Dr. Martine Lagacé (Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, As an Individual) at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

Thank you all for your invitation.

My name is Martine Lagacé. I am an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa, but I am a psychologist by training. I am a social psychologist, in other words.

In dealing with the issue of the participation and integration of older workers, I am not going to talk to you about money. But I am going to talk to you about an obstacle that, unfortunately, has not been the subject of a lot of research. But, for twenty years or so, my colleagues and I have identified it as a major obstacle.