Nora Spinks

Nora Spinks is the CEO of Work-Life Harmony, a consulting firm expediting research to practice focused on well-being and quality of life. In 2012, Nora co-hosted a Families in Canada Roundtable with the Governor General, Canada’s Commander-in-Chief, which sparked her interest in Military and Veteran Families. She has co-chaired roundtables, co-hosted conferences and facilitated strategy sessions with former Ministers of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Chiefs of Defence, Chiefs of Military Personnel Command, and Directors of Military Family Services. She founded the Military and Veteran Families Roundtable, which continues to meet annually at the CIMVHR Forum. Nora fosters innovative collaborations between Military and civilian organizations across Canada. Currently, she co-chairs the Minister of Veterans Affairs Family Advisory Group, serves as an advisor to the Garnet Families Network and Family Matters Research Group at Queen’s University, as well as Purdue University’s Military Family Research Institute. She combines this extensive experience with her work on aging, disability, dementia and caregiving as lead consultant on the CCCE Military and Veteran Caregiving project.