Dolly Dastoor

Dolly Dastoor (born 16 November 1939) is an Indian-born Canadian clinical psychologist and expert in geriatric psychiatry, particularly dementia assessment and care. She co-developed the "Hierarchic Dementia Scale for Assessment and Prognosis of Dementia" (HDS), was president of the Alzheimer Society of Montreal and vice president of the Alzheimer Society of Canada. She has also conducted research on schizophrenia.

Dastoor is a Zoroastrian, was president of the Federation of the Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) and served as the vice-chair of the Parliament of the World's Religions from 2020 to 2021. She is a leader in both Zoroastrianism and interfaith dialogue.

Early life Dastoor was born on 16 November 1939 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, to a traditional Zoroastrian family. She was the second oldest of four children. She was a member of Zonta International on the university campus of which Dastoor was president from 1986 to 1991. and treasurer of the Aging Division of the Canadian Psychological Association. She received her doctorate from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, in 1999. The test measures the loss over time of cognitive and physical functions.

Dastoor worked as Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Chair of the Education Committee of the McGill University Research Centre for Studies in Aging (MCSA). president of the Federation of the Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA) and editor-in chief of the FEZANA journal. In 1982, she chaired the North American Zoroastrian Congress and in 2000, she co-chaired the 7th World Zoroastrian Congress in Houston, Texas, United States, the first time when the World Congress was held outside of Iran or India.

Dastoor was elected to the board of trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions in 2016, as the only Zoroastrian on the board. She was co-chair of the Parliament’s Women’s Task Force, advocating for the role of women within interfaith dialogue. She served as the vice-chair of the Parliament from 2020 to 2021. She was then president of the Montreal Council of Women (WCM) [ fr] from 2021 to 2022.