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PETER RALPH
St. John's, Newfoundland

  • President of the Board of the Consumers’ Health Awareness Network of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Director on the Provincial Advisory Council on Mental Health and Addictions
  • Member of the Newfoundland Mental Health Care and Treatment Act Review Board.
  • Defence Lawyer at Simmonds and Partners Defence Law Firm, specializing in mental health.
  • Former staff lawyer with Newfoundland Legal Aid Commission; worked on the creation of the Mental Health Court in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
  • Husband, father, and mental health consumer.

MARK HENICK
Sydney, Nova Scotia

  • Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick. 
  • Concurrently pursuing a Master of Science in Child Development at the Erikson Institute and a Master of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago.
  • Former member of the Government of New Brunswick's Mental Health Strategy Advisory Committee; the Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety 2010 conference planning committee; and various other committees and boards relating to mental health. 
  • Youngest former President of Canadian Mental Health Association, provincial division (New Brunswick).
  • Former President of the St. Thomas University Students' Union.
  • Author of several widely-published commentaries about suicide, mental health awareness, and mental illness in the media.
  • Active presenter and public speaker on topics such as personal experience with anxiety, depression and suicide.

JEANNETTE LeBLANC
Moncton, New Brunswick

  • Registered Nurse and University Professor
    in Nursing.
  • Former Director of a School of Nursing.
  • Trained as a nurse practitioner.
  • Mother of a child living with schizophrenia since the age of 18 (who will be 42 in September).
  • Over 20 years of activity in mental health matters as a mother, a family member, a health care professional and as an advocate for mental health issues at the local, provincial and national level.
  • Former Chair of a community mental health advisory committee to the New Brunswick Minister of Health.

FRANCOIS BORGEAT
Montreal, Quebec

  • Psychiatrist and co-chair of the Medical Program for Anxiety and Mood Disorders at Montreal’s Louis H. Lafontaine hospital .
  • Clinical Professor of the Psychiatry department at the Université de Montréal and Honorary Professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).
  • Led the Psychiatry department at the Université de Montréal and the University of Lausanne.
  • Worked as a clinical consultant in Québec’s Peripheral Regions (Laurentians and Abitibi) and as a department management consultant in a family medicine hospital at Cité de la Santé in Laval, Québec.
  • Acted as a consultant for the Organization of Mental Health Care in Québec, France and Switzerland.

DAVID S. GOLDBLOOM
Toronto, Ontario

  • Senior Medical Advisor, Education and Public Affairs, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto.
  • Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
  • Five years’ experience as Physician-in-Chief at CAMH.
  • Three years’ experience as Chief of Staff at the Clarke Institute, Toronto.
  • Active clinical practice.

JAMES A. MORRISEY, FCA
Ottawa, Ontario

  • Senior Partner and National Leader, Tax Knowledge, Ernst & Young.
  • President, Ernst & Young Electronic Publishing Services Inc.
    Chair, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research.
  • Chair, Immaculata High School Foundation Inc.
    Treasurer, Tides Canada Foundation.
  • Past Chair, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute.
  • Past Chair, Ottawa General Hospital Research Institute.
  • Past Chair, Audit Committee, Ottawa General Hospital.
  • Past Chair, Finance Committee, Ottawa General Hospital.
  • Past Chair, Finance Committee, Ottawa Health Research Institute.
  • Past Treasurer, Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada.
  • Past Treasurer, Eastern Ontario Young Offenders Services.

CHRIS SUMMERVILLE
Steinbach, Manitoba

  • CEO, Schizophrenia Society of Canada.
  • Executive Director, Manitoba Schizophrenia Society.
  • Certified Psychosocial Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP).
  • Ordained Pastor credentialed with the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada.
  • Past Chair, Manitoba Provincial Advisory Council on Mental Health to the Minister of Health.
  • Past Chair, Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health in Manitoba.
  • Personal experience with mental illness as a family member and as an individual.

FERN STOCKDALE WINDER
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • Currently practising as a clinical psychologist in the areas of physical medicine rehabilitation and geriatrics at Saskatoon City Hospital.
  • 7 years prior experience as a health administrator and the Professional Leader of Psychology in the Saskatoon Health Region.
  • Professional Affiliate with the Psychology Department, University of Saskatchewan.
  • Co-author of a website focused on the promotion of mental well-being (www.roadtowellbeing.ca).

LORRAINE BREAULT
Edmonton, Alberta

  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry,
    University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Independent private practice in clinical and consulting Psychology.
  • Five years’ experience as Assistant Professor and Director of Equity, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.
  • Eight years’ experience as a clinical psychologist at various hospitals in the Edmonton area.

MADELEINE DION STOUT
Delta, British Columbia

  • Band member of Kehewin First Nation, Alberta.
  • Aboriginal Health Development Consultant.
  • Former coordinator of Native and Northern Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa.
  • Nearly twenty years' experience with the Medical Services Branch of Health Canada focusing on First Nations and Inuit health.
  • Member of donurse.zens of First Nations health committees and task forces over the years.
  • Trained as a nurse.

MANITOK THOMPSON
Nunavut

  • Former Legislative Specialist, Department of Education, Government of Nunavut.
  • Former Minister of Education, Government of Nunavut.
  • Former Minister of Human Resources, Government of Nunavut.
  • Former Minister of Community Government, Government of Nunavut.
  • Former Minister of Public Works, Housing and Transportation, Government of Nunavut.
  • Former Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Government of the North West Territories.
  • Former Minister responsible for the Status of Woman, Government of the North West Territories.
  • Former Teacher and Education Consultant.


Peter Ralph
  

 
Mark Henick   

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Jeannette LeBlanc
  

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François Borgeat

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David S. Goldbloom


James A. Morrisey 

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Chris Summerville
 

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Fern Stockdale-Winder
 

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Lorraine Breault 

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Madeleine Dion Stout 
 


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