ICACBR Personnel

Dr. Malcolm Peat MBE, MCSP, BPT, MSc, PhD, MD (hc), DSc (hc) Executive Director

Malcolm Peat completed undergraduate and graduate degrees (MCSP and MEd) in physical therapy, rehabilitation and education in the United Kingdom (Glasgow and Bath) and B.PT, MSc and PhD (Anatomy and Cell Biology) degrees at the University of Manitoba. Dr Peat has held positions with the Government of the United Kingdom, the World Health Organization and has extensive international experience in leading projects in university education in rehabilitation, CBR and community development in Europe, the Asia-Pacific Region and Central America including countries in transition, conflict and post-conflict reconstruction. Dr Peat was the Associate Dean (Rehabilitation) and Director of the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University for the period 1987 to 1997. Prior to that he held senior appointments in the Universities of Manitoba and Western Ontario. Since 1991 he is the Executive Director of the International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR), Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University leading CBR and related programs implemented in the Balkans, Eastern Europe, South and South East Asia and Central America. Dr Peat holds faculty appointments in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and has held cross appointments in the Departments of Family Medicine and Anatomy. He has published extensively on education, basic sciences and community based rehabilitation. Dr Peat's research activities have been in Rehabilitation Sciences and Community Development. In recognition of his contributions to rehabilitation education and community based rehabilitation Dr Peat is the recipient of many international and national awards. He was awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine from Riga Stradina University, Latvia in 2006 and an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 2007.

Djenana Jalovcic MPA, MSc
Director

Djenana Jalovcic is Director at the International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation (ICACBR) at Queen's University. Ms Jalovcic completed her undergraduate studies in languages at the University of Sarajevo (1992), followed by the Master's of Public Administration with Specialization in Health Policy and Management from School of Policy Studies(1999) and a Masters of Science (Disability in the Community) from the School of Rehabilitation Therapy (2008) both at Queen's University.

Since early nineties Djenana has been working in international development of health and rehabilitation services in developing, war-torn countries and countries in transition in Central America, Asia and Eastern Europe. She managed the Community Based Rehabilitation program in Guatemala serving land mine survivors, war victims and other persons with disability in rural areas. She worked on programs primarily targeting landmine survivors in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. Ms Jalovcic has been coordinator and lead educator in multiple ICACBR bi-lateral and multilateral projects with the focus on specialized training modules in policy development and management of public services, participatory research and evaluation, health policy, mine action, gender equity and application of the rights based approach to development programs at the community level. She has been responsible for advising governments in policy analysis and development related to health, social, human rights and disability issues.

Ms Jalovcic has extensive experience in conducting needs assessments, preparation of strategic documents and policy papers, and conducting evaluation and monitoring of projects. She has been a key team member responsible for the management, coordination and administration of government funded programs including operational planning, identification of needs and funding opportunities, negotiation with funding agencies, proposal, workplan, project documentation, agreements and reports preparation. Presently Djenana is playing a lead role in projects in Sri Lanka and the Balkans.

Ms Jalovcic has been a supervisor of staff and Queen's students on administrative placements and a leader of the evaluation team of two disability and rehabilitation projects in Ontario, an instructor in several undergraduate and graduate courses internationally. Her primary research and evaluation interest is interaction of gender and disability, and its impact on social participation of persons with disabilities and their integration into the community. Together with Malcolm Peat she coordinates the community based rehabilitation course at the School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University. She is a guest lecturer at the doctoral program in Public Health at University of North Carolina.

Prior to joining ICACBR, Ms Jalovcic worked with Medecins Sans Frontieres Holland (Doctors without Borders), World Health Organization, and the Italian National Public Health Institute.

Darko Krznaric
Logistics and Financial Coordinator

Darko Krznaric is implementing development initiatives in education, health, social and rehabilitation sectors in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central America and Asia. Mr Krznaric worked with Medecins Sans Frontieres, the Netherlands, on humanitarian assistance projects in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war in countries of former Yugoslavia.

Since 1996 Mr Krznaric has been working at ICACBR on Projects in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Latvia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Kosova, Russia, Eritrea, and currently in the Balkans (Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Sri Lanka. His roles include logistician, interpreter (for projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia), coordinator and financial administrator for projects in Eastern Europe and Central America. Darko has in depth knowledge of Queen's University, CIDA, UN and partner country policies, which greatly assists in the implementation of project activities. He has been working extensively with marginalized and vulnerable groups, the general public, local governments, and NGOs. Darko has been responsible for project logistics including organization of clinical training and policy events, security monitoring and advice, travel and accommodation of Canadian personnel, teaching equipment and IT support.

Mr Krznaric was Project Manager for the "Governance of Social Development/Care Centres in Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka" CIDA funded project.

Beth Richan BA, BEd, MSc Project Officer, Research and Administrative Support

Beth Richan completed her undergraduate degrees in Education (University of Toronto) and Anthropology and History (University of Regina) and taught in inner city Toronto schools and in Saskatchewan. Following over ten years in the education field Ms Richan joined the Social Program Evaluation Group (SPEG, Queen's University) and worked on many projects including the multi disciplinary Social Determinants of Seniors Health project. Beth collaborated in developing multi media curriculum units for the Canadians in the Global Community resource and for the Canada and World Studies curricula for Ontario Secondary Schools. Supplemental resource units for CBC's The Heritage Minutes in partnership with Histor!ca were also developed during this period. While working with SPEG Beth also collaborated on projects in partnership with Statistics Canada, Elections Canada and Parks Canada. Beth has also worked as a research assistant with the Arthritis Community Research & Evaluation Unit (ACREU) (University of Toronto) on the Independence and Dependence for Seniors with Osteoarthritis or Osteoporosis project.  Since 1999, Beth has been active in ICACBR projects in the field and from the Kingston base office. These projects include among others, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) projects in Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Slovakia and Latvia. Her present area of interest is in CBR and social integration of persons with disability and has recently completed an MSc in Rehabilitation Sciences - Disability in the Community (Queen's). Her thesis work incorporated research and study based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she examined post-conflict factors that influence integration of persons with physical disability into the community as perceived by persons with disabilities.

Associate

Dr. Sandra Olney Former Director of School of Rehabilitation Therapy Associate Dean of the Faculty of Health Science

Dr. Sandra J. Olney is Professor and Director of the School of Rehabilitation Therapy and Associate Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, with a B.Sc. in Physical and Occupational Therapy. She completed a doctorate in Biomechanics at the University of Waterloo. She has contributed to research in rehabilitation biomechanics, with applications in the analysis and treatment of gait in cerebral palsy, cerebrovascular accidents and joint replacements, and in Community Based Rehabilitation, with applications in education and technology for mobility. She has published widely. She has sat on the Editorial Boards of Physiotherapy Canada, Gait and Posture, and the Journal of Applied Biomechanics and currently sits on the editorial boards of Clinical Biomechanics and Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, and on the Advisory Board of the latter. She is President of the International Society of Biomechanics. She has worked on a number of ICACBR projects. Dr. Olney has extensive international experience including activities and projects in Asia, Australia, Latvia and North America and holds an academic appointment at LaTrobe University, Australia.

Major Personnel

The following are personnel who have contributed significantly to ICACBR project activities. This group represents a broad inter-professional skill base and includes representation from health professions, social and applied sciences, education, private sector, students, organizations of persons with disability and administration. The personnel listed represent partnership with a number of Canadian universities, health care facilities and non government organizations. In addition the personnel also include key international individuals who have played major roles in ICACBR projects.

Arsenault, Francine
Balogh, Rob
Beatty, Carolyn
Berry, John
Bobinac-Georgijevski, Ana
Bokshi, Hana
Booth, Randy
Bowering, Evelyn
Calderon, Virginia
Chandrakusma, Handjo
Cerkez, Goran
Christie, Nancy
Culham, Elsie
Cvijetic, Vera
Dilal, Adjit
Docherty, Debbie
Edmonds, Lorna Jean
Estey, Steven
Gashi, Afije
Ganasinghe, Mallika
Gedina Dzintra
Goralija, Belma
Guth, Anton
Hachey, Raymonde
Hundozi, Hajrije
Jelic, Zdenka
Joiner, Ian
Kapetanovic, Goran
Kolehmainen, Irma
Krefting, Laura
Kralova, Daniela
Krupa, Terry
Krupica, Susan
Kulasekere, Manisha
Kurtagic, Nadja
Kuruppu, Prasanna
Landry, Mike
Latinovic, Milan
Lele, Jayant
Litke, Kathryn
Lysaght, Rosemary
Mastikosa Olivera
McColl, Mary Anne
McCall, Rob
Muftic, Mirsad
Muthaliph, Nooranie
Nakas, Bakir
Nash, Derrick
Olney, Sandra
Packer, Tanya
Packer, David
Papic Stefanovic, Djurdjica
Parnes, Penny
Pakulis, Janine
Paterson, Margo
Pecar, Dzemal
Pickles, Barry
Rasanayagam, Yoga
Sadikovic, Sanela
Sinclair, Duncan
Smith, Barry
Shahani, Manik
Shahani, Mira
Stefanovski, Mihajlo
Stefanovski, Gordana
St Onge, Annette
Tata, Elizabeth
Taylor, Marcus
Thavarajah, Umesh
Tomic, Natasa
Torkia, Caryne
Tough, Murray
Turabija, Raza
Tvarozek, Stefan
Varriano, Angelo
Velez, Patricia
Vetra, Aivars
Villeneuve, Michelle
Yeung, Euson
Zjuzin, Nada

In addition to the above there were many individuals who contributed to ICACBR project activities in Canada and our partner countries. This may have been through participation in a single project or one event in a single project.