{"id":600,"date":"2025-10-20T18:39:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T22:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/?post_type=member&#038;p=600"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T18:59:38","slug":"bonnie-jeanne-macdonald","status":"publish","type":"member","link":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FSA, FCIA, serves as the Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is also the co-lead of NIA\u2019s Pension Centre of Excellence. She is a fellow of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, as well as the resident scholar at Eckler Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her research focuses on the policies and practices necessary to address the multiple challenges and opportunities presented by Canada\u2019s aging population. By bringing together leading industry experts and leveraging academic best practices alongside innovative ideas, Dr. MacDonald\u2019s work is dedicated to enhancing retirement financial security for Canadians through practical insights, industry innovations, and government solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She has published academic papers on a wide variety of topics related to retirement financial security. Her research contributions have received numerous awards and have been adopted by industry and government, both in Canada and around the globe. Dr. MacDonald is a prominent speaker at industry and public policy events, as well as a frequent expert voice in Canadian media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FSA, FCIA, serves as the Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is also the co-lead of NIA\u2019s Pension Centre of Excellence. She is a fellow of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, as well as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2290,"menu_order":3,"template":"","class_list":["post-600","member","type-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FSA, FCIA, serves as the Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is also the co-lead of NIA\u2019s Pension Centre of Excellence. She is a fellow of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, as well as the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-05T18:59:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"744\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"655\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/\",\"name\":\"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-20T22:39:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-05T18:59:38+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png\",\"width\":744,\"height\":655,\"caption\":\"Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald headshot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/\",\"name\":\"NIA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA","og_description":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FSA, FCIA, serves as the Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), Toronto Metropolitan University, where she is also the co-lead of NIA\u2019s Pension Centre of Excellence. She is a fellow of both the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, as well as the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/","og_site_name":"NIA","article_modified_time":"2025-12-05T18:59:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":744,"height":655,"url":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/","url":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/","name":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald - NIA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png","datePublished":"2025-10-20T22:39:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-05T18:59:38+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Bonnie-Jeanne-MacDonald-1.png","width":744,"height":655,"caption":"Dr. Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald headshot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/members\/bonnie-jeanne-macdonald\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/","name":"NIA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/member"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member\/600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}