Charmaine Hammond

CSP, MA, BA (she/her) Charmaine has an MA in conflict management, and has spent more than 25 years working in mediation, negotiation, and crisis response. She has owned her business for more than 25 years,...

Pamela Hansen

CD, MHI, MEI Pamela is an experienced Facilitator, Mediator, and Life Strategist with a demonstrated history of training and coaching both individuals and corporations in the areas of conflict resolution, mediation, and mental health first...

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Heather Beaton

Heather (she/her) is an Occupational Therapist with over 17 years of experience working in the formal Mental Health and Wellness systems.  She is a graduate from Dalhousie University with degrees in Biology and Occupational Therapy....

MHFA Instructor

Angele D’Alessio

Angele (she/her) has been a mental health educator since 2006. Her passion in educating communities, schools and workplaces about mental health/illness comes from personal insight into the lives of family and friends living with mental...

MHFA Instructor

Lisa Daugharty

Lisa (she/her) has 30 years experience working in the fields of nursing and policing, and currently works as a full-time investigator in the Major Crime Domestic Violence Investigation Unit at Durham Regional Police Service. Her...

MHFA Instructor

Kris Porlier

Kris Porlier (he/him) is an Advanced Care Paramedic, employed with Calian Health Services and is also a Reserve Medical Assistant with the Royal Canadian Medical Service. In 2008, Kris completed a tour of service to...

Drew McClure

Drew McClure (he/him) is a registered counselling therapist-candidate (RCT-C) and the owner of Red Fox Counselling, an online counselling therapy service. He completed his Masters of Counselling at City University in Vancouver, BC. During his...

Mike Russo

Mike Russo is a Health and Safety Consultant at WorkBright and teaches part-time at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional and Registered Occupational Hygienist. With over a decade of experience working...

MHFA Instructor

Cheryl Legate

Cheryl has been working in the social services profession for more than 20 years in a multitude of settings, and with diverse populations. Her experience includes crisis response, crisis intervention training, leadership, case management, workshop...

Angela Whyte

Owner and Coach – A Brave Space Coaching and Education (they/them) Angela has spent their whole life being curious about people. Angela is an iPEC certified Transformational Life Coach, who works with people who live...

Seren Sterling

Seren (they/them) is late to many things, despite their history of attempting to control time by being so unreasonably early that nothing could go wrong, right? They were late to recognize their neurodivergence. ADHD in...

MHFA Instructor

Shirley Buchanan

My (she/her) background is in Law and Communications, but for eight years (first as a volunteer and then as a career), I have been working with Canadian prisoners, ex-prisoners, their families and victims. Through faith-based...

MHFA Instructor

Matthew Rico

Matthew has over 11+ years clinical experience in mental health nursing, 8+ years teaching non-violent crisis intervention, has delivered Mental Health First Aid to 1700+ Canadians since 2018, and a member of the first group...

Sara Clarke

As a Mother of a child with neurodiversity, I wanted to create a positive, safe, and encouraging place for individuals to build skills, enjoy organic relationships, and have fun while reaching their own goals and...

Kimberly Van Ryn

CYW, RYT, BA Human Services, Trauma Informed Practitioner Kim (she/her) started her career as a Child and Youth Worker in foster and adoptive care, developing skills and gaining education in the areas of trauma and...

MHFA Instructor

Debra Lefevbre

Debra, RN, BN, BA, MPA (she/her) is a Registered Nurse, certified in mental health and trauma-informed care. She has demonstrated success in senior healthcare leadership for many years. Presently, she is the owner of Limestone...

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