• Current Program Lead and Mental Health Worker at East Wellington Family Health Team where she counsels people with a history of mental illness and assists clinic patients with, among other things, return-to-work planning when illnesses such as anxiety and depressive disorders have interfered with work-life.
   
• Former Manager of Resource Centre and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program for Canadian Mental Health Association/Peel Branch
   
• Management experience allowed Kim to experience the accommodation process first hand, enabling her to balance advocacy for employees with the realities faced by managers, allowing Kim to focus on workplace solutions that are win-win for both employers and employees
   
• Provided front-line and educational services for CMHA/Peel since 1989
   
• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from McMaster University in Hamilton
   
• Has now offered educational training and presentations, regarding mental health issues, to over 18,000 adult learners
   
• Certified Trainer in Mental Health Works, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills, and Non-violent Crisis Intervention.

Colleen Taffe

• Concurrent Disorders Resource Specialist
   
• Bachelors Degree in History and African Studies
   
• Currently working towards her Masters in Theology
   
• Began training and educating adults in 2002
   
• Has been facilitating workshops for persons with disabilities, intellectual challenges, and mental illness since 2003
   
• Multi-cultural sensitivity and experience working with diverse groups, such as persons with mental health issues, addictions, disabilities, women, youth at risk and immigrants/newcomers
   
• Certified Trainer in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI) and Concurrent Disorders
   
• A very engaging speaker, who is professional, dynamic and passionate about the training she delivers

Tammy Whelen

• Mental Health Promotions Educator at CMHA/Peel since 2011
   
• Instructor at Humber College in Event Management Program
   
• Fundraising and Volunteer Management Diploma
   
• Certified Trainer in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
   
• Currently working towards degree in Adult Education
   
• After her cancer diagnosis in 1999 at age 25 Tammy started public speaking with the Terry Fox Foundation in 2001, speaking at schools across the GTA educating students about life with cancer
   
• Tammy also organizes events, such as the annual Road 2 Recovery gala to support research at the Edmond Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre where she was successfully treated