Canada’s first seniors advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, is set to retire from her work in British Columbia, but not until next spring.
The B.C. government will now be looking for a new seniors advocate to fill that role, following the March 2024 retirement of Mackenzie, who’s been a voice for British Columbia’s seniors since accepting the position in 2014. Before that, she worked with seniors in Victoria at Beacon Community Services.
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