January 15th, 2026

Speaker: Steve Chapelle

Re-Privatize Seeking Information Privacy

Steve Chapelle has been providing information management best practices education to Canadian professional, parent, student and retiree organizations since 2006. Prior to that he spent over 20 years in information technology management, analysis and customer service roles, primarily in the financial services sector.  Experience and areas of focus have included information privacy, security, availability and disaster recovery planning. He is also an instructor and developer at the Udemy online course platform, and the author of ‘No Decision: The 1919 Stanley Cup Final’ about the Spanish Flu pandemic, available at Amazon

February 19th, 2026

Speaker: Elizabeth Brown

Single Seniors for Tax Fairness

Elizabeth Brown is the Director of Single Seniors for Tax Fairness (SSTF).  She is a retired, 63 year old woman who has worked in both the public sector and consulting careers in human resources and information technology.  She is based in Toronto.  As a lifelong single, she wishes to address the tax inequalities facing single seniors. 

Our group is called Single Seniors for Tax Fairness.  We are a nationwide organization lobbying for revisions to the Income Tax Act to provide fairness and equity for single seniors (lifetime single, widowed, divorced, or separated seniors 65+)

Here is our website if you want to learn more. Single Seniors for Tax Fairness | SSTF Single Seniors for Tax Fairness

This information will be relevant to seniors who are single already but it will also apply married members as one member of a couple will eventually become single due to the death of a spouse or, in some cases, divorce.  Many people are not aware of how significantly their taxes increase when they lose a spouse.