-569. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Brooks, D., Jassal, S.V., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G.M., De Souza, M.J., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Naglie, G. Factors influencing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: A qualitative study. International Urology and Nephrology 2007; 39: 1303-1311. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P.,Naglie, G. Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s Disease: An evaluation of research-based theatre as a pedagogical tool. Qualitative Health Research 2007; 17(6): 799-811. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P.,Naglie, G.Expressions of Personhood in Alzheimer’s: Moving from ethnographic text to performing ethnography. Qualitative Research 2006; 6(3): 301-317. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P. Habitus: An incomplete account of human agency. American Journal of Semiotics 2006; 22(1-4): 69-85. Senior Responsible Author.

Andrews, G., Kearns, R.A., Kontos, P., Wilson, V. “Their finest hour”: Older people, oral histories and the historical geography of social life. Social and Cultural Geography 2006; 7(2): 153-177. Co-Author.

Kontos, P. Embodied selfhood in Alzheimer’s disease: Rethinking person-centred care. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice 2005; 4(4): 553-570. Senior Responsible Author.

Dyck, I., Kontos, P., Angus, J., McKeever, P. The home as a site for long-term care: Meanings and management of bodies and spaces. Health and Place 2005; 11(2): 173-185. Co-Principal Author.

Angus, J., Kontos, P., Dyck, I., McKeever, P., Poland, B. The personal significance of home: Habitus and the experience of receiving long term home care. Sociology of Health and Illness 2005; 27(2): 161-187. Co-Principal Author.

Kontos, P. Ethnographic reflections on selfhood, embodiment and Alzheimer’s disease. Ageing and Society 2004; 24(6): 829-849. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P. Local biology: Reclaiming body matter. Philosophy in the Contemporary World 2004; 11(Special Issue 1): 87-93. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P. “The painterly hand”: Embodied consciousness and Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Aging Studies 2003; 17(2):151-170. Senior Responsible Author.

Bourret, E., Bernick, L., Cott, C., Kontos, P. The meaning of mobility for residents and staff in long-term care facilities. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2002; 37(4): 338-345. Co-Principal Author.

Kontos, P. Local biology: Bodies of difference in ageing studies. Ageing and Society 1999; 19(6): 677-689. Senior Responsible Author.

Kontos, P. Resisting institutionalization: Constructing old age and negotiating home. Journal of Aging Studies 1998; 12(2): 167-184. Senior Responsible Author.

Abstracts

Wiseman-Hakes, C., Colantonio, A., Haag, H.L., Matheson, F., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Balogh, R., Mann, R., Nalder, E., Kirsh, B., Riopelle, R. A Participatory action workshop on integrating services for traumatic brain injury, mental health, and addictions. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; 2019, 100(10):e35. Co-Author.
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. The problem with no solution? Exploring unwanted sexual attention in residential long-term care. Innovation in Aging; 2018, 2(Suppl 1): 539-540. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Colobong, R., Miller, K.L., Naglie, G. Fit for dialysis: Evaluating a research-based film to promote exercise in hemodialysis. Innovation in Aging; 2018, 2(Suppl 1): 741. Senior Responsible Author.
Grigorovich, A., Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., Fang, M., Kontos, P. Transdisciplinary research in aging and technology: Experiences from a pan-Canadian research network. Innovation in Aging; 2018, 2(Suppl 1): 1019. Senior Responsible Author.
Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. Liberating the arts from the therapy culture in dementia care. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 72-73. Co-Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. Choreographies of citizenship: Towards a reconceptualization of dance, dementia and everyday life. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 332. Senior Responsible Author.
Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Panek, I., Battersby, L., O’Doherty, K., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. Involving older adults in technology research and development (OA-INVOLVE): AGE-WELL. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 393. Co-Author.
Panek, I., Crumley, E.T., Ishigami, Y., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Kirkland, S. Levels of older adults’ engagement in technology research, design and development: A scoping review. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 393. Co-Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. Mapping a critical ethical landscape for dementia: Research, policy and practice (Symposium). Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 629. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. Relational citizenship, sexual rights, and a new ethic for dementia care. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 630. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Kontos, A.P. A relational model of citizenship insights from a study of elder-clowning. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 671. Senior Responsible Author.
Fang, M.L., Battersby, L., Grigorovich, A., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Moreno, L., Mihailidis, A., Sixsmith, A. Enhancing knowledge mobilization and commercial outcomes in aging and technology. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 1331. Co-Author.
Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P. The treat scale: a reflexive tool for transdisciplinary working in aging and technology research. Innovation in Aging; 2017, 1(Suppl 1): 1331. Co-Author.
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. Transdisciplinary research and innovation: Improving development and uptake technologies to support persons with dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association; 2016, 12(7 Supplement): P153-P154. Senior Responsible Author.
Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Bayley, M., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A.Work-related traumatic brain injury: Perceptions of prevention, training, and safety climate. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Special Issue); 2015, 96(12): e12. Co-Author.
Kontos, P., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Sharma, B., Colantonio, A. Prevention of work-related mild traumatic brain injury: The injured worker perspective. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Special Issue); 2015, 96(12): e14-e15. Senior Responsible Author.
Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Palma Lazgare, L., Binns, M., Low, L-F., Miller, K.L., Surr, C., Naglie, G. Evaluating the impact of elder-clowning: An innovative approach to person-centered dementia care.The Gerontologist,2014; 54 (Suppl 2):347-348. Senior Responsible Author.
Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. The inter-relation between policy and practice for transitions from hospital to home: An ethnographic case study in England’s National Health Service. BMC Health Services Research, 2014; 14(Suppl 2):111. Senior Responsible Author.
Miller, K.L., Kontos, P.,Colobong, R. Negotiated order: The intraprofessional and interprofessional practices of neurorehabilitation nurses. Brain Injury, 2014; 28(5-6):584. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Colantonio, A., Cott, C. Therapeutic landscape theory: Identifying health detracting and health enhancing aspects of neurorehabilitation. Brain Injury, 2014; 28(5-6):535. Senior Responsible Author.
Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. Confronting crises of representation: Artful re-constructions of dementia. Book of abstracts, 14th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Canadian Association for Leisure Studies, 2014:41-45. Co-Author.
Tsukada, M., Yoshida, K., Colantonio, A., Sokoloff, S., Kontos, P., Harris, J. Women living with acquired brain injury: Pilot study of community health and well-being needs. Brain Injury, 2012; 26(4-5):774. Co-Author.
Kontos, P.,Lee-Miller, K., Mitchell, G.J., Cott, C. Reflexivity, embodied practices, and regulatory regimes in nursing homes. The Gerontologist, 2010; 50(S1):78. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. Identifying factors that enable and constrain client-centred care in brain injury rehab. Brain Injury, 2010; 24(3):50. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Naglie, G. The importance of tacit knowledge for person-centred dementia care. The Gerontologist, 2009; 49(S2):343. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. Knowing the person in person-centred dementia care: Tacit knowledge, life stories, and blended perspectives. The Gerontologist, 2009; 49(S2):343.Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Naglie, G. Embodied selfhood and clinical decision-making in dementia care. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2009; 13(Supplement 1):S181. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P.,Poland, B., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., McGilton, K. Caring as an act of resistance: Moral agency on the front lines of dementia care. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2009, 13 (Supplement 1):S144. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Poland, B. “How will it work in this context?”: The importance of place in knowledge translation. The Gerontologist, 2007; 47(1):732. Senior Responsible Author.
Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Rossiter, K, Gilbert, J., Gray, J., Keightley, M. After the Crash: A research-based theater approach for knowledge translation on traumatic brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2007; 88(10):E14. Co-Principal Author.
Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Rossiter, K, Gilbert, J., Gray, J., Keightley, M. After the Crash: A research-based theater approach for knowledge translation on traumatic brain injury. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 2007; 21:6:E14. Co-Principal Author.
Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G., De Souza, M.J., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Naglie, G. Factors influencing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: A qualitative study. Canadian Journal of Geriatrics, 2007; 10(1):8. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Naglie, G. Using drama as a knowledge translation strategy to improve person-centred dementia care. Canadian Journal of Geriatrics, 2007; 10(1):22. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Naglie, G.Achieving person-centred dementia care. The Gerontologist, 2006; 46(Special Issue 1):29-30. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G.M., De Souza, M.J., Naglie, G.Identifying the barriers to, and facilitators of exercise for older persons who are dialysis dependent. The Gerontologist, 2006; 46(Special Issue 1):355. Senior Responsible Author.

Submitted Journal Articles (Submitted, under review, revise and resubmit)

Gray, J. Dupuis, S.L., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. Knowledge as embodied, imaginative, foolish enactment: Exploring dementia experiences through theatre. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research. Co-Author. (Submitted, 2020 January 6)

Carter, C., Mohammed, S., Upshur, R., Kontos, P. Biomedicalization of end-of-life conversations with frail older adults – Malleable and senescent bodies. Social Science & Medicine. Senior Responsible Author. (Accepted for review 2019 October 3).
Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S.L., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. Disrupting dehumanizing and intersecting patterns of modernity with a relational ethic of caring. International Practice Development Journal. Co-Author. (Revise and resubmit, notified of decision 2019 October 16)
Wiseman-Hakes, C., Colantonio, A., Ryu, H., Toccalino, D., Balogh, R., Grigorovich, A., Haag, H., Kirsh, B., Kontos, P., Mann, R., Matheson, F.I., Nalder, E.J., Riopelle, R., Wilcock, R., Chan, V. Co-creating research to integrate services for individuals with traumatic brain injury, mental health, and addictions: Proceedings of a participatory-action multi-disciplinary workshop. December 7, 2018. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. Co-Author. (Revise and resubmit, notified of decision 2019 November 4)

2. NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Warner, N., Santos, J. Spée, R., Kontos, P. Client-centred care: Implementation resources. Long Term Care 2011; 21(4):8-10. Co-Principal Author.
Dawson, P., Kontos, P. Research corner. Back massage can reduce anxiety of elderly residents in long term care institutions… reprinted with permission of the Collaborative Research Program – Long Term Care: Research and Practice Newsletter 1998; 3(6). Perspectives 1998; 22(3):27. Co-Author.
Dawson, P., Kontos, P. Research corner. Nursing assistants reduce aggressive behaviour during bathing cognitively impaired nursing home residents… reprinted with permission of the Collaborative Research Program – Long Term Care: Research and Practice Newsletter 1998; 3(3). Perspectives 1998; 22(2):20. Co-Author.
Dawson, P., Kontos, P. Research corner. How nurses’ and other caregivers’ talk to residents with dementia can influence agitation… reprinted with permission of the Collaborative Research Program – Long Term Care: Research and Practice Newsletter 1998; 2(3). Perspectives 1998; 22(1):10. Co-Author.

Book Chapters

Fang, M.L., Grigorovich, A., Wada, M., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. (Accepted). Building partnerships and co-creating with diverse stakeholders. In A. Sixsmith, A. Mihailidis, M.L. Fang, and J. Sixsmith (Eds.) Knowledge, innovation and impact: A handbook for the engaged health researcher. Springer. Senior Responsible Author.
Wada, M., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L., Sixsmith, J. (Accepted). Addressing real-world problems through transdisciplinary working. In A. Sixsmith, A. Mihailidis, M.L. Fang, and J. Sixsmith (Eds.) Knowledge, innovation and impact: A handbook for the engaged health researcher. Springer. Senior Responsible Author.
Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Fang, M.L., Wada, M. (Accepted). An introduction to transdisciplinary working. In A. Sixsmith, A. Mihailidis, M.L. Fang, and J. Sixsmith (Eds.) Knowledge, innovation and impact: A handbook for the engaged health researcher. Springer. Senior Responsible Author.
Sixsmith, J., Fang, M.L., Grigorovich, A., Wada, M., Kontos, P. (Accepted). Working together as a team. In A. Sixsmith, A. Mihailidis, M.L. Fang, and J. Sixsmith (Eds.) Knowledge, innovation and impact: A handbook for the engaged health researcher. Springer. Senior Responsible Author.
Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Panek, I., Vaccarino, O., Colobong, R. (Accepted). Involving older adult stakeholders in research projects. In A. Sixsmith, A. Mihailidis, M.L. Fang, and J. Sixsmith (Eds.) Knowledge, innovation and impact: A handbook for the engaged health researcher. Springer. Co-Author.
Herron, R., Skinner, M., Kontos, P., Menec, V., Bar, R. (2019). Beyond therapy: Exploring the potential of dance to improve social inclusion for people with dementia. In R. Hunt, and S. Atkinson (Eds), GeoHumanities and Health, pp. 57-70. Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Co-Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. (2018). A critical narrative on late life creativity and dementia: Integrating citizenship, embodiment, and relationality. In D. Amigoni and G. McMullan (Eds.) Creativity in later life: Beyond late style, pp. 167-181. Policy Press: Bristol. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. (2018). Dancing with dementia: Citizenship, embodiment, and everyday life in long-term care. In S. Katz (Ed.) Ageing and everyday life: Materialities and embodiments, pp.163-179. Policy Press: Bristol. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, A.P., Miller, K-L. (2018). Exploring relational citizenship at the intersection of creativity and dementia. In H-P. Zimmermann (Ed.) Kulturen der sorge bei demenz / Cultures of care – Facing dementia, pp. 543-559. Campus-Verlag: Zürich. Senior Responsible Author.
Gray, J., Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C. (2018). Dementia (re)performed: Interrogating tensions between relational engagement and regulatory policies in care homes through theatre. In S. Chivers and U. Kreibernegg (Eds.) Care home stories: Aging, disability, and long-term residential care, pp. 105-120. Columbia University Press: New York City. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Miller, K-L., Kontos, A.P. (2017). Relational citizenship: Supporting embodied selfhood and relationality in dementia care. In P. Higgs and C. GIlleard (Eds.), Ageing, dementia and the social mind, pp. 7-23. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, UK. Senior Responsible Author.
Collective Disruption (Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Applewhaite, S., Kalamanski, L.N., MacLean, M.E., Muir, C.F., Prince, M., Machin, T., Talbot, D.). (2016). Cracked: new light on dementia. In J. Gray (Ed.), ReView: An anthology of plays committed to social justice*, pp.67-138. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam. Co-Author.
* Nominated for the Patrick O’Neill Award by The Canadian Association for Theatre Research for best edited collection published in either English or French on a Canadian theatre and performance topic
Miller, K.L., Kontos, P. (2016). The use of elder-clowning to foster relational citizenship in dementia care. In J.F. Gubrium, T. Alm Andreassen, and P.K. Solvang (Eds.), Reimagining the Human Service Relationship, pp. 158-177. Columbia University Press: New York. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., (2015). Dementia and embodiment. In J. Twigg and W. Martin (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology, pp.173-180. Routledge: London.
Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Cott, C., Colantonio, A. (2015). Therapeutic landscape: Rethinking ‘place’ in client-centred brain injury rehabilitation. In K. McPherson, B. Gibson, and A. Leplege (Eds.), Rethinking Theory and Practice in Rehabilitation, pp. 117-136. CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2014). Selfhood and the body in dementia care. In M. Downs and B. Bowers (Eds.), Excellence in Dementia Care, pp. 122-131. Open University Press: New York.
Kontos, P. (2014). Musical embodiment, selfhood, and dementia. In L.C. Hydén, J. Brockmeier, and H. Lindemann (Eds.), Beyond loss: Dementia, identity, personhood, pp. 107-119. Oxford University Press: New York. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Mitchell, G.J., Mistry, B., Ballon, B. (2011). Using drama to humanize dementia care. In D. Acosta, D. Goldhawk, and R. Nakoneczny (Eds.), 26^th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, pp. 29-32. Medimond Bologna: Italy. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2010).Embodied selfhood: Ethnographic reflections, performing ethnography, and humanizing dementia care. In P. Stephenson and J. Graham (Eds.), Contesting aging & loss, pp. 125-152. UTP Higher Education: Toronto. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P., Naglie, G. (2009). The communicative capacity of the body and clinical decision-making in dementia care. In D. O’Connor, B. Purves (Eds.), Decision-making, personhood and dementia: Exploring the interface, pp.187-199.: Jessica Kingsley Press: London, UK. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2006). Embodied selfhood: An ethnographic exploration of Alzheimer’s disease. In A. Leibing and L. Cohen (Eds.), Thinking about dementia: Culture, loss, and the anthropology of senility, pp.195-217. Rutgers University Press: New Jersey. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2005). Multi-disciplinary configurations in gerontology. In G. Andrews and D. Phillips (Eds.), Ageing and place: Perspectives, policy and practice, pp. 24-35. Routledge: London and New York. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2004). Embodied selfhood: Redefining agency in Alzheimer’s disease. In E. Tulle (Ed.), Old age and agency, pp.105-121. Nova Science Publishers: New York. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2002). Resisting institutionalization: Constructing old age and negotiating home. In J. Gubrium and J. Holstein (Eds.), Aging in everyday life, pp. 255-272. Blackwell Publishers: Oxford. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. (2002). Embodied consciousness and Alzheimer’s disease. In S. Abbey (Ed.), Ways of knowing in and through the body: Diverse perspectives on embodiment, pp. 156-159. Soleil Publishing Inc.: Ontario. Senior Responsible Author.

Case Reports

Grigorovich, A., Fang, M., Wada, M., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. Report on 2017 outreach prepared for AGE-WELL NCE. Co-Author.
Fang, M., Burley, T., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. AGE-WELL innovation workshops: A transdisciplinary approach to ‘thinking commercially’, 2017, Program Report prepared for AGE-WELL NCE. Co-Author.
Patteson, A., Tafler, M., Kontos, P., Anderson, N., Fujioka, T., Alexander, M., Colobong, R., Neuman, J. Exploring the impact of artful engagement with older adults 2013, Final Report prepared for The Ontario Trillium Foundation. Co-Author.
Bayley, M., Marshall, S., Cullen, D., Colantonio, A., Teasell, R., Zwarenstein, M., Kontos, P., Lemsky, C., Kua, A. Acquired Brain Injury Knowledge Uptake Strategy (ABIKUS), 2012, Final Report prepared for the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). Co-Author.
Bayley, M., Marshall, S., Cullen, D., Colantonio, A., Teasell, R., Zwarenstein, M., Kontos, P., Lemsky, C., Kua, A. Acquired Brain Injury Knowledge Uptake Strategy (ABIKUS), 2010, Interim Report prepared for the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). Co-Author.
Ryan, D., Saryeddine, T., Watt-Watson, J., Crilly, R., Moir, J., Levy, C., Gibson, M., Kontos, P., Korkola, L., Gagliese, L., McMullen, J. Exploring the applicability of the RNAO best practice guidelines for pain assessment and management, 2008. Toronto: GTA Rehab Network. Co-Author.

Dissertations

Kontos, P. Embodied selfhood: An ethnography of Alzheimer’s disease, 2003. University of Toronto, PhD Dissertation. Senior Responsible Author.

Book Reviews

Kontos, P. Self, senility, and Alzheimer’s disease in modern America, by Jesse Ballenger. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2007; 62(2):268-270. Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. Dementia: Mind, meaning, and the person, edited by Julian C. Hughes, Stephen J. Louw, and Steven R. Sabat. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Ageing & Society 2006; 26(5):824-825.Senior Responsible Author.
Kontos, P. Old souls: Aged women, poverty, and the experience of God, by H. Black and R.L. Rubinstein. New York: Aldine de Gruyter. Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology 2001; 38(3):346-347. Senior Responsible Author.

Submitted Book Chapters

Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. A critical rethinking of sexuality and dementia: A Prolegomenon to future work in dementia studies and critical disability studies. In R. Shuttleworth and L. Mona (Eds.) Routledge Handbook of Disability and Sexuality.Routledge. Senior Responsible Author.

E. Presentations and Special Lectures

1. Invited Lectures and Presentations

International

2019 Oct 16 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Disrupting dementia discourse using theatre: Cracked – new light on dementia”. Dementia Engagement, Education, and Research (DEER) and the Sanford Centre for Aging, University of Reno Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States. Co-Author.

2019 Jun 22 Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Performance activism: Challenging stigma associated with dementia and fostering relational caring through film”. Re-imagining dementia, Dementia Action Alliance, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Keynote Speaker.

2019 May 28-31 Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2019 May 15 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Exploring resident-to-resident aggression at the intersection of embodiment, relationality, citizenship and ethics”. Critical Perspectives on Person, Care and Aging, Bergen, Norway. Senior Responsible Author and Keynote Speaker.

2019 Apr 13-14 “Changing perceptions about dementia and enriching lives with the arts”. CARF Medical Rehabilitation/Employment and Community Services/Aging Services Surveyor Continuing Education Conference, Tucson, Arizona, United States. Keynote Speaker.

2019 Apr 13 Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. CARF Medical Rehabilitation/Employment and Community Services/Aging Services Surveyor Continuing Education Conference, Tucson, Arizona, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2018 Aug 14 “Dementia & the arts: Enriching lives”. 2018 Geriatric Symposium – Texas Taking the Next Step, Georgetown, Texas, United States. Invited Speaker.

2018 Feb 22 “Exploring co-creativity at the intersection of embodiment, citizenship, and relationality”. Co-Creativity and Dementia, Created Out of Mind Hub, Wellcome Collection, London, United Kingdom. Keynote Speaker.

2017 Sep 29 “Dementia & the arts: Enriching lives”. Alzheimer’s Disease: A conference for healthcare professionals, Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter, San Marcos, Texas, United States. Invited Speaker.

2017 Sep 29 “Seeing dementia differently: Towards a new ethic of care”. Alzheimer’s Disease: A conference for healthcare professionals, Alzheimer’s Association Capital of Texas Chapter, San Marcos, Texas, United States. Invited Speaker.

2017 Sep 14 “Towards a critical gerontology of relationality: Embodiment, citizenship, and musical engagement”. Art and Empirical Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Keynote Speaker.

2017 Sep 14 “Fostering relational citizenship in dementia care: The case of elder-clowning”. Art and Empirical Research, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. Invited Speaker.

2017 Apr 6 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Integrating citizenship, embodiment, and relationality: Towards a reconceptualization of dance and dementia in long-term care”. 23^rd Annual Thomas Pitts Lectureship in Medical Ethics, Perspectives of Alzheimer’s Disease: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2016 Nov 18-20 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, A. “Critical intersections between dementia, embodiment, and relationality: Towards a new ethic of care”. Facing Dementia: Cultures of Care, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Senior Responsible Author and Keynote Speaker.

2016 Oct 12 “Relational citizenship and sexuality: Forging new ethical ground in dementia care”. Life with Dementia 2016, 3^rd International Biannual Conference, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden. Keynote Speaker.

2016 May 2-4 “Beyond ‘loss of self’: Imagining new possibilities for dementia care”. 8^th World Summit on Mediation with Age-Related Issues, Elder Mediation International Network and Elder Mediation Austria, Linz, Austria. Invited Speaker.

2014 May 20-22 “The musical self, embodiment, and dementia”. Ethnicity & the Dementias Network

Workshop. Centre for Dementia Research, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden. Invited Speaker.

2012 Nov 9 “The painterly hand: Rethinking creativity, selfhood, and memory in dementia”. Late Life Creativity and the ‘New Old Age’: Arts & Humanities and Gerontology in Critical Dialogue.King’s College, London, United Kingdom. Invited Speaker.

2011 Nov 1-3 “Dementia, selfhood, and the body: Towards a new ethic of care”. 6^th UK Dementia Congress. Liverpool, United Kingdom. Keynote Speaker.

2011 Nov 1-3 “Exploring dance and ritual movement as meaningful expression in dementia”. 6^th UK Dementia Congress. Liverpool, United Kingdom. Invited Speaker.

2011 Sep 13-15 “Alzheimer expressions or expressions despite Alzheimer’s?: Philosophical reflections on selfhood and embodiment”. Dementia, Identity, Personhood. Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. Invited Speaker.

2010 Mar 26 “Artistic and literary representations of Alzheimer’s disease: Philosophical reflections on embodiment and selfhood”. British Sociological Association, Ageing, Body and Society Study Group, University of Bradford, United Kingdom. Keynote Speaker.

2008 Sep 26-28 “Considering selfhood”. (Re)constructing the aging body: Western medical cultures and gender 1600-2000. Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. Chair.

2008 Sep 26-28 “Tacit knowledge as the foundation for an ethic of care”. (Re)constructing the Aging Body: Western Medical Cultures and Gender 1600-2000. Johannes Gutenberg-University,Mainz, Germany. Invited Speaker.

2004 Jul 23 “Furnishing a primordial foundation for habitus”. International Communicology Institute Summer Symposium: Signs, Signing, and Signage, Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. Invited Speaker.

National

2019 Sep 21 Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Alzheimer Society of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2019 Feb 8 Blain-Moraes, S. Graham, M., Kontos, P., Lee, K., Poldma, T., Leibing, A. (moderator). “Arts, vieillissments et démence: Possibilités et limites”. Rencontre de la santé mentale et des arts: Le choc des idées, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Invited Speaker and Panelist.

2019 Feb 8 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Rencontre de la santé mentale et des arts: Le choc des idées, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2018 May 7 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Student symposium hosted by Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) and engAGE Centre for Research on Aging, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2017 May 10 “Theatre, art, and relational caring: Challenging dementia stigma”. 12^th Annual National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) Knowledge Exchange, University of Toronto’s Hart House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2016 Oct 7 “Elder-clowns and dementia care: A perfect match”. Partners in Research (PIR) Live Event – Dementia, Elder-clowning & Qualitative Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Oct 14 Kontos, P.,Miller, K.L., Grigorovich, A. “Towards a relational model of citizenship: Insights from a study of elder-clowning”. University of Victoria, Sociology Department, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2015 Oct 1 Kontos, P.,Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. 8th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Keynote Speaker.

2015 Oct 1 “Arts and cultural innovations in dementia care”. 8^th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Sep 29 Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Café Scientifique co-hosted by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, the Alzheimer Society of Canada, and the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Keynote Speaker.

2015 Jul 28 Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Grigorovich, A., “Introduction to Transdisciplinary Working”. AGE-WELL NCE CC Webinar Series, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2014 Mar 25 Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., and Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia.” Walk with Me: Changing the Culture of Aging in Canada Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Keynote Speaker.

2013 Mar 8 “Exploring the social world of dementia”. Adult Day Program Association 8^th Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2013 Jan 28 “Myths vs. realities: Understanding dementia after diagnosis”. CIHR Café Scientifique and the Alzheimer Society of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2007 May 13-15 “Conceptual and knowledge translation limitations of person-centred dementia care”. Decision-Making, Dementia, and Personhood: Examining the Interface Workshop, The Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia (CRPD), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Invited Speaker.

Provincial

2019 Oct 4 Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. RPNAO 61st AGM & Conference. London, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2019 Aug 21 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G. “Using theatre to disrupt understandings of dementia and dementia care – Cracked: new light on dementia”. Health Living, Healthy Thinking Group, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 Feb 25 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia – Reducing stigma using research-informed film”. Therapeutic Recreation Awareness Month, Mohawk College, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Sep 22 “Mobilizing collective hope about dementia: Towards a new ethic of engagement”. Dementia: Hope, Ethics & Engagement, Highview Residences, London, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2016 May 8 “Critical intersections between philosophy, art, and dementia care”. A Palpable Thrill: An Introduction to Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Keynote Speaker.

2016 Apr 20 Dupuis, S.L., Briscoe, C., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Changing the culture of dementia and long-term care using research-based drama”. Nithview Home, New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Dec 2 “Dementia, selfhood, and the body: Imagining new possibilities for care”. Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators Annual Fall Conference 2015, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Nov 24 Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Jones-Simpson, C., Kontos. P., Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia – Using theatre to transform long-term care”. Ontario Long-Term Care Association Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Keynote Speaker.

2015 Oct 29 Dupuis, S.L., Kontos, P., Gray, J., Jones-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia – Theatre and social change”. Invited keynote at the Extendicare Conference, Markham, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 6 Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Dementia 2015: A Day of Education hosted by the Alzheimer Society of Huron County, Clinton, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 4 Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Gray, J., Dupuis, S. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Alzheimer Society of Norfolk County, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Sep 30 Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2015 Sep 28 Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Gilbrea Centre, McMaster University and the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton-Wentworth, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 May 7-8 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L. “Reimagining dementia care through relational presence in elder-clowning”. Symposium on Cognitive Impairment, Aging, and Dementia in Theory and Practice, Trent University, Trent, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2015 May 7-8 Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G. “Using research-based drama to envision a new culture of dementia care”. Symposium on Critical Intersections: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Aging, and Dementia in Theory and Practice, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Principal Author and Invited Speaker.

2015 Apr 8 “Embodiment, memory, and the self in dementia: Moving beyond a paradigm of loss”. Memory(loss) Research Group, Centre for Memory and Testimony Studies, Wilfred Laurier University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Jan 18 Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., and Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. BrainFEST hosted by the Ontario Science Centre and the Ontario Brain Institute. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2014 Jan 23 “Exploring the social world of dementia”. VON’s Alzheimer Community Support Program Alzheimer Awareness Event, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2013 Aug 6 “Seeing the person: Exploring the social world of dementia and creative possibilities for care practices”. Alzheimer Society of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2013 Mar 14 “Exploring the social world of dementia”. Karl Kinanen Public Lecture. Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging, McMaster University, and the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2012 Apr 22 “‘Fit for dialysis’: Using drama to increase exercise amongst older hemodialysis patients”. Renal Rehabilitation Network Congress. Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2011 Apr 5 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Colobong, R., Neuman, J. “Client centred brain injury rehab takes centre stage: Evaluating a play about brain injury”. Sudbury Regional Hospital, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2005 Jun 8 “Rethinking person-centred dementia care”. Hidden Costs/Invisible Contributions Research Symposium. Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

Local

2020 Jan 14 “Countering stigma with theatre”. TD Finance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2019 Jul 26 Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. UHN Patient Education Monthly Health Talk, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2019 Jul 16 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Dupuis, S. Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Exploring the power of theatre to challenge stigma and improve dementia care”. Beyond Loss: Personal Encounters with Dementia, TD Finance, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2019 Apr 5 “Innovating dementia care with theatre”. KITE Toronto Rehab & AGE-WELL: Aging & Rehabilitation Innovation Showcase, MaRS Health Innovation Week, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2019 Apr 5 Colobong, R, Kontos, P. “Cracked: new light on dementia exhibit”. KITE Toronto Rehab & AGE-WELL: Aging & Rehabilitation Innovation Showcase, MaRS Health Innovation Week, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2018 Nov 11 “Dancing with dementia”. Circle Dance Talk, Older & Reckless. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2018 May 15 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Team Optimize, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2018 Mar 22 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Knowledge translation: Using research-based drama and animation to improve TBI care”. Traumatic Brain Injury, Mental Health, and Addictions Research Program Participatory Action Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2018 Feb 3 “Using drama to challenge stigma associated with dementia: Fostering a more inclusive society”. Paper presented in K. Le Roux (Chair), Theatre for and with Elders Living with Cognitive Disabilities Panel presented at Festival of Original Theatre (FOOT) 2018: Supporting Bodies / Changing Minds, Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker and Panelist.

2017 Sep 5 Kontos, P., Colobong, R. “Dementia stigma and the counter narrative”. Design for Social Change, Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2017 Jun 1 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Citizenship, human rights and dementia: Towards a new ethic of sexuality”. Paper presented in P. Kontos (Chair), Mapping a Critical Landscape for Sexuality in Dementia Symposium presented at 2016-2017 Seminars & Workshops, Institute for Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2017 Mar 16 “The art of clowning and dementia care: A perfect match”. Baycrest Behavioural Support Rounds, Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2017 Feb 28 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Sleight of hand’ or ‘selling our soul’? Surviving as critical qualitative health researchers in a positivist world”. Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CQ) Speaker Series, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2017 Feb 16 Goldman, M., Katz, S., Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Age studies activism from across the humanities, arts, and social sciences: Introducing the Toronto Age Studies Collaborative Research Group”. Institute for Life Course Aging Research Seminar, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker and Panelist.

2017 Jan 18 Alter, D., Craven, C., Kontos, P., McGilton, K., Rochon, E., Jaglal, S. (Moderator). “Work-life balance”, TRI Mentorship Series, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker and Panelist.

2016 Aug 29 “Elder-clowning: An arts-based approach to dementia care”. Dementia and Communications Lunch Talk, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2016 Jun 3 Gray, J., Kontos, P. “Performing health: A critical alliance between drama and health research”. CQ Method Talks, Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research (CQ), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2016 Jun 1 Kontos, P, Grigorovich, A. “‘Get it done however you have to’: Exploring the workers’ perceptions of vulnerability to head injury”. Work-related Traumatic Brain Injury: Innovations for Prevention Lunch and Learn, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2016 May 27 “Appraising Qualitative Research”. Division of Geriatric Medicine – Journal Club, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2016 May 14 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G. “Exploring caring relationships through the arts”, Invited workshop at the PSW (Personal Support Worker) Forum sponsored by the Andreae Family, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Feb 18 “Reimagining dementia care: Insights from a study of elder-clowning”. Chartwell Residences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Oct 7 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2015 Aug 20 “Artistic innovations in dementia care”. Chartwell Residences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2015 Aug 18 “Dementia and the arts”. TAGlab, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2014 Oct 15 Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Dupuis, S. “Cracked: new light on dementia”. Tiffin House, Midland, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2014 Sep 19 “Send in the clowns!: Exploring an innovative approach to person-centred dementia care”. The Walter Lyons Memorial Social Work Clinic Day, Beyond Brain Health. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2014 May 13 Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Cracked: new light on dementia.” Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Invited Speaker.

2014 Feb 28 “Selfhood, the body, and person-centred dementia care: Using drama to improve practice”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute’s 2014 Alzheimer Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2014 Feb 19 Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Palma Lazgare, L., Binns, M., Low, L-F., Miller, K.L., Surr, C., Naglie, G. “Elder-clowning: An innovative approach to person-centred dementia care”. Clowning in Hospitals & Therapeutic Environments: A Symposium. Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Feb 6 Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Palma Lazgare, L., Binns, M., Low, L-F., Miller, K.L., Surr, C., Naglie, G. “Elder-clowning: An innovative approach to person-centred dementia care”. Innovations Gallery, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Jul 31 Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M. “After the Crash: A play about brain injury”. Innovations Gallery, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Apr 24 “Fit for dialysis”. City-Wide Nephrology Academic Rounds, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2012 Sep 15 “Beyond loss: Finding meaning in Alzheimer’s disease”. Caregiver Appreciation Day, Memory Clinic-Toronto Western Hospital, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2012 Jul 7 “Rethinking place in brain injury rehabilitation”. Rethinking Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2012 Mar 29 “Embodiment, selfhood and dementia: Moving beyond the Cartesian legacy”. Annual Workshop, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology & Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2011 May 3 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Colobong, R., Neuman, J. “Using drama to improve client-centred brain injury rehabilitation: Evaluating After the Crash”. Neuro Best Practice Forum, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2011 Apr 12 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Colobong, R., Neuman, J. “Evaluating After the Crash – A play about brain injury”. Bridgepoint Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2011 Mar 23 Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Mistry, B., Ballon, B. “Exploring how drama can improve person-centred dementia care”. Cawthra Gardens Long Term Care Community, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2011 Jan 26 Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Mistry, B., Ballon, B. “Using drama to humanize dementia care”. Cedarvale Terrace Long Term Care Home, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2010 Dec 22 Kontos, P., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. “After the Crash: Evaluating an arts-based approach to improving client centred brain injury rehabilitation”. Team Optimize, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2010 Nov 12 “Using drama to humanize dementia care”. The Walter Lyons Memorial Social Work Clinic Day, The Use of Creativity in Clinical Practice with Older Adults. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2010 Oct 1 “Incorporating the arts into a multidisciplinary public health setting” (Panel Discussion). The Arts of Public Health Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2010 Jun 3 Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Fit for dialysis: Using drama to increase exercise amongst older hemodialysis patients”. Rehabilitation Rounds, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2010 May 18 Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Fit for dialysis”. Team Optimize, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Invited Speaker.

2010 Mar 1-3 “International perspectives on research into the use of the arts and humour in dementia care” (Round Table). International Week of Clowning, Laughter and Health Care. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2009 Nov 16 “Performing research: Theatre to improve dementia care”. Technologies for Aging Gracefully Laboratory, Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2009 May 5 “Arts-based approaches to knowledge translation in health research: Exploring theatre”. Seminar, Academic Boundary Crossing Series, Qualitative Inquiry Group, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2008 May 15 “Factors influencing participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: a qualitative study”. Seminar, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2008 May 1-2 “Embodied selfhood and clinical decision-making in dementia care”. Annual Workshop, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology & Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2008 Mar 19 “After the Crash: A Play about Brain Injury” (Panel Discussion). Knowledge Translation in Motion: A Film and Performance Series, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2008 Feb 29 “Advancing the rehabilitation agenda” (Panel Discussion). GTA Rehab Network’s Annual Best Practices Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2006 Jun 4 “Enhancing physical activity in older hemodialysis patients”. Innovations and Best Practices in Nephrology Care, Nephrology Annual Symposium, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2006 May 4-5 “Dramatizing the data”. Annual Workshop, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology & Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2005 Dec 15 “Research-based drama on personhood in Alzheimer’s: An arts-based approach to knowledge translation”. Practice Based Seminar, Collaborative Research Program: Rehabilitation & Long-Term Care, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2005 Oct 27 “Performing the data: An ethnodramatic production about personhood in Alzheimer’s”. Knowledge Translation, Dissemination & Application: A Critical Look Workshop, CIHR Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology & Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2004 Oct 27 “Bridging theory and practice: Moving from ethnography to ethnographic drama”. Seminar Series, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology & Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2003 Apr 7 “Alzheimer’s disease and the persistence of selfhood”. Seminar Series, The Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Canada. Invited Speaker.

1999 Nov 4 “Toward a rethinking of the body through Butler and Lock”. Seminar Series, Centre for Research in Women’s Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Invited Speaker.

2. PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS

International

2019 Jun 30-Jul 5 Herron, R., Skinner, M., Kosurko, A., Kontos, P., Menec, V., Bar, R. “Encountering the transformative potential of Sharing Dance for people living with dementia and carers across spaces of care”. International Medical Geography Symposium, Queenstown, New Zealand. Co-Author.

2019 Jun 11 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “‘It could be a lot worse’: The emotional work involved in the management of unwanted sexual attention from residents”. The 2^nd Global Carework Summit. Toronto, ON, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2019 May 28-31 Bar, R., Herron, R., Skinner, M., Kontos, P., Menec, V. “Promising practices for Sharing Dance for older people and carers through community-based research: Challenges and opportunities, capacity and creativity”. Paper presented in R. Herron and M. Skinner (Chairs), Exploring Social Inclusion, Embodiment and Citizenship Through Dance for Older People Living with Dementia and their Carers Symposium presented at the Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 May 28-31 Kosurko, A., Skinner, M., Herron, R., Kontos, P., Menec, V., Bar, R. “Examining older people’s experience of social inclusion through Sharing Dance”. Paper presented in R. Herron and M. Skinner (Chairs), Exploring Social Inclusion, Embodiment and Citizenship Through Dance for Older People Living with Dementia and their Carers Symposium presented at the Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 May 28-31 Herron, R., Skinner, M., Kontos, P., Menec, V., Bar, R. “Improving social inclusion through Sharing Dance: A focus on embodied expression”. Paper presented in R. Herron and M. Skinner (Chairs), Exploring Social Inclusion, Embodiment and Citizenship Through Dance for Older People Living with Dementia and their Carers Symposium presented at the Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 May 28-31 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Bar, R., Herron, R., Menec, V., Skinner, M. “Dancing with dementia: Integrating citizenship, embodiment, and relationality to support human flourishing”. Paper presented in R. Herron and M. Skinner (Chairs), Exploring Social Inclusion, Embodiment and Citizenship Through Dance for Older People Living with Dementia and their Carers Symposium presented at the Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2019 May 28-31 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Challenging stigmatizing dementia discourses through research-informed theatre: Knowledge as embodied, imaginative enactment”. Second Joint NANAS and ENAS Conference, Take Back Aging: Power, Critique, Imagination, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Sep 21 Kontos, P., Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “’Cracked: new light on dementia’: Creating a better world through theatre”. Performing the World, New York, New York, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2018 Aug 8-10 Kontos, P., Grigorovich. A., Colobong, R., Miller, K.L., Naglie, G. “Using research-based film to foster exercise for wellness in hemodialysis care for older adults”. International Federation on Ageing 14^th Global Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Aug 8-10 Grigorovich. A., Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L. “Experiences of transdisciplinary working in a Pan-Canadian network on ageing and technology: Integrating transdisciplinary principles into research”. International Federation on Ageing 14^th Global Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Aug 8-10 Grigorovich. A., Kontos, P. “Exploring sexual rights and unwanted sexual attention in long-term residential care”. International Federation on Ageing 14^th Global Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Aug 8-10 Herron, R., Skinner, M., Bar, R., Kontos, P., Menec , V. “Connecting rural communities and older people with dementia through dance”. International Federation on Ageing 14^th Global Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Aug 2-5 Skinner, M., Herron, R., Kontos, P., Menec , V., Bar, R. “Improving social inclusion for people with dementia and carers through sharing dance”. CAG Health and Healthcare Study Group and IGU Commission on Health and the Environment Pre-Conference Workshop on Health, Healthcare and the Environment, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Jul 20 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “A critical exploration of unwanted sexual attention in residential long-term care homes”. ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Jul 16 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Exploring ethics, relationality and justice in the context of resident-to-resident aggression in nursing homes”. ISA World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 May 16-19 Dupuis, S.L., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Challenging the fear discourse in the dementia context through theatre: Knowledge as embodied, imaginative enactment”. 14^th International Conference on Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States. Co-Author.

2017 Jul 27 Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L, Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P. “The TREAT scale: A reflexive tool for transdisciplinary working in aging and technology research”. Paper presented in L. Battersby and M.L. Fang (Chairs), Knowledge Translation: Integrating Aging Research and Innovation into Policy and Practice Symposium presented at the 21^st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Jul 27 Fang, M.L., Battersby, L., Grigorovich, A., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Moreno, L., Mihailidis, A., Sixsmith, A. “Enhancing knowledge mobilization and commercial outcomes in aging and technology”. Paper presented in L. Battersby and M.L. Fang (Chairs), Knowledge Translation: Integrating Aging Research and Innovation into Policy and Practice Symposium presented at the 21^st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Jul 24 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Relational citizenship, sexual rights, and a new ethic for dementia care”. Paper presented in P. Kontos and A. Grigorovich (Chairs), Mapping a Critical Ethical Landscape for Dementia: Research, Policy and Practice Symposium presented at the 21^st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 Jul 24 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Kontos, A.P. “A relational model of citizenship insights from a study of elder-clowning”. Paper presented in C. Gilleard and P. Higgs (Chairs), ageing, dementia and the Social Mind Symposium presented at the 21^st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 Jul 23 Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Liberating the arts from the therapy culture in dementia care”. Paper presented in M. Ardelt (Chair), The Benefits of the Humanities and Arts for Older Adults Symposium presented at the 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Co-Author and Presenter.

2017 Apr 27-30 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Raising the curtain on dementia stigma: Fostering a new cultural imaginary for a more inclusive society”. Joint ENAS & NANAS Conference, and 9th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology, Cultural Narratives, Processes & Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Principal Author and Presenter.

2017 Apr 27-30 Gray, J., Kontos, P., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. “Re-telling dementia: Exposing the tragedy of dementia and envisioning alternatives through theatre”. Joint ENAS & NANAS Conference, and 9th International Symposium on Cultural Gerontology, Cultural Narratives, Processes & Strategies in Representations of Age and Aging, University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2016 Nov 16-20 Sixsmith, J., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Developing technologies for older persons using a transdisciplinary approach”. Gerontological Society of America’s 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Co-Author.

2016 Jul 5-7 Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. “The ‘mangle’ of health policy: Resistance and accommodation in implementation science”. Interpretive Policy Analysis 11^th International Conference, Hull, United Kingdom. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Mar 2-5 Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Garritano, E., Pascoe, L., McInnis, J., Mantis, S., Bayley, M., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A. “Work-related mild traumatic brain injury: Profiling injured workers in Ontario, Canada”. IBIA 11th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, Netherlands. Co-Author.

2016 Mar 2-5 Mollayeva, T., Sharma, B., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Bayley, M., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A. “Sleep function and behaviours before and after mild traumatic brain injury: Pre- and post-injury comparisons”. IBIA 11th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, Netherlands. Co-Author.

2016 Jan 8 Gray, J., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P. “‘Cracked: new light on dementia’ – Publicly dismantling the tragedy narrative of dementia through theatre”. Paper presented in the Ageing and Activism: EngAging the Public panel at Modern Language Association Annual Congress, Austin, Texas, United States. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 21 Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Impact redefined: The reciprocal nature of engagement between elder-clowns and persons with dementia”. Paper presented in P. Kontos (Chair), What are we missing with impact alone?: Critical insights from arts-based initiatives Symposium presented at the 21^st Qualitative Health Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2015 Oct 15-17 Miller, K.L., Kontos, P. “Relational citizenship and residents of long-term dementia care: A new ethic of practice”. The 2015 International Conference on Claiming Full Citizenship: Self Determination, Personalization and Individualized Funding, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2015 Oct 15-17 Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Re-claiming citizenship through the arts”. The 2015 International Conference on Claiming Full Citizenship: Self Determination, Personalization and Individualized Funding, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2015 Jun 10-12 Kontos, P.,Miller, K.L. “Moral agency amidst regulatory regimes in nursing homes”. 6th In Sickness & In Health International Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2015 Jun 10-12 Kontos, P.,Miller, K.L. “Send in the Clowns!: Challenging Existential Loss in Dementia”. 6th In Sickness & In Health International Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2015 Apr 15-18 Dupuis, S., Kontos, P.,Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Gray, J. “Transformative spaces for re-imagining dementia”. 30th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International, Perth, Australia. Co-Author.

2014 Oct 15-17 Hwang, A., Kontos, P.,Mihailidis, A., Nygård, L.“Beyond the discourse of ‘burden’: Exploring the experiences of adult children who care for parents with dementia living at home”. Life with Dementia: Relations 2^nd International Conference, Norrköping, Sweden. Co-Author.

2014 Oct 7-11 Kontos, P. “After the Crash: Exploring research-based drama to improve client-centred brain injury rehabilitation”. Paper presented in C. McDonnell (Chair). Translating research into person-centered practices in rehabilitation: Examples from the US, Canada, and New Zealand Symposium presented at the Annual Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine 91^st Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2014 Jun 27-28 Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. “Policy and practice in transitions from hospital to home: Perspectives from critical gerontology”, The London Conference in Critical Thought, University of London, London, UK. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Jun 24-27 Kontos, P. “The importance of embodiment for understanding music perception in persons with Alzheimer’s disease”. 3rd International Association for Music & Medicine Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2014 Jan 17-18 Kontos, P.,Miller, K.L.“Empathy, anger, and relationality: The impact of drama on emotion work”. The Qualitative Report’s 5th Annual Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 Nov 20-24 Carlin, L.E., Sibley, K., Kontos, P.,Jaglal, S.“‘There will be failures’: Orthopedic surgeons and decision-making for elderly hip-fracture patients”. American Anthropological Association, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Co-Author.

2013 Nov 12-16 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Cott, C., Colantonio, A.“The impact of a drama-based intervention on the emotion work of neurorehabilitation staff: Improving the management of empathy, grief, and intimacy”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Orlando, Florida, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 Sep 26-28 Kontos, P. “Music, embodiment and dementia”. International Merleau-Ponty Circle, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 Sep 11-13 Shaw, J., Martin, W., Victor, C., Kontos, P. “Dignity and Care in the Media: A Critical Exploration of the Francis Report”. British Society of Gerontology Conference, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Aug 13-16 Shaw, J., Kontos, P. “Non-essentialism in phenomenological research: Gendlin, Ihde, and the multi-stability of meaning”. The International Human Science Research Conference, Aalborg, Denmark. Senior Responsible Author.

2012 May 2-5 Tafler, M., Patteson, A, Kontos, P., Fujioka, T., Anderson, N., Colobong, R., Alexander, M. “Exploring the impact of artful engagement: The impact of professionally run arts programs on older adults”. Society for Arts in Healthcare, Detroit, Michigan, United States. Co-Author.

2012 Mar 21-25 Tsukada, M., Yoshida, K., Colantonio, A., Sokoloff, S., Kontos, P., Harris, J. “Women living with acquired brain injury: Pilot study of community health and well-being needs”. IBIA 9^th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-Author.

2011 Jun 5-8 Wang, R.H., Kontos, P., Carswell, A., Naglie, G., Mihailidis, A., Fernie, G.R. “Qualitative methods in power wheelchair design for older adults with dementia”. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Trainee presentation, Member of R.H. Wang’s PhD Graduate Committee). Co-Principal Author.

2011 Jun 5-8 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. “Using drama to improve client centred brain injury rehabilitation”. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2011 Mar 26-29 Kontos, P., Mitchell, G.J., Mistry, B., Ballon, G. “Using the arts to rethink personhood in person-centred dementia care”. 26^th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease International. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2010 Nov 19-23 Kontos, P.,Miller, K.L., Mitchell, G.J., Cott, C. “Reflexivity, embodied practices, and regulatory regimes in nursing homes”. Paper presented in A. Basting (Chair), The Marketplace of Memory Symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America’s 63^rd Annual Scientific Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Nov 18-22 Kontos, P. “Knowing the person in person-centred dementia care: Tacit knowledge, life stories, and blended perspectives”. Gerontological Society of America’s 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Nov 18-22 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “The importance of tacit knowledge for person-centred dementia care”. Gerontological Society of America’s 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Oct 6-8 Kontos, P.,Spée, R., Santos, J., Warner, N., De Souza, G. “Client centred care e-learning course developers”. 8^th International Elder Care Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2009 Jul 5-9 Kontos, P.,Naglie, G. “Embodied selfhood and clinical decision-making in dementia care”. 19^th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, Paris, France. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Jul 5-9 Kontos, P.,Poland, B., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., McGilton, K. “Caring as an act of resistance: Moral agency on the front lines of dementia care”. 19^th International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, Paris, France. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 May 20-23 Kontos, P.,Naglie, G. “A new care ethic: Embodied selfhood and humanistic dementia care”. 5^th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2008 Apr 16-19 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Staging the data to improve dementia care”. Society for the Arts in Healthcare’s 19th Annual Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Nov 16-20 Kontos, P., Poland, B. “How will it work in this context? The importance of place in knowledge translation”. Paper presented in J. Twigg and A. Matthews (Chair), Settings of Care: Space, Place and Time Symposium presented at the Gerontological Society of America 60^th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Feb 23-25 Rossiter, K., Gray. J., Kontos, P.,Colantonio, A., Keightley, M., Gilbert, J. “‘After the Crash’: A research-based play about traumatic brain injury”. International Symposium on the Arts and Society, New York, New York, United States. Co-Author.

2006 Nov 16-20 Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G.M., De Souza, M.J., Naglie, G.“Identifying the barriers to, and facilitators of exercise for older persons who are dialysis dependent”. Gerontological Society of America 59^th Annual Scientific Meeting. Dallas, Texas, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2004 Aug 5-8 Kontos, P. “Being-in-the-world with Alzheimer’s disease”. International Human Science Research Conference: Embodiment and its Consequences in Human Science Research. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2003 Nov 6-8 Kontos, P. “Embodied creativity and Alzheimer’s disease”. Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences. Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2003 Jul 14-18 Dyck, I., Angus, J., Kontos, P. “Body, embodiment and home: Sites of investigation in a study of long-term home care”. 10^th International Medical Geography Symposium. Manchester, United Kingdom. Co-Principal Author.

2003 May 15-18 Kontos, P. “Ethnographic reflections on Alzheimer’s disease”. Flesh Made Text: Bodies, Theories, Cultures in the Post-Millennial Era, International Conference on the Body. School of English, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2003 Mar 25-27 Dyck, I., Angus, J. and Kontos, P. “Body, embodiment and qualitative research strategies”. 9^th International Qualitative Research Conference. Guadalajara, Mexico. Co-Principal Author.

2002 Jul 8-12 Kontos, P. “Rethinking selfhood in Alzheimer’s disease”. International Communicology Institute Summer Symposium 2002. Cultural Constructions of Technology and Human Relations: Healthy and Unhealthy, Strange and Familiar Bodies. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2002 Jul 7-13 McKeever, P., Dupuis, K., Angus J., Dyck, I., Eakin, J., England, K., Gastaldo, D., Irvine, T., Kontos, P., Osterlund, K., and Poland, B. “‘Casing’ the home in home care research: Reconciling theoretical divergence, philosophical convergence and data analytic techniques”. XVth ISA World Congress of Sociology. Brisbane, Australia. Co-Author.

2002 Apr 21-24 Angus, J., Kontos, P., Dyck, I., McKeever, P. “The meaning of home for home care recipients”. From Knowledge to Wisdom: A Living International Exchange on Home and Community Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2001 Nov 28-Dec 2 Kontos, P. “Alzheimer’s disease and embodiment”. American Anthropological Association. Washington, DC, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2001 Jul 1-6 Kontos, P. “Perspectives on embodiment and their implications for understanding Alzheimer’s disease”. 17^th World Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2001 Jul 1-6 Kontos, P., Angus, J., McKeever, P. “Home as a site for long-term care”. 17th Congress of the International Association of Gerontology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Principal Author and Presenter.

2001 May 2-4 McKeever, P., Kontos, P., Currie, G. “Theorizing homes in which health care services are provided and received”. Health Care in a Complex World: An International Research Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2001 May 2-4 Kontos, P., Irvine, T., Angus, J. “Home as a field setting: Diversity in data collection methods”. Health Care in a Complex World: An International Research Conference. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author and Presenter.

1998 Jul 26-Aug 2 Kontos, P. “Local biology: Theoretical contributions from anthropology”. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

1998 Apr 6-7 Kontos, P. “Local biology: Bodies of difference”. British Sociological Association. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

National

2020 Jun 3-5 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Towards responsible implementation of intelligent monitoring technologies in institutional care”. Canadian Bioethics Society 31st Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2019 Oct 26 Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L., Grigorovich, A., Sixsmith, A. “Doing Transdisciplinarity: Promising practices in aging and technology development”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 48^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 Oct 25 Kirkland, S., OARPG Research Team (Carson, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W.,Kerr, A., Lidstone, C., Mancini, M.A., Mann, J., Sanford, G., Woods, S.), Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Sixsmith, J., Jenkins, A., Colobong, R., Marcotte, A-A., Fabricius, A., Sun, C. “Exploring how to optimize older adult engagement in aging and technology research: A case study project”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 48^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 Oct 25 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Herron, R., Merec, V., Skinner, M. “Problematizing the art-for-therapy culture in dementia care: The case of dance”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 48^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2019 Oct 22 Kirkland, S., OARPG Research Team (Carson, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W.,Kerr, A., Lidstone, C., Mancini, M.A., Mann, J., Sanford, G., Woods, S.), Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Jenkins, A., Colobong, R., Marcotte, A., Fabricius, A., Sun, C. “Supporting researchers to successfully engage older adults: A showcase of resources.” Drinks & Demos, AGE-WELL’s 5^th Annual Conference, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 Oct 23 Kirkland, S., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Colobong, R., Jenkins, A., Marcotte, A.A., Fabricius, A., Sun, C., Fowler, J, Harris, B., Kerr, A., Goldman, I. “Engaging older adults in research: Processes and perspectives in aging and technology case studies.” AGE-WELL’s 5^th Annual Conference, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 May 30 Macdonald, R., Kontos, P. “Unexpected destination: A research journey towards anti-oppressive practice”. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy National Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2019 May 30 Macdonald, R., Kontos, P. “Talk: An occupation in its own right?”. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy National Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Oct 20 Sixsmith, J., Wada, M., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L. “Challenges of implementing transdisciplinary working in aging and technology research”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 20 Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L. “Perceived benefits of incorporating transdisciplinary working into research on aging and technology”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 20 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “‘Sexual precarity: Exploring female care workers’ vulnerability to unwanted sexual attention in long-term care”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Oct 19 Dupuis, S., McAiney, C., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Hickman, K., Schulz, M., Chandrabalan, N., Parent, R., Goulet-Kack, J., Lee, D., Mulcahy, T., Thomas, C., Engell, K., Main, S. “Cultivating wide-awakeness learning cultures in long-term care through the Relational Caring Learning Series”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 19 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Colobong, R., Miller, K.L., Nesrallah, G., Binns, M.A., Alibhai, S.M.H., Parsons, T., Jassal, S.V., Thomas, A., Naglie, G. “Using research-based film to foster a culture of exercise for wellness in hemodialysis care”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2018 Oct 18 Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty K., Colobong, R., Diep, J., Panek, I., Vaccarino, O. “Engaging older adults in aging and technology projects: Highlights from AGE-WELL case studies”. AGE-WELL’s 4^th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 16 Colobong, R., Diep, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W., Kirkland, S., Kontos, P., Lidstone, C., O’Doherty, K., Panek, I., Sixsmith, J., Vaccarino, O., Woods, S. “Older Adults as Experts in Technology Research and Development Projects: OA-INVOLVE Resources Guiding Older Adults’ Engagement”. Drinks & Demos, AGE-WELL’s 4^th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 16 Kontos, P., Wada, M. “TicTacTDR: A digital educational game about transdisciplinary research”. Drinks & Demos, AGE-WELL’s 4^th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author and Presenter.

2018 Oct 15-17 Mollayeva, T., Sharma, B., Vernich, L., Mantis, S., Lewko, J., Brian, G., Liss, G., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Colantonio, A. “Refreshing sleep before and after work-related concussion/mild traumatic brain injury: Sex differences”. Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health (CIMVHR) 9th annual Forum, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Jun 7-10 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “A critical analysis of unwanted sexual attention and care work in nursing homes”. Annual Meeting on Law and Society (Joint meeting of the Law and Society Association and the Canadian Law and Society Association), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Oct 20 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Embodiment, relationality, and citizenship: A new perspective on musicality and dementia”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 Oct 20 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Gray, J. “Using theatre to challenge dementia stigma and foster relationality”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Principal Author and Presenter.

2017 Oct 20 Wada, M., Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L, Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. “Facilitators and Barriers to Transdisciplinary Working in Aging and Technology Research: An Exploration of Experiences in a Pan-Canadian Research Network”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 20 Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., O’Doherty, K., Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Ishigami, Y., Jamer, B., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O. “Reflections on working with a Cross National Older Adults Research Partner Group: OA-INVOLVE AGE-WELL project”. Paper presented in Learning from Experience: Older Adults as Experts Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 18 Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Colobong, R., Crawford, T., Diep, J., Ishigami, Y., Jamer, B., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O. “Involving older adults in aging and technology projects: Key challenges and facilitators”. AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 17 Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Colobong, R., Crawford, T., Diep, J., Ishigami, Y., Jamer, B., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O. “Engaging Older Adults in the Technology Research and Development Process: OA-INVOLVE Resources for AGE-WELL projects”. Drinks & Demos, AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 17 Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L.,Wada, M. “An AGE-WELL ‘Sound-Bite’ for Transdisciplinary Working”. Drinks & Demos, AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Principal Author and Presenter.

2017 Jun 1 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Dupuis, S. Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Mobilizing theatre to challenge dementia stigma and enable a more inclusive society”. Paper presented in P. Thille (Chair), Structural Stigma Symposium presented at the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, 2017 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 May 23-26 Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P. “Transforming dementia care through research-based drama”. Paper presented in In S. Dupuis (Chair), Liberating the Arts from the Therapy Culture in Dementia Care Symposium presented at the 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 May 23-26 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Everyday choreographies of citizenship: Towards a reconceptualization of dance as leisure in long-term care”. Paper presented in S. Dupuis (Chair), Liberating the Arts from the Therapy Culture in Dementia Care Symposium presented at the 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, University of Waterloo, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 May 23-26 Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P. “The arts as a medium for relationships, emergent learning, life enrichment and engagement”. Paper presented in S. Dupuis (Chair), Liberating the Arts from the Therapy Culture in Dementia Care Symposium presented at the 15th Canadian Congress on Leisure Research, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 22 Sixsmith, J., Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Fang, M.L. “Using transdisciplinarity to inform technologies for older adults: A scoping review”. Paper presented in L. Battersby (Chair), Aging and technology innovations: Supporting commercialization with a transdisciplinary approach Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Oct 22 Fang, M.L., Battersby, L., Moreno, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Moreno, L., Mihailidis, A., Sixsmith, A. “A transdisciplinary approach towards ‘thinking commercially’: Enhancing commercialization in aging and technology research”. Paper presented in L. Battersby (Chair), Aging and technology innovations: Supporting commercialization with a transdisciplinary approach Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Oct 22 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Relational citizenship, sexual rights, and a new ethic for dementia care”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2016 Oct 22 Dupuis, S., Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Humanizing dementia care through research-based drama”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 21 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Dancing with dementia: Citizenship, embodiment, and everyday life in long-term care”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2016 May 28 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Ethical reasoning and sexual expression in long-term dementia care: Advancing a relational embodied ethic”. 2016 Canadian Bioethics Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2015 Oct 24 Grigorovich, A., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P. “Supporting transdisciplinary working in aging and technology: The case of AGE-WELL”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 44th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2015 May 14-15 Kontos, P.,Jonas-Simpson, C., Dupuis, S., Gray, J., Mitchell, G., “Exploring critical intersections between research and performance in transforming dementia care”. 2015 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Principal Author and Presenter.

2014 Nov 7-9 Dupuis, S.L., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Re-Imagining dementia and transforming dementia care through the arts”. Power of the Arts National Forum. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2014 Oct 14-18 Kontos, P. “The musical self, embodied perception, and dementia”. Paper presented in S. Katz (Chair), Towards a Critical Gerontology of the Senses: Embodiment, Feeling and Somatic Life Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 43^rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2014 Oct 14-18 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L. “Playfulness, sadness, and the imaginary: Contributions of persons with dementia to elder-clowning”, Paper presented in P. Kontos (Chair), Critical Intersections Between Gerontology and the Arts: Towards a New Paradigm of Social Inquiry Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 43^rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2014 Oct 14-18 Dupuis, S. L., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Transformative spaces for crafting a new landscape of dementia”. Paper presented in P. Kontos (Chair), Critical Intersections Between Gerontology and the Arts: Towards a New Paradigm of Social Inquiry Symposium presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology 43^rd Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Co- Author.

2014 May 21-23 Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Jonas-Simpson, C., Gray, J. “Confronting crises of representation: Artful re-constructions of dementia”. Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Co-Author.

2013 Oct 17-19 Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Robinson, B. “Re-imagining Dementia through the Arts”. Canadian Association on Gerontology’s Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Co-Author.

2013 Jun 7 Kontos, P. “Musical embodiment, selfhood, and dementia”. 5^th Annual Canadian Hermeneutic Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 May 23-25 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Gilbert, J., Mitchell, G., Colantonio, A., Keightley, M., Cott, C. “Exploring the impact of After the Crash: A Play about Brain Injury”. 30^th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference, Ottawa, Ontario. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 Jun 24-27 Carlin, L., Sibley, K., Kontos, P.,Jaglal, S. “‘A fine balance’: Evidence versus experience in surgeons’ post-operative management of weight-bearing in hip fracture patients”. Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Biennial Conference. St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Co-Author.

2011 Aug 24-26 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Colobong, R., Neuman, J. “Evaluating After the Crash: Using drama to improve client centred brain injury rehabilitation”. 8th Annual Brain Injury Association of Canada Conference. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2011 Jun 8-11 Spée, R.T.H., Kontos, P., Warner, N. (June 8-11, 2011). “Evaluating the effectiveness of an arts-based learning course to improve client centred care”. 16th National Conference on Gerontological Nursing. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2008 May 8-10 Kontos, P. “Tacit knowledge: Challenging what counts as evidence in evidence-based medicine”. Canadian Anthropology Society. Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Apr 19-21 Kontos, P.,Brooks, D., Jassal, S.V., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G.M., De Souza, M.J., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Naglie, G. “Factors influencing exercise participation by older adults requiring chronic hemodialysis: A qualitative study”. Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2006 May 9-14 Kontos, P. “Using ethnodrama to rethink personhood in Alzheimer’s disease”. The Canadian Anthropology Society. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2004 Oct 21-24 Kontos, P. “Bringing in the body to a rethinking of selfhood in Alzheimer’s disease”. Symposium on Explorations in Embodiment and Selfhood in Aging, Canadian Association on Gerontology Annual Conference. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2003 Nov 30-Dec 2 Angus, J. Kontos, P., Dyck, I., McKeever, P. “Improvising home: Experiences of long term home care recipients”. Canadian Home Care Association 13th Annual Conference: From Policy to Practice. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2002 Oct 21-24 Kontos, P. “Embodiment and Alzheimer’s disease: The case of de Kooning’s late paintings”. Canadian Association on Gerontology. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2002 May 29-Jun 1 Osterlund, K., McKeever, P., Kontos, P. “’Hitting home”: The home as a site for long-term care: Family caregiver perspectives”. Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2002 May 28-30 Kontos, P. “Embodied consciousness and Alzheimer’s disease”. 4^th Bi-Annual Summer Institute, Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2002 Apr 4-6 Angus, J., Kontos, P., Dyck, I., McKeever, P. “The meaning of home for home care recipients”. 8^th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2001 May 3-6 Kontos, P. “Resuscitating agency in Alzheimer’s disease. Canadian Anthropology Society”. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2001 Feb 22-24 Angus, J., Kontos, P., McKeever, P.“Putting the ‘home’ in home care research: Conceptual and methodological foundations of the hitting home study”. 2^nd Annual Advances in Qualitative Methods. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2000 Apr 6-8 Kontos, P. “Bourdieu Margaret Lock: Perspectives on embodiment and their implications for understanding Alzheimer’s disease”. Qualitative Health Research. Banff, Alberta, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

1999 May 12-16 Kontos, P. “Reclaiming body matter”. Canadian Anthropology Society. Laval Université, Quebec City, Quebec. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

1997 Jun 12-14 Kontos, P. “On local biology”. Canadian Anthropology Society. Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

1996 Oct 17-20 Kontos, P. “Constructing old age and negotiating home”. Canadian Association on Gerontology. Quebec City, Quebec. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

1996 May 26-28 Kontos, P. “Rethinking old age”. Canadian Anthropology Society. Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

Provincial

2012 Nov 8-9 Topolovec-Vranic, J., Ennis, N., Johnson, P., Michalak, A., Masanic, C., Ouchterlony, D., Distin, K., Stergiopoulos, V.,Hwang, S., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Cusimano, M.D. “Exploring the link between traumatic brain injury and homelessness: a feasibility study”. Toronto ABI Network Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2011 Oct 18-19 Kontos, P., Warner, N., Spée, R., Santos, J., De Souza, G. “Building the foundation for excellence through a client centred care e-learning”.RNAO Excellent Care for All: Evidence Based Practice and Quality Improvement Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2011 Oct 13 Kontos, P. Spée, R., Warner, N., Santos, J. “Effectiveness of an arts-based approach: Evaluation of a client centred care e-learning course”. School of Nursing 4^th Annual Research Day. York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Principal Author.

2010 Oct 18-20 Kontos, P., Warner, N., Spée, R., Santos, J., De Souza, G. “Exploring e-learning as an effective strategy for education on client-centred care”. RNAO, Knowledge, the Power of Nursing Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

Local

2018 May 11 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “Exploring care providers’ vulnerability to unwanted sexual attention in long-term care”. Women’s Xchange 2018 Spring Event, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Jan 25 Jonas-Simpson, C., Mitchell, G. J., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Cross, N. “Experiences of Relational Caring through the Arts with Persons Living with Memory Loss”. CAP Research and Innovation Day 2017, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Feb 28 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L. “Affective relationality, reciprocal playfulness, and co-constructed imagination: Contributions of persons with dementia to elder-clowning”. Playing Age Symposium. Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2011 Mar 25-27 “Artistic and literary expressions despite Alzheimer’s: Philosophical reflections on embodiment and selfhood”. Aging, Old Age, Memory, Aesthetics: An Interdisciplinary Conference. Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

3. Peer-reviewed conference posters

International

2019 Nov 3-8 Wiseman-Hakes, C., Colantonio, A., Haag, H., Matheson, F., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Balogh, R., Mann, R., Nalder, E., Kirsh, B., Riopelle, R., Chan, V. “A participatory action workshop on integrating services for traumatic brain injury, mental health, and addictions”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Co-Author.

2019 Jun 24-28 Kontos, P.,Grigorovich, A., Colobong, R., Miller, K-L, Nesrallah, G., Binns, M., Alibhai, S., Parsons, T., Jassal, S.V., Thomas, A., Naglie, G. “Fit for Dialysis: Evaluating a research-based film to promote exercise in hemodialysis”. RehabWeek 2019, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Nov 17 Kontos, P.,Grigorovich, A., Colobong, R., Miller, K-L, Nesrallah, G., Binns, M., Alibhai, S., Parsons, T., Jassal, S.V., Thomas, A., Naglie, G. “Fit for Dialysis: Evaluating a research-based film to promote exercise in hemodialysis”. Gerontological Society of America 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Nov 17 Grigorovich, A., Wada, M., Sixsmith, J., Fang, M., Kontos P. “Transdisciplinary research in aging and technology: Experiences from a pan-Canadian research network”. Gerontological Society of America 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2018 Nov 16 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “The problem with no solution? Exploring unwanted sexual attention in residential long-term care”.Gerontological Society of America 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Jul 24 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Choreographies of citizenship: Towards a reconceptualization of dance, dementia and everyday life”. 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2017 Jul 24 Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Panek, I., Battersby, L., O’Doherty, K., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. “Involving older adults in technology research and development (OA-INVOLVE): AGE-WELL”. 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Co-Author.

2017 Jul 24 Panek, I., Crumley, E.T., Ishigami, Y., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Kirkland, S. “Levels of older adults’ engagement in technology research, design and development: A scoping review”. 21st International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics World Congress, San Francisco, California, United States. Co-Author.

2016 Nov 3 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. “Supporting development of assistive technologies for older adults through transdisciplinary research and innovation: A literature review”. American Congress for Rehabilitation Medicine Conference, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Sep 30 Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. “Supporting the successful development and uptake of assistive technologies for older adults through transdisciplinary research and innovation”. The 10^th World Congress of Gerontechnology, Nice, France. Co-Author.

2016 Aug 26 Panek, I., Battersby, L., O’Doherty, K., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. “Formulating the framework for active involvement of older adults in technology research and development (OA-INVOLVE project, AGE-WELL)”. Advancing the Science of Community Engaged Research, Washington, DC, United States. Co-Author.

2016 Aug 25 Crumley, E., Panek, I., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Kirkland, S. “Methods and practices for engaging older adults in technology research, design and development: Scoping review findings”. Advancing the Science of Community Engaged Research, Washington, DC, United States. Co-Author.

2016 Jul 23 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. “Transdisciplinary Research and Innovation: Improving Development and Uptake of Technologies to Support Persons with Dementia”. Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Apr 11-13 Nowrouzi, B., Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Liss, G., Gibson, B., Bayley, M., Garritano, E., Gray, J., Mantis, S., Pasco, L., McInnis, J., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A. “Work-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in the Canadian Workforce: A Cross-Sectional Study of Injured Workers in Ontario”. 12th European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference, Athens, Greece. Co-Author.

2016 Mar 2-5 Nowrouzi, B., Kontos, P., Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Mihailidis, A., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Pascoe, L., McInnis, J., Bayley, M., Colantonio, A. “Mild traumatic brain injury in the workplace: Exploring the vulnerabilities of workers”. IBIA 11th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, The Hague, Netherlands. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 25-30 Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Mihailidis, A., Gibson, B., Liss, G., Bayley, M., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A. “Work-related traumatic brain injury: Perceptions of prevention, training, and safety climate”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dallas, Texas, United States. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 25-30 Kontos, P., Nowrouzi, B., Lewko, J., Sharma, B., Colantonio, A. “Prevention of work-related mild traumatic brain injury: The injured worker perspective”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dallas, Texas, United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Nov 5-9 Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Palma Lazgare, L., Binns, M., Low, L-F., Miller, K.L., Surr, C., Naglie, G. “Evaluating the impact of elder-clowning: An innovative approach to person-centered dementia care”. The Gerontological Society of America’s 67th Annual Scientific Meeting, Washington, D.C., United States. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Jul 1-3 Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. “The inter-relation between policy and practice for transitions from hospital to home: An ethnographic case study in England’s National Health Service”. Health Services Research: Evidence-based practice, London, United Kingdom. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Mar 19-22 Miller, K-L, Kontos, P., Colobong, R. “Negotiated order: The intraprofessional and interprofessional practices of neurorehabilitation nurses “. IBIA 10th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2014 Mar 19-22 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Colantonio, A. Cott, C. “Therapeutic landscape theory: Identifying health detracting and health enhancing aspects of neurorehabilitation “. IBIA 10th Annual World Congress on Brain Injury, San Francisco, California, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2013 Oct 4-7 Carlin, L.E., Sibley, K., Kontos, P.,Jaglal, S. “‘Such terrible bone’: Weight-bearing orders following hip fracture surgery”. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Co-Author.

2010 Mar 10-14 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. “Identifying factors that enable and constrain client-centred care in brain injury rehab”. IBIA, 8^th World Congress on Brain Injury, Washington, DC, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Oct 3-7 Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Rossiter, K., Gilbert, J., Gray, J., Keightley, M. “After the Crash: A research-based theater approach for knowledge translation on traumatic brain injury”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, United States. Co-Principal Author and Presenter.

2007 Jun 16-19 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Using theatre to translate research on person-centred dementia care into practice”. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Jun 16-19 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Rossiter, K., Keightley, M., Gilbert, J., Gray, J. “Identifying best practice for brain injury rehabilitation: Perspectives of key stakeholders”. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Jun 16-19 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Rossiter, K., Keightley, M., Gilbert, J., Gray, J. “An evaluation of After the Crash”. Festival of International Conferences on Caregiving, Disability, Aging and Technology (FICCDAT), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Jun 3-5 Gilbert, J., Colantonio, A., Kontos, P., Rossiter, K., Gray, J. and Keightley, M. “After the Crash: A research-based theatre approach for knowledge translation in traumatic brain injury”. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting, Orlando, Florida, United States. Co-Principal Author.

2007 Feb 23-25 Rossiter, K., Gray, J., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Keightley, M., Gilbert, J. “‘After the Crash’: A research-based play about traumatic brain injury”. International Symposium on the Arts and Society, New York, New York, United States. Co-Author.

2006 Nov 16-20 Kontos, P., Naglie, G.“Achieving person-centred dementia care”. The Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, Texas, United States. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

National

2019 Oct 26 Grigorovich, A., Gray, J., Heesters, A., Schindel Martin, L., Tamblyn Watts, L., Kontos, P. “Exploring professionals’ perspectives regarding the support of sexual expression and intimacy in the context of long-term dementia care.” Canadian Association on Gerontology 48^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2019 Oct 23-24 Kirkland, S., OARPG Research Team (Carson, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W.,Kerr, A., Lidstone, C., Mancini, M.A., Mann, J., Sanford, G., Woods, S.), Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Jenkins, A., Colobong, R., Marcotte, A., Fabricius, A., Sun, C. “Exploring best practices for engaging older adults in research through a case study approach”. AGE-WELL’s 5^th Annual Conference, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Co-Author.

2019 May 31 Macdonald, R., Kontos, P. “‘Ms-understandings’?: Troubling stereotypical assumptions of older single women”. Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy National Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2019 May 2-4 Kokorelias, K.M., Cronin, S.M., Eftekhar, P., Munce, S.E.P., McGilton, K., Jagal, S., Vellani, S., Wang, C.D., Salbach, N., Colella, T.J.F., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Chau, B.C.F, Cameron, J.I. “Frailty in the context of rehabilitation interventions for adults: A scoping review”. Canadian Geriatrics Society 2019 ASM, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 19 Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty K., Colobong, R., Crawford, T., Diep, J., Panek, I., Vaccarino, O. “Positive changes in older adults’ engagement in aging and technology research across the AGE-WELL Network: Annual surveys summary”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 47^th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Oct 17-18 Colobong, R., Diep, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W., Kirkland, S., Kontos, P., Lidstone, C., O’Doherty, K., Panek, I., Sixsmith, J., Vaccarino, O., Woods, S. “Co-creating engagement practices with older adults: OA-INVOLVE”. AGE-WELL’s 4^th Annual Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Apr 30-May 1 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. “A critical exploration of vulnerability to unwanted sexual attention in long-term residential care”. 13^th Annual Knowledge Exchange hosted by the National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly and the National Institute on Ageing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2017 Oct 21 Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., O’Doherty, K., Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Ishigami, Y., Jamer, B., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O. “Involvement of the Older Adults Research Partner Group in the development of case studies: OA-INVOLVE AGE-WELL project”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 46th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 19 Vaccarino, O., Stroud, K., O’Doherty, K., Kirkland, S., Panek, I., Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Sixsmith, J. OA-INVOLVE: Project survey 1 results – current practices and future plans in engaging older adults. AGE-WELL’s 3^rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 18 Wada, M., Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L., Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. “Transdisciplinary working in aging and technology research and development: Contradictions, tensions and best practices”. AGE-WELL’s 3^rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2017 Jun 8-10 Stroud, K., O’Doherty, K., Kirkland, S., Panek, I., Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Sixsmith, J., Battersby, L. “Participatory research in AGE-WELL: Best practices for the engagement of older adults in technology research and development”. Canadian Psychological Association’s 2017 Annual Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 22 Crumley. E.T., Panek, I., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Ishigami, Y., Battersby, L., Stroud, K., Kirkland, S. “A scoping review of evidence-based methods for engaging cognitively/physically impaired and intact older adults in aging and technology research, design and development”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 21 Ishigami, Y., Panek, I., Stroud, K., Crumley, E.T., Battersby, L., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. “OA-Involve project: Finding the best practices for active involvement of older adults in AGE-WELL’s aging and technology research and development”. Canadian Association on Gerontology 45th Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 19 Fang, M., Battersby, L., Moreno, S., Morena, L., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Mihailidis, A., Sixsmith, A. “Enhancing aging and technology research outcomes: A transdisciplinary approach towards successful commercialization in AGE-WELL”. AGE-WELL’s 2^nd Annual Conference & Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 18-20 Panek, I., Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Battersby, L., Kontos, P., Stroud, K., O’Doherty, K., Sixsmith, J., Kirkland, S. “How research and development projects engage older adults: Older adults’ active involvement in aging and technology research and development (OA-INVOLVE) Project”. AGE-WELL’s 2^nd Annual Conference & Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Oct 17-21 Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Fang, M., Burley, T. “CC3 T-WORK: Transdisciplinary Working”. AGE-WELL’s 2^nd Annual Conference & Annual General Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Co-Author and Presenter.

2016 Oct 16-18 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Nowrouzi, B., Sharma, B., Mollayeva, T., Lewko, J., Colantonio, A. “Exploring workers’ vulnerability to head and/or traumatic brain injury in the workplace”. Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH) 2016 Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2016 Jun 16-17 Crumley E.T., Panek I., Sixsmith J., Kontos P., O’Doherty K., Ishigami Y., Battersby L., Stroud K., Kirkland S. “Best practices for engaging older adults in aging and technology research, design and development”. Our Future is Aging: Current Research on Knowledge, Practice and Policy, Halifax, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Jun 16-17 Panek I., Ishigami Y., Crumley E.T., Battersby L., O’Doherty K., Stroud K., Kontos P., Sixsmith J., Kirkland S. “Guiding the involvement of older adults in technology research and development: AGE-WELL OA-INVOLVE”. Our Future is Aging: Current Research on Knowledge, Practice and Policy, Halifax, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2015 Oct 22 Kontos, P., Sixsmith, J. “CC3 T-WORK: Transdisciplinary working”. AGE-WELL Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Co-Principal Author.

2015 Oct 22 Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Ishigami-Doyle, Y., Stroud, K. “Older adults’ active involvement in aging and technology research and development”. AGE-WELL Annual Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Co-Author.

2007 Apr 19-21 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Using drama as a knowledge translation strategy to improve person-centred dementia care”. Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Banff, Alberta. Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

Provincial

2012 Nov 26-28 Topolovec-Vranic, J., Ennis, N., Johnson, P., Michalak, A., Masanic, C., Ouchterlony, D., Distin, K., Stergiopoulos, V.,Hwang, S., Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Cusimano, M.D. “Rates and characteristics of traumatic brain injury among homeless civilian men”. Third Annual Military and Veteran Health Research Forum, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2009 Oct 8 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., McGilton, K. “An uneasy tension between person-centred care and the regulatory structure of long-term care”. Health Research Showcase: Linking Health Research and Quality Health Care for Ontarians, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Mar 2 Kontos, P., Naglie, G.“Rethinking person-centred dementia care”. GTA Rehab Network’s Annual Best Practices Day. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Awarded People’s Choice Award. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

Local

2019 May 6 Carter, C., Mohammed, S.D., Upshur, R. Kontos, P. “An examination of the socio-cultural factors that shape end-of-life conversations with frail older adults in interprofessional primary care”. Barrie Rose Research Day in Palliative Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2019 Jan 30 Colobong, R., Diep, J., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Helmke, T., Houston, W., Kirkland, S., Kontos, P., Lidstone, C., O’Doherty, K., Panek, I., Sixsmith, J., Vaccarino, O., Woods, S. “Co-creating engagement practices with older adults: OA-INVOLVE”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 May 25 Chan, V., Balogh, R., Grigorovich, A., Haag, L., Kirsh, B., Kontos, P., Mann, R., Matheson, F., Nalder, E., Riopelle, R., Wiseman-Hakes, C., Colantonio, A. “Integrating brain injury, mental health, and addictions research program”. GTA Rehab Network Best Practices Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Nov 17 Kontos, P., Colobong, R., Grigorovich, A., Miller, K.L., Alibhai, S., Brooks, D., Parsons, T., Jassal, S.V., Thomas, A., Naglie, G. “Film + exercise: Changing attitudes and practices in the context of hemodialysis”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2014 Dec 1 Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. “Quality improvement for patient transitions: A comparative case study in England and Ontario”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Nov 26 Colobong, R., Kontos, P., Palma Lazgare, L., Binns, M., Low, L-F., Miller, K.L., Surr, C., Naglie, G. “Elder-clowning: An innovative approach to person-centred dementia care”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Nov 26 Miller, K.L., Kontos, P., Colobong, R. “Collegialism vs. poor collaboration in intraprofessional and interprofessional neurorehabilitation nursing”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2013 Nov 26 Shaw, J., Kontos, P., Martin, W., Victor, C. “Risk and trust for health care practitioners: The Francis Report and the English NHS”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2012 Nov 23 Kontos, P., Miller, K.L., Cott, C., Colantonio, A., Colobong, R. “‘No place to grieve’: The suppression of emotion in neurorehabilitation”.Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2010 Dec 2 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Neuman, J., Colobong, R.“An arts-based approach to improving client centred brain injury rehabilitation”. Ontario Simulation Exposition, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author.

2010 Nov 26 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. “An arts-based approach to improving client centred care: Evaluating After the Crash – A Play About Brain Injury”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Nov 2 Nonoyama, M.L., Brooks, D., Ponikvar, A., Jassal, S.V., Kontos, P., Devins, G.M., Spanjevic L., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Naglie, G. “Exercise program to enhance physical performance and quality of life of older hemodialysis patients: A feasibility study”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2009 Nov 2 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., Gilbert, J., Keightley, M., Neuman, J., Colobong, R. “Identifying factors that enable and constrain client-centred care in brain injury rehab”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2009 Nov 2 Kontos, P., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., McGilton, K., Jaglal, S., Mistry, B., Neuman, J. “Improving person-centred dementia care: An evaluation of an arts-informed educational intervention”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2008 Nov 19 Kontos, P., Poland, B., Mitchell, G., Cott, C., McGilton, K., Mistry, B., Neuman, J. “Caring as an act of resistance”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2008 Nov 19 Kontos, P., Ballon, B., Mistry, B., Neuman, J., Mitchell, G. “Improving person-centred dementia care: An arts-informed educational intervention”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Nov 28 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Gilbert, J., Rossiter, K., Keightley, M., Gray, J. “Using qualitative research to develop a knowledge translation intervention for brain injury rehabilitation”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2007 Nov 28 Kontos, P., Colantonio, A., Gilbert, J., Rossiter, K., Keightley, M., Gray, J. “Research-based drama as a knowledge translation strategy: An evaluation of After the Crash”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2006 Nov 29 Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L., Devins, G.M., De Souza, M.J., Naglie, G. “Identifying the barriers to, and facilitators of exercise for older persons who are hemodialysis dependent”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2006 Nov 29 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Bridging theory and practice with drama”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2006 Nov 29 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Achieving person-centred dementia care”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research Day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2006 Nov 28 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Bridging theory and practice with drama”. GTA Rehab Network’s Annual Best Practices Day. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2005 Oct 6 Kontos, P., Naglie, G. “Formulating a new ethic of person-centered dementia care”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

2005 Oct 6 Kontos, P., Brooks, D., Jassal, V., Heck, C., Laprade, J., Spanjevic, L., Naglie, G. “Barriers to and facilitators of exercise in older hemodialysis patients:An exploratory study”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Research day, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Presenter.

4. Workshops

2018 Mar 5-6 Dupuis, S., Hickman, K., McAiney, C., Jonas-Simpson, C., Shultz, M., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Gray, J., Engell, K. “Relational caring learning series: Exploring the importance of relational caring as a transformational approach to caring and learning”. Walk with Me: Changing the Culture of Aging in Canada Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2018 Mar 5-6 Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Jonas-Simpson, C., Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Using theatre to attend to practices and policies misaligned with culture change values”. Walk with Me: Changing the Culture of Aging in Canada Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author.

2017 Oct 18 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A., Fang, M.L., Wada, M., Sixsmith, J. “Transdisciplinary resources for real-world impact”, Lunch ‘n’ Learn, AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Senior Responsible Author and Leader.

2017 Oct 18 Colobong, R., Fowler, J., Goldman, I., Harris, B., Kirkland, S., Sixsmith, J., Kontos, P., O’Doherty, K., Crawford, T., Diep, J., Panek, I., Serota, K., Stroud, K., Vaccarino, O. “OA-INVOLVE – Older Adults’ Active Involvement in Ageing & Technology Research and Development”. Lunch ‘n’ Learn (Workpackage 1) – From Principle to Action: Older Adults as Experts, AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Co-Author.

2016 Nov 1 Papadimitriou, C., Gassaway, J., Jones, M., Banja, J., MacDonell, C., Grigorovich, A., Lorig, K., Kontos, P., Anziano, P. “Realizing person-centeredness in rehabilitation: Ethical and relational considerations and challenges”. American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Co-Leader.

2016 Oct 24-26 Papadimitriou, C., Kontos, P., MacDonell, C. “Tools from the field to help you implement person-centered care”. 14^th Annual AMRPA Educational Conference and Expo. New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Co-Leader.

2016 Mar 10-11 Gray, J., Jonas-Simpson, C., Dupuis, S., Kontos, P., Mitchell, G. “Toward relational care: A hands-on workshop exploring relationality through theatre”. Walk with Me: Changing the Culture of Aging in Canada Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Co-Leader.

2015 Oct 25-30 Papadimitriou, C., MacDonell, C., Brown, D.J., Guy, C.E., Kontos, P., Colobong, R. “The constant challenge of person centered care – Are you up to it?” American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Dallas, TX, United States. Co-Leader.

2015 Feb 25 Eakin, J., Antoniou, T., Gastaldo, D., Kontos, P., Gardner, P., Parsons, J., Gladstone, B., Webster, F. “Mixed methods: Debates, strategies, challenges”. Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Leader.

2014 Mar 23-25 Jonas-Simpson, C., Dupuis, S., Mitchell, G., Kontos, P., Gray, J. “Triggering the emergence of cultural change by re-imagining dementia through the arts”. Walk With Me: Changing the Culture of Aging in Canada Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Co-Author and Co-Leader.

2013 Jan 22, 29, 30 “Exploring the lifeworld of dementia and implications for practice”. Inter-professional Network of Geriatric Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leader.

2009 Dec 11 “Exploring clown work as a creative intervention in person-centred dementia care”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leader.

2008 Apr 2 “Career development workshop, exploring career options: Tracks don’t all have to lead to tenure”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leader.

2006 May 17 “Career development workshop, exploring career options: Tracks don’t all have to lead to tenure”. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology and Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leader.

2004 Apr 6 “Skill development workshop, qualitative methods of inquiry: An introduction”. Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Leader.

F. Teaching and Design

1. INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT IN TEACHING AND EDUCATION

Graduate Course Development & Directorship

2010 University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, “Advanced Research Seminar in Aging and the Life Course”, CHL 7001, 3-hour weekly seminar for graduate students

I developed the course objectives, seminars, readings, and assignments.

2009 – present Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, “Theory and Method of Qualitative Health Research”, JRP1000, 3-hour weekly seminar for graduate students

Co-developed (with Dr. Barbara Gibson) the course objectives, lectures, readings and assignments. After co-directing the course with Dr. Gibson the first year it was offered, I became the sole course director on the alternate years I teach the course through the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.

Graduate Guest Lectures

2018 Nov 26 Kontos, P., Grigorovich, A. University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, “Transdisciplinarity” (REH1100H/3100H), Course Instructor: Dr. Cheryl Cott, Theory and Research in Rehabilitation.

2018 Nov 5 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, “Dramatizing the data: Research-based theatre as a novel approach to KT” (REH3301H), Course Instructor: Dr. Heather Colquhoun, Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation.

2016 Dec 6 Gray, J., Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, “Exploring Different Genres of Drama for Knowledge Translation” (REH3140H), Course Instructors: Drs. Rebecca Renwick and Karen Yoshida, Disability, Embodiment, and Voice in the Rehabilitation Context.

2016 Oct 28 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, “Knowledge Translation in Rehabilitation – Foundational Knowledge and Innovative Applications” (REH 3301H), Course Instructor: Dr. Heather Colquhoun, Dramatizing the data: Research-based theatre as a novel approach to KT.

2015 Feb 10 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, “Interventions to Enhance Health, Abilities, and Well-being of Older Persons” (NUR 1057), Course Instructor: Dr. Katherine McGilton, Selfhood and the body in dementia care.

2013 Oct 22, 25 Kontos, P. California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, “How We Know What We Know: Epistemologies of Embodiment” (TSD 7419), Course Instructor: Dr. Constance Jones, Embodiment and Selfhood.

2013 Mar 6 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, “Theory and Method for Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction” (JRP 1000H), Course Instructor: Dr. Barbara Gibson, Strategies for Analysis and Interpretation: Revisiting Theory.

2012 Oct 30 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, “Interventions to Enhance Health, Abilities, and Well-being of Older Persons” (NUR 1057), Course Instructor: Dr. Katherine McGilton, Rethinking Personhood in Person-centred Dementia Care: Practice Implications.

2011 Mar 24 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, “Theory and Method for Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction” (JRP 1000H), Course Instructor: Dr. Barbara Gibson, Strategies for Analysis and Interpretation.

2011 Mar 3 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, “Theory and Method for Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction” (JRP 1000H), Course Instructor: Dr. Barbara Gibson, Revisiting Theory.

2007 Jan 24 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, and Nursing Science, “Health Care and Place: Issues, Concepts, Measures & Policies” (JNH 5001H), Course Instructor: Dr. Pat McKeever, Long Term Care Settings & Human Well-Being.

2004 Nov 18 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Public Health Sciences, “Qualitative Analysis and Interpretation” (CHL 5115), Course Instructor: Dr. Joan Eakin, Analysis of Observational Data.

2004 Oct 25 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, “Social Determinants of Health and Aging” (AGE 2000H),Course Instructor: Dr. Peri Ballantyne, Toward a Demystification of Critical Gerontology.

2003 Oct 25 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, “Social Determinants of Health and Aging” (AGE 2000H), Course Instructor: Dr. Peri Ballantyne, Critical Gerontology: Toward a Synthesis of Meaning and Structure.

2003 Feb 4 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Graduate Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, “Health Care and Place: Issues, Concepts, Measures and Policies” (JNH 5001H), Course Instructors: Drs. Gavin Andrews and Peter Coyte, Aging in Place: Contextualizing Dementia.

2002 Oct 21 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Institute for Human Development, Life Course and Aging, “Social Determinants of Health and Aging” (AGE 2000H), Course Instructor: Dr. Peri Ballantyne,Critical Theory: Toward a Synthesis of Meaning and Structure.

2001 Oct 30 Kontos, P. University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, “Qualitative Research: Foundations, Methods and Designs” (NUR 1025), Course Instructor: Dr. Jan Angus, Using NVivo in Qualitative Data Analysis.

Undergraduate Course Development

2006 University of Toronto, Human Biology Department, “Alzheimer’s Disease: Brain, Genes, and Self”, HMB 420H

I developed 4, 2-hour weekly seminars for 4^th year undergraduate students.

2005 Trent University, Sociology Department, “Aging and the Lifecourse”, 442H-OS, 3-hour weekly seminar for 4^th year undergraduate students

I developed the course objectives, seminars, readings, and assignments.

Undergraduate Course Directorship

2005 Trent University, Sociology Department, “Aging and the Lifecourse”, 442H-OS

I taught all 12 sessions, graded all assignments, met individually with students, and responded to questions via email or telephone.

Undergraduate Module Instructor

I led 4, 2-hour weekly seminars for “Alzheimer’s Disease: Brain, Genes, and Self” (HMB 420H, 4th year course offering), Human Biology Department, University of Toronto:

2007 Mar 9 The medicalization of Alzheimer’s disease and the presumed loss of the self

2007 Mar 16 The social model of Alzheimer’s and the reclaiming of the self: Exploring the subjective world of dementia

2007 Mar 23 A corrective to the social model: Introducing “embodied selfhood”

2007 Mar 30 Person-centred care: Humanizing clinical practice with drama

Undergraduate Guest Lectures

2010 Oct 26 Hunter University, NYC, Community Health Education, “Health and Aging” (COMHE323), Course Instructor: Dr. Paula Gardner, Embodied Selfhood – Introduction and Practical Application

G. Research Supervision

1. GRADUATE SUPERVISION (PRIMARY AND CO-SUPERVISION)

Doctoral Education

2018 Sep – present Supervisor, Jessica Bytautas, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. A qualitative study of the social production of death and dying.

2017 Sep – present Supervisor, Megan Nguyen, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. A photovoice study of patients’ experiences of emotions during cancer treatment.

2016 Jan – Sept 2018 Co-Supervisor, Jessica Bytautas, PhD Candidate, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. Barriers to the use of humour in palliative care: No laughing matter. Dr. Pekka Louhiala (Co-Supervisor).

2015 Sep – present Supervisor,Celina Carter, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Improving end of life care: Understanding clinicians’ distress in engaging in end of life conversations with the terminally ill.

2015 Sep – present Supervisor,Karima Joy, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Disenfranchised grief: Critical analysis of bereavement policies and services in Canada.

2014 Sep – 2017 Sep Co-Supervisor, Elizaveta Futerman, PhD Candidate, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto. Exploring the effects of medical discourse on persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners through contemporary fiction and autobiographies. Professor Rebecca Comay (Co-Supervisor). (Withdrew from program 2019 Apr).

2013 Jan – present Supervisor, Henna Aslam, PhD Candidate, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Healthcare and rehabilitation needs of disabled children in immigrant families: A digital ethnography.

2011 Jan – 2016 Nov Supervisor, Julia Gray, PhD Candidate, The Department of Adult Education and Counselling Psychology, University of Toronto. An aesthetic of relationality: Exploring the intersection of embodiment, imagination and foolishness in research-informed theatre. (Thesis successfully defended 2016 Sep 9). Completed 2016. Current Position: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital.

2009 Jan – 2018 Nov Supervisor, Rona Macdonald, PhD Candidate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto. ‘Ms-Understandings’?: A discourse analysis of the talk of older single women. (Thesis successfully defended 2018 Jul 23). Completed 2018. Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto.

2. OTHER SUPERVISION

PhD Thesis Committee Member

2015 Sep – present Goldie Duncanson, PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto. The role of gender in transition experiences to post secondary education and employment among youth and young adults with physical disabilities. Drs. Karen Yoshida and Sally Lindsay (Co-Supervisors).

2014 Sep – 2019 Apr Fady Shanouda, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Experiences of disclosure for undergraduate university students with non-visible disabilities. Dr. Karen Yoshida (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2019 Apr 8). Completed 2019.

2013 Feb – present Shira Taylor, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Theatre as a pedagogical tool for sexual health education among youth. Dr. Liviana Calzavara (Supervisor).

2012 Sep – 2019 Jul Amy Hwang,PhD Candidate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto. Designing user experiences for smart homes supporting persons with dementia: Family caregivers’ perspectives. Dr. Alex Mihalidis (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2019 Jul 5). Completed 2019.

2009 Jan – 2012 Mar Sing Mei Chan, PhD, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia. Exploring dementia care in Chinese families.Dr. Deborah O’Connor (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2012 Mar 29). Completed 2012.

2006 Sep – 2010 Dec Rosalie Wang, PhD, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto. Enabling wheelchair mobility with older adults living in long term care homes. Dr. Geoff Fernie (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2010 Dec 7). Completed 2010.

Master’s Thesis Committee Member

2019 Sep – present Stephanie Posa, MSc Student, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto. Camp, colloboration and the changing self: Exploring identity among children with cancer. Dr. Fiona Moola (Supervisor).

2013 Sep – 2015 Jun Adam Agate, MSc, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Adolescent disconnection from brain health and impact on brain health behavior decision-making. Dr. Tiffany Chow (Supervisor).(Thesis successfully defended 2015 Jun 30).

2004 Aug – 2007 May Anne McCauley, MA, Graduate School of Psychology, Naropa University. The body/mind/environment connection: Integrating home into somatic psychology. Professor Rae Johnson(Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2007 May 11). Completed 2007.

2003 Sep – 2007 Oct Ed Hanada, MSc, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Facilitators and barriers to exercise in older persons who have experienced a fall. Dr. Gary Naglie (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2007 Oct 30). Completed 2007.

PhD Thesis Examiner

External Examiner

2020 Feb 19 Kyle Plumb, PhD Candidate, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University. Placing person-centred care. Professor Rosenberg (Supervisor).

2017 Apr 17 Jenny Drury-Ruddlesden, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, Victoria University of Wellington. Embodied selfhood in dementia through computer-assisted Exergaming with Able-X: A collective case study. Dr. Kathy Nelson (Supervisor). (Successfully defended 2017 Apr 17).

2014 Dec 4 Afeez Hazzan, PhD Candidate, Health Research Methodology, McMaster University. Caregiver quality-of-life and the care provided to persons with Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Mark Oremus (Supervisor). (Successfully defended 2014 Dec 4).

Internal Examiner

2019 Dec 2 Rene Wong, PhD Candidate, Graduate Department of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. A Foucauldian discourse analysis of diabetes knowledge translation and the governance of family physicians and endocrinologists in Canada. Dr. Cynthia Whitehead (Supervisor). (Successfully defended 2019 Dec 2).

Master’s Thesis Examiner

External

2009 Sep Master’s Thesis Examiner, Lise Marie Suzanne Arseneau, MA, Sociology Department, Lakehead University. Listening to the voices that matter most: Establishing personhood in people residing in long-term care with a diagnosed dementia. Dr. Sharon Dale Stone (Supervisor). (Thesis approved 2009 Sep 15). Completed 2009.

Chair

2015 Jun 29 Master’s of Science Thesis Defense, Chair,Alana Bartolini, MSc, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Effectiveness of Audio Cueing and Behavioural Adaptation in Lane Departure Warning Systems. Dr. Andrea Furlan (Supervisor). (Thesis successfully defended 2015 Jun 29).

PhD Qualifying Exam Committee Member

2019 Jun – 2019 Dec Jacquelin Forsey, PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto. Drs. Stella Ng and Nikki Woods (Co-Supervisors).

2018 Jan – 2020 Jan Stacey Hawkins, PhD Candidate, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo. Dr. Sherry Dupuis (Supervisor).

2016 Sep – 2017 Feb Nida Mustafa, PhD Candidate, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Dr. Gillian Einstein (Supervisor). (Successfully qualified 2017 Feb 13).

2015 Aug – 2016 Jan Patrick Jachyra, PhD Candidate, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto. Dr. Barbara Gibson (Supervisor). (Successfully qualified 2016 Jan 30) .

2009 Dec – 2010 May Shelly Ally,PhD Candidate,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Dr. Anne-Emanuelle Birn (Supervisor). (Successfully qualified 2010 May 27).

2008 Jan – 2008 Jun Laura Moll, PhD Candidate, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto. Dr. Cheryl Cott (Supervisor). (Successfully qualified 2008 Jun 12).

PhD Protocol Defense Examiner

2013 Jun 28 Doctoral Thesis Protocol Defense, Ellie Pinsker, PhD Candidate, Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto. Dr. Dorcas Beaton (Supervisor).

Qualifying/Reclass Examiner

2015 Sep Rene Wong, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto. Sociologic exploration of diabetes knowledge translation: A critical discourse analysis. Dr. Cynthia Whitehead (Supervisor). Transfer Exam Msc to PhD

3. postGraduate Education

2018 Sep – 2020 Aug Co-Supervisor (Academic), Alisa Grigorovich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network. Preventing violence and enhancing safety by optimizing the use of remote monitoring technologies in rehabilitation settings. Co-supervisor: Dr. Milos Popovic. Award: Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Institute of Health Services and Policy Research) (2018-2020).

2016 Sep – 2018 Aug Primary Supervisor, Alisa Grigorovich, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. The casewomen’s experiences of sexual harassment: Implications for ethics and healthcare policy. Award: Postdoctoral Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (2016-2017).

2012 Oct – 2015 Mar Primary Supervisor, James Shaw, Postdoctoral Fellow, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network. Inter-organizational collaboration for patient transitions: Exploring the relationship between policy and practice in England and Canada. Awards: CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship and a CIHR Strategic Training Doctoral Fellowship in “Health Care, Technology and Place” (2012-2014). Current Position: Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute and the Women’s College Hospital Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care.

2010 – 2011 Mentor, Karyn Moffatt, Postdoctoral Fellow, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Research and Training Program in Health Care, Technology, and Place.

H. Media Coverage

1. TELEVISION

2019 Sep 13 The stigma associated with dementia. CTV Morning Live Calgary (CTV). https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1778665

2017 Apr 26 Smooth moves for seniors. The National (CBC). https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/smooth-moves-for-seniors-1.4087544

2016 Mar 11 Elder clowns being used to treat dementia. CityNews (CityTV). http://www.citynews.ca/2016/03/11/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-elder-clowns-being-used-to-treat-dementia/

2016 Jan 14 Adult colouring books being used as therapy for those with dementia. CityNews (City TV). http://www.citynews.ca/2016/01/14/video-adult-colouring-books-being-used-as-therapy-for-those-with-dementia/

2016 Jan 5 Dementia awareness. The National (CBC). http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/dementia-awareness-1.3391170

2. RADIO

2016 Jan 26 Se puede sufrir de demencia y tener una vida plena y rica. Radio Canada International. http://www.rcinet.ca/es/2016/01/26/se-puede-sufrir-de-demencia-y-tener-una-vida-plena-y-rica/

2016 Jan 5 Dementia survey. World Report (CBC Radio).

2015 Nov 25 Cracked: new light on dementia. Zoomer Radio.

2015 Jun 30 The play “Cracked: new light on dementia” & memory/Alzheimer’s cafes in the US. Alzheimer Speaks Radio. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/alzheimersspeaks/2015/06/30/the-play-cracked–new-light-on-dementia-memoryalzheimers-cafes-in-the-us

2012 Jul 12 Helping a loved one through Alzheimer’s. Richard Brown Show.

3. news articles

2017 Nov 1 Tapping into dementia patients’ memories through Vaudeville. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/well/mind/tapping-into-dementia-patients-memories-through-vaudeville.html

2017 Aug Arts for social justice: Performance art challenges stigma of dementia. Making Sense of Alzheimer’s (University of Pennsylvania). http://makingsenseofalzheimers.org/arts-for-social-justice/

2017 Jul 5 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. A new way to think about dementia and sex. National Post. http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/a-new-way-to-think-about-dementia-and-sex/wcm/8fc2179b-a0dd-43e7-961b-bd575c416b08

2016 Jun 6 How to see past the negative when helping someone with dementia. CaregiverExchange.ca

2016 Mar 15 Elder clowns to treat dementia: Dr. Pia Kontos on CityNews. Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto. http://www.rsi.utoronto.ca/news/elder-clowns-treat-dementia-dr-pia-kontos-citynews

2016 Mar 11 Laughter is the best medicine: Elder clowns being used to treat dementia. CityNews. http://www.citynews.ca/2016/03/11/laughter-is-the-best-medicine-elder-clowns-being-used-to-treat-dementia/

2016 Mar 4 Mieux comprendre les comportements reliés à la maladie d’Alzheimer. Santebeaute-Quebec.com.

2016 Mar 4 La vie ne se termine pas avec l’apparition de l’Alzheimer. Santebeaute-Quebec.com.

2016 Mar 3 The surprising ways the body works with the brain to shape our sense of self. Quartz. http://qz.com/629629/the-surprising-ways-the-body-works-with-the-brain-to-shape-our-sense-of-self/

2016 Jan 19 People with dementia face discrimination and social rejection. Medical Xpress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-01-people-dementia-discrimination-social.html

2016 Jan 18 A new stage of Alzheimer’s awareness – Pia Kontos spearheads #StillHere campaign and educates the public through theatre. U of T News – University of Toronto. http://www.news.utoronto.ca/new-stage-alzheimers-awareness

2016 Jan 15 Alzheimer Society’s #StillHere campaign challenges perceptions of dementia. The Wellington Advertiser.

2016 Jan 13 Professor Pia Kontos reminds us that those living with Alzheimer’s are #stillhere. Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. http://www.dlsph.utoronto.ca/2016/01/professor-pia-kontos-reminds-us-that-those-living-with-alzheimers-are-stillhere/

2016 Jan 14 Life doesn’t end when Alzheimer’s begins. Mitchell Advocate. http://www.mitchelladvocate.com/2016/01/11/life-doesnt-end-when-alzheimers-begins

2016 Jan 12 Changing perceptions. Haliburton Echo. http://www.haliburtonecho.ca/changing-perceptions?id=871

2016 Jan 10 Dementia campaign aims to fight stigma. Sudbury Northern Life. http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2016/01/10-dementia-campaign-sudbury.aspx

2016 Jan 8 Campaign tackles stigma. The Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal. http://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/local/campaign-tackles-stigma/article_b304dde8-b62a-11e5-8954-ab755e44c770.html

2016 Jan 7 Powerful Alzheimer’s ad campaign goes viral. 680 News. http://www.680news.com/2016/01/07/powerful-alzheimers-ad-campaign-goes-viral/

2016 Jan 7 Powerful Alzheimer’s ad campaign goes viral. CityNews (City TV). http://www.citynews.ca/2016/01/07/powerful-alzheimers-ad-campaign-goes-viral/

2016 Jan 7 New survey highlights lack of public knowledge: Town of St. Marys raises flag again this year to mark Alzheimers Awareness Month. Ourperth.ca.

2016 Jan 6 #StillHere Campaign For Alzheimer Awareness Month. Net News Ledger. http://www.netnewsledger.com/2016/01/06/64280/

2016 Jan 6 Dementia’s stigma challenged – CBC News. Mindanao Examiner. http://mindanaoexaminer.com/dementias-stigma-challenged-cbc-news/

2016 Jan 6 How the silence of dementia’s stigma spirals to worsen quality of life. Longwoods. http://www.longwoods.com/newsdetail/6674

2016 Jan 5 Dementia’s stigma challenged. CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dementia-misconceptions-1.3389164

2016 Jan 5 Est-il possible de bien vivre avec une maladie cognitive? CNW Telbec. http://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/est-il-possible-de-bien-vivre-avec-une-maladie-cognitive-564215741.html

2016 Jan 5 Is it possible to live well with dementia? CNW Group. http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/is-it-possible-to-live-well-with-dementia-564215621.html

2016 Jan 5 New look, new name for walk. Simcoe Informer.

2016 Jan 5 LifeView: Is it possible to live well with dementia?. Northumberland View. http://www.northumberlandview.ca/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=39386

2016 Jan 5 #StillHere campaign aims to overcome the stigma of dementia. She Knows Canada. http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/1108041/stillhere-campaign-overcoming-stigma-of-dementia

2016 Jan 5 Is it possible to live well with dementia? Bay Today. https://www.baytoday.ca/more-local/is-it-possible-to-live-well-with-dementia-84735

2016 Jan 5 Is it possible to live well with dementia? AARP International.

2016 Jan 5 Is it possible to live well with dementia? Yahoo! Finance.

2016 Jan 5 Still here: Alzheimer Society launches campaign to end disease stigma. CTV News. http://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/health/still-here-alzheimer-society-launches-campaign-to-end-disease-stigma-1.2724282

2015 Mar 1 Dementia, depicted: The role of the arts in explaining Alzheimer’s. The Globe and Mail.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/fictional-dementia-evokes-the-harsh-reality/article23230317/

2015 Jan 9 Drama sheds light on dementia. Stouffville Sun-Tribune (a Stouffville, ON publication). http://www.yorkregion.com/news-story/5250222-drama-sheds-light-on-dementia/

2014 Oct 29 Cracked? Who’s cracked? Canadian Mennonite (a New Hamburg, ON publication). http://www.canadianmennonite.org/articles/cracked-who%E2%80%99s-cracked

2014 Oct 7 Tiffin House in Midland to present play about dementia. Simcoe.com (a Midland, ON online publication). http://www.simcoe.com/whatson-story/4901766-tiffin-house-in-midland-to-present-play-about-dementia/

2014 Sep 30 Play challenges perceptions of dementia. The New Hamburg Independent (a New Hamburg, ON publication).

2014 May Cracked is a ray of light. SPRINGWORKS: Play about dementia draws positive response. Stratford Beacon Herald (a Stratford, ON publication). https://uwaterloo.ca/partnerships-in-dementia-care/sites/ca.partnerships-in-dementia-care/files/uploads/files/cracked_springworks_may_2014_stratford_beacon_herald.pdf

2014 May 13 On the boards: Cracked: new light on dementia. The London Free Press (a London, ON publication).

2013 Nov 23 Waterloo man with early onset Alzheimer’s says he’s ‘the smiling, happiest grandpa you’ll ever see’. Record.com (a Waterloo, ON online publication). http://www.therecord.com/living-story/4232532-waterloo-man-with-early-onset-alzheimer-s-says-he-s-the-smiling-happiest-grandpa-you-ll-ever-see-/

2013 Sep 5 10 tips for creating dementia friendly churches. Mind & Soul.

2012 Jul 25 5 Tips – Caring for a Relative with Alzheimer’s. The Algoma News Review (a Wawa, ON publication).

2012 Jul 25 Quelques Conseils pour Prendre Soin d’un Parent Atteint de la Maladie d’Alzheimer. Le Moniteur Acadien (a Shediac, NB publication).

2012 Jul 25 5 Tips – Caring for a Relative with Alzheimer’s. Geraldton-Longlac Times Star (a Geraldton, ON publication).

2012 Jul 23 Caring for a Relative With Dementia Not Easy. Rosetown Eagle (a Kindersley, SK publication).

2012 Jul 19 Five Tips – Caring for a Relative with Alzheimer’s. Millbrook Times (a Millbrook, ON publication).

2012 Jul 17 Five Tips for Relative with Care for Alzheimer’s. The Bugle-Observer (a Woodstock, NB publication).

2011 Nov 29 For those with dementia, personhood persists: Pia Kontos is changing the rules of care. U of T News – University of Toronto. http://www.news.utoronto.ca/those-dementia-personhood-persists

4. Magazines and newsletters

2018 Sep 12 The power of performance: Dementia on the screen and stage. Dementia Connections, Fall 2018: 48-53. https://www.dementiaconnections.ca/blog/2018/9/12/the-power-of-performance

2018 Mar 5 Breaking new ground: Two Canadian researchers are challenging stereotypes and offering new innovations in dementia diagnosis and care. Dementia Connections, Spring 2018: 31-33. https://www.dementiaconnections.ca/blog/2018/3/5/breaking-new-ground

2018 March Cracked: new light on dementia – Film Launch. Snapd (A Snapd Toronto Publication). https://northyork.snapd.com/events/view/1123392

2018 Winter Lean on your fools. UofTMed (A University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine publication). http://uoftmedmagazine.utoronto.ca/2018/winter/

2017 May Cracked: new light on dementia Play. Snapd (A Snapd Toronto Publication). http://snapd.at/eew3x7e

2017 Jan More than just clowning around. Breaking Barriers. Building Health. (UHN 2016 Research Report). http://www.uhnresearch.ca/documents_and_forms/send_doc/21684

2016 Fall Dementia Workshop Offers Message of Hope. Leadership Update – McCormick Care Foundation Newsletter (A McCormick Care Foundation publication).

2016 Mar Dementia: Send in the clowns. NRx – Advances in Research at UHN (a University Health Network e-newsletter). http://www.uhnresearch.ca/news/dementia-send-clowns

2016 Feb Life doesn’t end when Alzheimer’s begins. Today’s Senior Newsmagazine (Fraser Valley – Lower Mainland Edition), 20(3).

2016 Feb Changing our understanding of dementia. News Canada, 36(2).

2016 Jan 20 – Feb 17 Life doesn’t end when Alzheimer’s begins. Retail Pages – Toronto East, 6(1).

2016 Jan 6 January is Alzheimer Awareness Month. Toronto Rehabilitation Foundation (A Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN e-newsletter). http://www.torontorehabfoundation.com/News-Media/Latest-News/News/January-is-Alzheimer-Awareness-Month.aspx

2015 Dec 15 De-stigmatizing disease through playwriting. Toronto Rehabilitation Foundation (A Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN e-newsletter). http://www.torontorehabfoundation.com/News-Media/Latest-News/News/De-stigmatizing-disease-through-playwriting.aspx

2015 Nov 3 Art integrates healthcare at inaugural event. University Health Network Newsroom (a University Health Network publication). http://www.uhn.ca/corporate/News/Pages/art_integrates_healthcare_inaugural_event.aspx

2015 Feb Cracked New Light on Dementia Play. Snapd (A Stouffville Uxbridge Publication), February 2015. https://stouffvilleuxbridge.snapd.com/event/805096#/

2015 Jan 16 New play challenges dementia stereotypes. Waterloo Stories (a University of Waterloo publication). https://uwaterloo.ca/stories/new-play-challenges-dementia-stereotypes

2014 Jun Theatre inspires the agents of change at Walk with Me: Exploring art as a powerful medium for knowledge translation. Walk with Me: Changing the Culture of Care (a Research Institute for Aging publication).

2014 May Partnerships with the Perth County Alzheimer’s Society. Spring is in the Works (a SpringWorks Festival publication). https://springworksfestival.wordpress.com/thanks-for-another-great-year/

2014 May Arts-based approach sheds new light on dementia. Baycrest Matters (a Baycrest Health Sciences publication), 10(9).

2014 Spring Rethinking dementia – Researchers at U of T Medicine are exploring innovative approaches to cognitive decline. U of T Med (a University of Toronto Medicine publication), Spring 2014 – digital issue. http://medicine.utoronto.ca/magazine/article/rethinking-dementia

2013 Jul 2 The syphilitic sound of Schumann’s violin concerto is part of its genius. The Spectator. http://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/06/the-syphilitic-sound-of-schumanns-violin-concerto-is-part-of-its-genius/

2012 Jul Elder-clowning study to commence at Baycrest Apotex. Baycrest Matters (a Baycrest Health Sciences publication), 8(15).

2011 Mar Partnerships and collaboration. Ontario Brain Injury Association Review (an Ontario Brain Injury Association publication), 18(1).

2011 Fall For those with dementia, personhood persists: Pia Kontos is changing the rules of care. Edge Magazine: The Healthy Aging Issue (a University of Toronto publication), 13(2). http://www.research.utoronto.ca/edge/edgenet/fall2011/wp-content/themes/wirefy-wp-fall2011-child/img/Edge-Nov24FINAL.pdf

2011 Sep Improving health care for people with brain injury. Bayshore Home Health (a Bayshore Home Health Publication).

2010 Enhancing client-centred care. +9 Report on Rehabilitation Research (a Toronto Rehabilitation Institute publication).

2010 Arts for life: Taking a scientific look at how creativity supports healthy aging. Baycrest Breakthroughs – Innovation in Aging (a Baycrest Health Sciences publication), Winter 2010.

2008 After the Crash illuminates the impact of serious injuries. Bayshore Home Health (a Bayshore Home Health Publication).

2007 Putting research centre stage. +6 Report on Rehabilitation Research (a Toronto Rehabilitation Institute publication).

2007 Summer After the Crash: Drama ensures research is not lost in translation. Toronto Rehab (a Toronto Rehabilitation Institute publication).

5. BLOGS

2018 Apr 2 Survey says….AGE-WELL Engages over 4300 older adults. OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/survey-says

2018 Mar 7 My experience putting together a webinar on PAR. OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/my-experience-putting-together-a-webinar-on-par

2017 Dec 11 Learning from the AGE-WELL Network: Case studies about older adults’ engagement in technology projects. OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/learning-from-the-age-well-network-case-studies-about-older-adults-engagement-in-technology-projects

2017 Oct 23 OARPG.. It is All about Older Adults Involved as Experts. OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/oarpg-it-is-all-about-older-adults-involved-as-experts

2017 Oct 16 Planning with the OARPG: AGE-WELL’s 3rd Annual Conference. OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/planning-with-the-oarpg-age-wells-3rd-annual-conference

2017 Jul 10 Survey says… Older adults are involved as participants, advisors and decision makers in AGE-WELL projects…but there’s room to do more! OA-INVOLVE. https://www.oa-involve-agewell.ca/blog/survey-says-older-adults-are-involved-as-participants-advisors-and-decision-makers-in-age-well-projectsbut-theres-room-to-do-more

2017 Jul 4 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. A new way to think about dementia and sex. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/a-new-way-to-think-about-dementia-and-sex-78890

2017 May 12 Grigorovich, A., Kontos, P. Ethics, sexuality, and dementia in long-term care. Impact Ethics (a Novel Tech Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University blog). https://impactethics.ca/2017/05/12/ethics-sexuality-and-dementia-in-long-term-care/

2016 Oct 28 Kontos, P. Send in the clowns: Changing the face of dementia care. International Network for Critical Gerontology. http://criticalgerontology.com/elder-clowns/

2016 Mar 28 Mieux comprendre les comportements reliés à la maladie d’Alzheimer. Club Doctissimo. http://blog.doctissimo.fr/ici-et-la/comprendre-comportements-alzheimer-24890713.html

2016 Feb 18 La vie ne se termine pas avec l’apparition de l’Alzheimer. L’Edition Nouvelles.

2016 Feb 9 Mieux comprendre les comportements reliés à la maladie d’Alzheimer. L’Edition Nouvelles. http://www.vulgaris-medical.com/blog-sante/l-information-sur-la-sante-portee-de-main/mieux-comprendre-les-comportements-relies-la

2016 Feb 3 Du contenu canadien comme on l’aime: #EncoreLà. Plus loin que le fil (a CNW Telbec blog).

2016 Feb 2 Changing our understanding of dementia ‘behaviour’. DavidRaonic (a City-Data Forum blog). http://www.city-data.com/blogs/blog40611-changing-our-understanding-dementia-behaviour.html

2016 Jan 23 Is it possible to live well with dementia? Half of Canadians say no. County Live (a Prince Edward County blog). http://countylive.ca/blog/?p=57956

2016 Jan 20 People with dementia face discrimination and social rejection. Diversity Now. http://diversitynowbyegloballearning.blogspot.ca/2016/01/people-with-dementia-face.html

2016 Jan 19 Canadian content we love: #StillHere. Beyond the Wire (a CNW Group blog).

2016 Jan 11 Alzheimer’s Society launches campaign to correct misinformed Canadians. Ontario Mutuals. http://www.ontariomutuals.com/blog/alzheimers-society-launches-campaign-to-correct-misinformed-canadians

2016 Jan 5 Kontos, P. ‘People living with dementia can continue to engage in creative and meaningful ways’. Alzheimer Society of Canada. http://alzheimer.ca/en/Home/StillHere/Pia-Kontos

2015 Nov 26 Spotlight on dementia. Eureka! U of T Magazine (a University of Toronto blog). http://magazine.utoronto.ca/blogs/spotlight-on-dementia-cracked-play-pia-kontos/

2015 Nov 16 Member profile: Pia Kontos. Critical Physiotherapy Network. http://www.criticalphysio.net/2015/11/16/member-profile-pia-kontos/

2015 Nov 15 Pia Kontos, Associate Professor and Senior Scientist. TAGlab – The Technologies for Aging Gracefully Lab (a University of Toronto blog). http://www.taglab.toronto.edu/index.php/blog/pia-kontos-associate-professor-and-senior-scientist/

2015 Oct 14 Bringing creativity into clinical practice with older adults. Best Endings.

2015 Oct 6 ‘Cracked’ shines a new light on dementia. The Sheridan Sun (a Sheridan College blog).

2015 Sep 29 Dementia and Collective Disruption. Markfolio. https://markfolio.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/dementia-and-collective-disruption/

2015 Jun 24 Cracked new light on dementia and the power of story telling. Partnerships in Dementia Care (a University of Waterloo blog). https://uwaterloo.ca/partnerships-in-dementia-care/blog/post/cracked-new-light-dementia-and-power-story-telling

2015 Jun 2 “Creativity as practice”: Three highlights from the 2015 Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum. Exploring critical intersections between research and performance in transforming dementia care. Centre for Hip Health and Mobility (a University of British Columbia blog). http://www.hiphealth.ca/blog/Canadian-Mobilization-Forum

2015 Jan 16 Cracked: new light on dementia combines research, dementia and the arts. Alzheimer Society (an Alzheimer Society of Canada/Alzheimer Society of Ontario blog). http://alzheimersocietyblog.ca/cracked-new-light-on-dementia-combines-research-dementia-and-the-arts/

2014 Nov 3 The top 5 innovations in knowledge translation. BMC Series Blog (a BioMed Central blog). http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-health/2014/11/03/the-top-5-innovations-in-knowledge-translation/

2014 Oct 22 Elder-Clowning. Aging Matters (a Sheridan Centre for Elder Research blog). https://serclab.wordpress.com/tag/elder-clowns/

2014 Oct 20 Counted but not counting? Women’s experience of dementia. Thoughts and Opinions (a Dementia Women blog).

2012 Dec 12 BUDI links with Canada. Bournemouth University Dementia Institute.

2012 Mar 14 IJCAIP Advisory Board Profiles: Pia Kontos. Arts Crossing Borders (a Cheryl McLean blog, Publisher, The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice) http://ccahtecrossingborders.blogspot.ca/2012/03/ijcaip-advisory-board-profiles-pia.html