Dr. Habib Chaudhury is a professor in the Department of Gerontology and associate director of the Gerontology Research Centre at Simon Fraser University.
His research focuses on environmental gerontology, specifically in supporting the physical environment of people with dementia in long-term care facilities, dementia-inclusive neighbourhood environments and age-friendly communities.
Dr. Chaudhury provides evidence-based consulting with national and international organizations in the areas of planning and design of seniors' housing and long-term care facilities. He also serves as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Aging and Environment and on the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of Aging advisory board.
Dr. Chaudhury holds a Ph.D. in architecture/environment-behaviour studies with a major in aging and environment from the University of Wisconsin, a master of science in architecture from Texas A&M University, and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Marie Beaulieu
Dr. Marie Beaulieu is a retired and adjunct professor at the School of Social Work at the Université de Sherbrooke and a research fellow at the Aging Research Centre of the Sherbrooke Health and Social Services Network. She is involved with the International Longevity Centre Canada. She is currently a consultant in social gerontology, and her primary work focuses on the mistreatment of older adults, fighting bullying and agism, promoting a sense of security and encouraging positive, ethical treatment of older adults. She works hard to end the invisibility of elder abuse victims.
Dr. Beaulieu was Chairholder of the Research Chair on Mistreatment of Older Adults from November 2010 to October 2022. She was co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Age-friendly Cities and Communities attached to the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS Research Centre on Aging (2017 to 2023). She served on the National Seniors Council from 2013 to 2018 and was appointed again for three-year mandates in 2023 and 2026.
In September 2022, the United Nations recognized Dr. Beaulieu as one of 50 international leaders of the Decade on Healthy Aging (2021-2030). In this capacity, she serves on the United Nations Expert Committee on Healthy Aging. She also received the 2021 ACFAS Thérèse Gouin-Décarie prize for career excellence in the social sciences, the 2019 Canadian Association on Gerontology Lifetime Award for Contribution to Gerontology and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 in recognition of her many contributions to promoting recognition of older adults.
Dr. Beaulieu holds a Ph.D. in applied humanities and a master's degree in criminology from the Université de Montréal.
