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Mr. Denis Morrice
Ambassador
Bone and Joint Decade
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

While retired he does consulting and currently acts as the Executive Director for the Ontario Rheumatology Association.

Denis spent most of his career in Community Development.

As Executive Director of a Settlement House in Toronto, he helped organize community residents in establishing legal aid, income tax and dental clinics. He served as a Senior Consultant to the Provincial Government of Ontario on Community Development and Citizen Engagement. As Executive Director of The Canadian Hearing Society for 17 years he directed the establishment of hearing aid programmes, sign language training programmes, interpreter services, mental health and telephone relay services for deaf and hard of hearing people.

While President and CEO of the Arthritis Society of Canada for 12 years he ensured resources supported the establishment of www.arthritis.ca with 140 volunteer professional and consumer representatives, the development of the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance, MSK Cochrane Collaboration and the Canadian Joint Replacement Registry.

He continues to serve on a number of boards and committees to move the health care agenda forward and advocate for patient participation: Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation, Canadian Arthritis Network/Networks of Centres of Excellence, Best Medicines Coalition of Canada, National e-Therapeutics Network, Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board, and the Canadian Cochrane Network & Centre.

Mr. Morrice passionately believes that: "Those affected by a decision should be involved in making that decision."

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