Lorie Shekter-Wolfson
Assistant Vice-President, Waterfront Development and Dean, Community Services and Health Sciences
Lorie Shekter-Wolfson is Assistant Vice-President, Waterfront Development and Dean of Community Services and Health Sciences at George Brown College in Toronto.
A member of the senior management team since joining the college in 2002, Lorie is currently co-leading the development of George Brown College’s waterfront campus that will house the new Centre for Health Sciences. The new facility will be designed to embrace an interprofessional learning education framework enhancing wellness and health promotion.
As Dean, Lorie is leading an interprofessional education strategy to support the needs of a changing health-care sector that demands a more collaborative, team based approach to patient care. Her division operates a large Simulated Practice Centre, an Interprofessional Learning Clinic and nine daycare labs to support innovative applied learning.
Lorie brings a wealth of experience to her position. As a graduate from the University of Toronto Masters of Social Work program, she has worked as a clinician, an administrator, an educator and a consultant in the health-care system for many years before coming to George Brown. She has also authored articles on social work, marital and family therapy, interprofessional education as well as two books on eating disorders. Lorie is a frequent speaker at industry events and is the recipient of Colleges Ontario 2010 Exemplary Service Award.
Lorie is an active member on several health-related agency and government committees and boards. These include the UHN Family Health Team Board, Baycrest Clinical Strategy, Quality and Safety, and the Canadian Association of Allied Health Programs (CAAHP).