My gut feeling tells me it's a group of closely knit individuals that work in an incestuous workplace (very convenient and profitable).
When you have Personal and Professional interests in a project............ then you have neither !
Authority:
Unchallenged authority was awarded to the CEO / Psych by Canada's Privacy Commissioner (Jennifer Stoddart), by denying access to my medical records (Invoking section 25,26,28); additionally concealing source of government funding?
Consequently, the "Right of Representation" was nonexistent; including the ability to question the conduct of the senior Psych (enshrouded in professional incompetence).
Previous Privacy Commissioner of Canada scandal: http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/privacy/a/radwanskiquits.htm
Resources:
Brock University's proximity offers Individuals/Resources to help the senior Psych in many ways; encouraged by his ability to reward individuals professionally (financially ???) to avoid liability.
The C.A.M.H. is affiliated with the University of Toronto & gamblingresearch.org; they have a wide array of Resources/Funding for research.
Funding:
"Where" and "How" have the participants been receiving their (lavish?) incomes from the past 8 years? Government Agencies like Click here: www.gamblingresearch.org (annual grants 500k ) ?
The link above takes you directly to one of their research teams. Lisa Root, who I was "encouraged" to meet during the 2001 incident, was a C.A.M.H. employee and on the Gamblingresearch.org payroll since 2000. Marcia Cunningham (CGC Educational Communications) worked within her group.
Dr. Anne Marie Guilmette , an Associate Professor at Brock University, was one of the original boards members of Gamblingresearch in 2000 (charge of funding).
Lead researcher at Gamblingresearch.org , John Cunningham, received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Toronto.
Note the previous position that CEO Robert Simpson was employed at Click Here: www.cpso.on.ca, Homewood Health Centre.
Dr Graeme Cunningham, an alcoholic and former President of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, is presently the Director of the Addiction Division at Homewood Health Centre in Guelph.
It appears to be "Happy Days" with the Cunningham's at Gamblingresearch.org.
Either way, it will be opened up for ethical and/or government financing debate.
CEO & Senior Psych Profile:
CEO is an individual who has advanced through government agencies (contacts / procedures / loopholes), possibly without any formal training in psychology; rising to senior management in an agency with a very generous funding budget (unaudited ).
The CEO's greatest strength is his social "networking" skills; surrounding and positioning those around him that can help him achieve his career goals quickly.
The CEO also publishes articles on gambling research and would like to eventually be accepted/recognized on the Ph.D stage of research.
The Psych appears to have benefited from family connections in obtaining research positions with a very generous grant scale.
The Psych views:
Government regulations / safeguards as "barriers" to Research / Intervention.
Precedent:
Has this ever been attempted before or is it "trial and error" technique?
Does "Demoralizing" ensure maximum control and secure financial compensation/reimbursement?
