Dorothy Pringle is a Professor of Nursing at the University of Toronto, serving as Dean of Nursing from 1988-1999 when she was instrumental in launching the first doctoral program in Nursing in Ontario and the second in Canada. Her clinical and research interests are in the care of disabled and impaired older people in the community and in the assistance required by family caregivers. She was research director for the national office of the Victorian Order of Nurses and has published more than 20 articles and book chapters, presented at more than 100 scientific conferences, and serves as Editor-in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Workers Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario and has served as a member of the Boards of the Toronto Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. She is Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Massey College and currently a board member at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. She was also a member of the Alzheimer Society of Canada Research Advisory Committee and a member of The Gerontological Advisory Council, Veteran Affairs Canada. Dr. Pringle’s numerous awards include the Jeanne Mance award from the Canadian Nurses Association, honorary doctorates from universities in Lethbridge and Laval, an Honorary Doctor of Science from Laurentian University in Sudbury, and an outstanding teacher award from the Ontario Association of University Teachers.