Jim Mann, LL.D., is a researcher, author, and volunteer with an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of British Columbia. At the age of 58, he was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer’s. Since then, he’s become one of Canada’s strongest Alzheimer’s advocates, serving as a member of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute for Aging, on the AGE-WELL NCE Research Management Committee, a Platform Advisory Council member at its associated EPIC-AT program, the Research Ethics BC Advisory Council, and the Global Dementia Observatory focus group. Jim is also a co-Principal Investigator of research focused on reducing the stigma of dementia, a co-investigator of a robotic-assisted virtual care project, as well as a collaborator and a knowledge user on other projects. He has authored/co-authored many papers and continues to make presentations across the country.