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Shkaabe Makwa Leadership Circle

The work of Shkaabe Makwa is grounded in the guidance of our external Leadership Circle comprised of 10 First Nations, Inuit and Métis experts from across Ontario who are collectively connected across multiple systems of community health care, service providers agencies, mental health and wellness services, hospitals, child welfare, education, and research. We are grateful for our Leadership Circle members who continue to support, advise, and guide us through our efforts at Shkaabe Makwa:

Dr. Ed Connors
Melanie Goodchild
Dr. Carol Hopkins
Amanda Kilabuk
Dr. Darrel Manitowabi
James Morris
Kenn Richard
Ed Sackaney
Brenda Small
Dr. Pamela Williamson

Over the years we have been building our team at CAMH. We are a dynamic group with staff from First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities – and our life stories represent great diversity and experience. We are excited about the opportunity to assist in moving forward wellness initiatives. We believe that culture is central to healing and wellness – and we are committed to bringing about change in ways that respect and honour traditional knowledge and community expertise.

Interested in joining our team? View CAMH's current job opportunities here.


	Rennie Linklater Senior Director		Rebecca Mador Director, Strategy and Planning
	Laura Thibeault Director, Strategy and Planning On Leave		Krystine Abel Director, Wellness Innovation
	Patricia Monague Cultural Care Practitioner		Jeff D’Hondt Manager, Clinical Services
	Dale Kuehl Advanced Practice Clinical Leader		Cindy Noel Administrative Assistant
	Cora-Lee Simon Manager, Operations		Julian Robbins Manager, Research and Knowledge Mobilization
	Ashley Cornect-Benoit Manager, Research and Knowledge Mobilization On Leave		Hannah Burgé Luviano Manager, Research and Knowledge Mobilization
	Shelly Hachey Manager, Research and Knowledge Mobilization (First Nations Wellness Initiative)		Stephanie Humphries Manager, Workforce Development
	Yara Janes Manager, Evaluation and Performance Measurement		Chantell Morais Project Manager
	Suguna Logan Project Manager		Shay Colley Senior Health Policy Analyst
	Olivia Keast Senior Consultant, Indigenous Cultural Safety		Walter Lindstone Supervisor, Traditional Healing
	Chrysta Wood Community Support Specialist		Krystal Summers Community Support Specialist
	Bruce Barber Training Coordinator		Meaghan Moniz Education Specialist
	Heidi Maracle Implementation Specialist		Laura Stanley Senior Communications Advisor
	Sarah Deck Research Coordinator On Leave		Natalie Beedle Research Methods Specialist
	Angela Salamanca Research Coordinator		Suzi Isaac Research Associate - Walpole Island First Nation
	Rhonda Trudeau Research Associate - Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory		Ningwakwe Priscilla George Research Coordinator - Saugeen First Nation
	Anika Altiman Research Coordinator - Walpole Island First Nation		Nelson Williams Research Coordinator - Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory
	Pamela Manitowabi Research Associate - Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory		Christian Wells Social Worker
	Willow Coutu Counsellor Therapist 2		River Valade Counsellor Therapist 2
	Aamir Sholapur Program Consultant – Evaluator		Teely Hopkin Consultant – Evaluation and Knowledge Synthesis (Indigenous Evaluation)
	Roxanne LeClair Project Coordinator On Leave		Anita Ravindran Project Coordinator

Connected in Creation

We put forth this collection of our lived experiences as an offering...to advance the healing and wellness of Indigenous peoples. - RENNIE LINKLATER, author of Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies

Connected in Creation is a wide-ranging anthology of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction written by fifteen First Nations and Métis staff at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. With powerful clarity and an abundance of wisdom, these writers speak of the hurt and losses of colonization, along with the hope, resilience, and fierce resistance found through Indigenous ways of knowing and healing. There are many ceremonies, prayers, songs, dances, and medicines that inspire our Spirits to stay connected, to feel life, and to offer love for Creation,” Rennie Linklater writes in her prologue. These writings are among them.

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