François Thibeault, PhD, is currently a research officer at the CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS Research Centre on Aging, as part of Pre Véronique Provencher's team. He will be helping to meet challenges relating to social and technological innovation in healthcare, the running of living labs and qualitative research methods in healthcare. In addition, he is a lay and non-denominational spiritual care practitioner in the health care network. He teaches meditation in a variety of approaches (secular-scientific, educational, therapeutic, and spiritual) and integrates authentic dialogue (nonviolent communication) into his intervention methods.