Suzanne Garon is a sociologist and a full professor at the department of Social Work at the Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences of the University of Sherbrooke (Quebec). A regular researcher at the CÉRTA (Study and Research Centre on Transitions and Learning) and researcher at the Research Centre on Aging of the CSSS-IUGS, where she teaches in the gerontology doctoral program of the University Training Centre in gerontology of the University of Sherbrooke. Her work includes, in particular the recognition and its manifestations in the development process of communities. As a principal investigator, her current interest is the recognition of the implementation and the evaluation of the age-friendly cities program in Quebec.