KBHF Board Member

Liv Mendelsohn, MA, MEd, is the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, where she works to strengthen the systems and communities that support caregivers and care providers across Canada. She leads this work through research, innovation, policy engagement, and co-design with people whose lived experience shapes and guides the sector.

A lifelong caregiver, Liv brings her own experiences as someone with a disability and as a member of the sandwich generation to everything she does. These perspectives fuel her commitment to building a Canada where caregiving is understood and valued, and where the voices of caregivers meaningfully shape programs, policy, and decision-making. Under her leadership, the Centre has helped shift the national conversation on caregiving by advancing a coordinated vision across aging, disability, and health care; generating the kind of evidence that is now guiding policy and organizational decisions; and bringing together leaders and lived-experience experts in ways that are accelerating real systems change across the country.

Throughout her career, Liv has founded and led organizations that centre inclusion and community, including the Wagner Green Centre for Accessibility and Inclusion and the ReelAbilities Toronto Film Festival. She serves on the City of Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee and sits on the boards of the Kids Brain Health Foundation and the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto.

Liv’s work has been recognized with the City of Toronto Equity Award and honours from the University of Toronto, Empowered Kids Ontario, Shalva Centre, and the Jewish Community Centres of North America. She speaks regularly about caregiving, disability inclusion, and social change, and her insights are featured in media and public forums across Canada and internationally.

A senior fellow at Massey College, Liv is also an alumna of the Mandel Institute for Non-Profit Leadership and the CivicAction Leaders program.