Linda J. Garcia is Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences and Director of the LIFE Research Institute at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Louise Bélanger-Hardy is Professor in the Faculty of Common Law and member of the LIFE Research Institute at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Jeffrey W. Jutai is Professor in the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences and member of LIFE Research Institute at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Maria Luszczynska is Assistant Professor of the Social Science Faculty in Sociology and Social Work Institute at The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland.