Donna-Thomson

Donna Thompson

Caregiver, Member of the CCCE Advisory Council

Recipient of the 2023 Vickie Cammack Trailblazer Award.

Donna Thomson is a caregiver, author and award-winning educator.  She is the mother of two grown children, one who has cerebral palsy with medical complexity. Donna also helped care for her mother who lived with dementia until she passed away in the summer of 2018 at the age of 96. Donna is the co-author (with Dr. Zachary White) of The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation of Loved One to Caregiver and author of The Four Walls of My Freedom: Lessons I’ve Learned From a Life of Caregiving. Donna is also a co-founder and co-director of the CanChild Family Engagement in Research Program and she facilitates the Caregiving Essentials Course and webinar series, all at McMaster University. Donna currently sits on the advisory board of CCCE, where she won the 2024 inaugural Vickie Cammack Trailblazer Award.