Report on the Needs Assessment

Appendix 1. Steering Committee members

The members of the Steering Committee on Health Literacy of the Montreal General Hospital are:

1. Donna Ahern, Patients' Advocate, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
2. Michelle Bourgeois, Physiotherapist, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
3. Louise Duguay, Nurse Educator, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
4. Lynn Kiraly-Batist, Librarian, Nurses' Library, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
5. Denise Malo, Associate Director, Academic Practice and Professional Development, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
6. Nadine Osborne, Project Officer, Health Canada
7. Lisa Rosati-White, Patients' Advocate, Montreal General Hospital (MUHC)
8. Dr. Linda Shohet, Director, The Centre for Literacy of Québec

Principal researcher: Odette Langlais, consultant in education
Co-researcher: Charles Draper, consultant
Associate researcher: Claire Elliott, Librarian, The Centre for Literacy of Québec
External evaluator: Dr. William Ninacs, Chairperson, Coopérative de consultation en développement La Clé
Proof reader: Sally Selvadurai, The Centre for Literacy of Québec
Editor: Dr. Linda Shohet, The Centre for Literacy of Québec