Director, Public Policy
Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, Canada
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Peter Athanasopoulos has devoted his life to building relationships benefiting people living with a spinal cord injury (SCI) for the past 17 years. He started his rewarding career at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario, formally the Canadian Paraplegic Association Ontario, in 2001 as a Provincial Peer Support Coordinator. Peter has nurtured, grown and expanded Peer Support at Spinal Cord Injury Ontario. In 2008 he continued in the position of SCI Networks and Services Manager as a relationship builder working with people with SCI, service providers, researchers and other stakeholders to strengthen planning and delivery of services for Ontarians with SCI. Presently, Peter has been enhancing his services to people with SCI by working with communities across Ontario to address and resolve systemic barriers that impact quality of life of people with SCI through his
roles as Director, Public Policy and Government Relations, and Executive Director of the Ontario SCI Solutions Alliance.