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Peter Mulcair Bio
Peter Mulcair took the photographs of Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga shown on the home page of our web site.  “Most of my work is creating a small piece of art out of God’s landscape,” he says.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Peter studied photography for two years at Vanier CEGEP before starting work at David Bier Studios, where he dropped off films for TV news. His next job was at CFCF, a CTV affiliate, where he worked for five years as an assistant camera man. During the last two years at CFCF he developed signs of schizophrenia. Side effects from some of the medication he took meant he couldn’t focus enough to take clear photographs. His mother-in-law gave him an auto-focus camera to solve that problem. He used that camera for 10 years.

CMHA/Peel Branch was first introduced to Peter through his participation in the Frame of Mind Art Show that PAR North Clubhouse held for many years. Peter’s work has been chosen five times for art shows at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Four years ago, the Canadian Mental Health Association in downtown Toronto had an art show and one of his pieces was chosen to go on display in Ottawa, Ontario during Mental Health Week (the first week in May.) That same year, the City of Mississauga had an art contest. Of 10 images that were chosen to reflect the city’s heritage, five were his.

Recently the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario had a competition and one of his large photos will be on display at the Gladstone Hotel. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) took 18 of his photographs, which they plan to rent out to businesses on his behalf. Peter also just finished working on a PSA about stigma with Workman Arts. It was shown at the 2007 Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival.

Peter was discharged from the Schizophrenia Program at Credit Valley Hospital a few years ago. He describes himself as being 75% of where he was prior to his symptoms developing. He attributes his recovery to all the help he’s received over the years and is grateful to organizations like PAR North and the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Peter has given speeches to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (formerly the Addiction Research Foundation) about Dual Diagnosis (diagnosis of a developmental handicap and mental health needs). Peter lives in Mississauga with his wife, 20 yr. old son and 16 yr. old daughter. Peter and his wife are active in his church and he also volunteers at a nursing home. He currently works in the photolab in the Wal-Mart at Burnhamthorpe Road and Erin Mills Parkway in Mississauga. He and his son also have a wedding photography business, and recently got a new web site www.mulcair.ca.  Although Peter sometimes needs to sit back and listen to soft music to get a break from all his activity, he believes that he is coping well working, and credits his success to his wife, whom he calls “a blessing.”

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