Marta Hajek

Board Member

As CEO for Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario, Marta has been working diligently with the Ontario government to build a stronger presence in the community; to advance the priorities of the Ontario Strategy to Combat Abuse (1st of its kind in Canada) and to build sustainable partnerships with agencies and other like-minded stakeholders supporting older adults.

Under her stewardship, EAPO continues to expand its circle of strategic partnerships across the Pan-Canadian spectrum as well as globally, to support vulnerable or at-risk seniors experiencing abuse.

She helped facilitate the rollout of 211, now a national information and referral platform, specializing in human services, continues to serve on the Seniors Expert Advisory Committee (SEAC) with the ON Securities Commission, as well as a Board Director with the Canadian Network for the Prevention of EA. Most recently Marta was elected to the Steering Group of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP).

As one of the founding members of the Canadian Coalition Against Ageism (CCAA), Marta once again addressed the UN’s Open Ended Working Group on Aging in May 2024, advocating for the protection of human rights of older persons and calling for the declaration of a UN convention that would codify those rights in international law.