Appointee Biographies

LISA FENTON

is a former Teacher with Keele Street Public School Primary Physical Education within the Toronto District School Board. Her community involvement includes volunteering as a parent for Brown Public School. She holds a Bachelor of Education and a teaching certificate from the University of Western Ontario.

PAUL PHILION

Paul Philion served formerly as a member (part-time) for the Consent and Capacity Board, and a former assistant Deputy Clerk, Regional Clerk, Communications Officer, French Language Services Coordinator for Region of Sudbury. His community involvement includes serving on the Bonspiel committee for the Sudbury Curling Club

MARIJA PAJDAKOVSKA

Marija Pajdakovska holds a Master’s in Biostatistics from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. With a passion for leveraging data to improve healthcare outcomes, Marija has worked on numerous projects in healthcare data analysis, focusing on predictive modelling and statistical research. In addition to her academic and professional achievements, Marija has been actively involved in teaching and mentoring students in statistics and data analysis. As a member of the Board of Directors for the Ministry of Health, she is dedicated to representing the public’s views on healthcare policies and regulations, advocating for transparent and evidence-based decision-making within Ontario’s healthcare system.

NAOMI BUSSIN

Naomi Bussin is a lawyer who has spent her career working with administrative agencies, developing a deep expertise in dispute resolution and professional regulation. She performed various roles at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario and the Law Society of Ontario. She has an LL.M in Alternative Dispute Resolution and taught Canadian Administrative Law to foreign trained lawyers at Osgoode Hall Law School for a number of years. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors at JIAS, an agency that provides immigration aid services. Naomi was also a regular columnist for Tonic Magazine and a guest on The Tonic radio show and podcast, discussing recipes and healthy eating and reviewing cookbooks.

TIMOTHY DOBSON

Tim Dobson is a senior professional Landscape Architect, Certified Arborist, Site Planner, Green Roof Professional and Project Manager of built environments. Blending Science, creative design and technical engineering of implementation plus hands-on construction experience, Tim has produced quality-built civic parks, trails, sports facilities, public art, urban design and small structures. For decades Tim has been very active in the community on volunteer Boards engaging in local land planning issues as Chair of Lakeshore Planning Council. As a former youth athlete in multiple sports, Tim also is well rounded in essential human health, biology, injury treatment, nutrition, holistic approach to health and healing. Tim has also accumulated a life-long list of Bionic Man injuries to various body parts, garnering appreciation for the range of the medical and healing professions. Finally, Tim was raised in a heavy biological science family with a father and 2 of 5 brothers being Microbiologists.