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The Call for Nominations for the 2012 National Awards for Excellence Program is Open!

Help us celebrate excellence and make a difference for those affected by mental health and addictions.  If you or someone you know is doing extraordinary work in the mental health and addictions field then we want to hear from you.

The National Awards for Excellence Program is now accepting nominations from across Canada to recognize individuals, community organizations and media demonstrating evidence-based sustainable best practice work in mental health and addictions.  

Established by the Kaiser Foundation over six years ago, this national Program helps shine a light on success stories in the field with the hope of decreasing the stigma often associated with these health-related issues.

Award recipients are honoured at a special national recognition ceremony and have their stories featured through various multi-media channels.  In addition, all recipients receive a $10,000 grant which can be directed to a recognized charity of their choice.

There are eight Awards categories, including:

  • Excellence in Community Programming
  • Excellence in Indigenous Programming 
  • Excellence in Leadership
  • Excellence in Media Reporting
  • Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use Programming
  • Excellence in Public Policy
  • Excellence in Leadership within the RCMP
  • Excellence in Youth Leadership

Nominations are reviewed by peer evaluators and their recommendations are forwarded to the Foundation’s Advisory Board, comprised of community, business and government leaders for final selection of the Award winners. 

To nominate someone or to apply for an award yourself is easy.  Visit the National Awards section of this website for detailed information on Awards criteria, categories and the nomination process, including application forms.

Deadline for the Award submissions is February 28, 2012.   

Foundation's Chairman and CEO, Edgar F. Kaiser Jr., Interviewed on CPAC

Award-winning host Ken host Ken Rockburn from Canada's CPAC (the Cable Public Affairs Channel) interviews people of influence from the worlds of politics, art and culture. He meets with trailblazing personalities behind a number of public policy and cultural issues. In August 2011, he sat down for an interview with the Kaiser Foundation's Chairman and CEO, Edgar F. Kaiser Jr. Please click on link to see full interview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qczy-0BwJw

Kaiser Foundation Announces 2011 National Mental Health and Addictions Awards for Excellence Winners

April 27, VANCOUVER—A reporter from Fort Erie, Ont.; an RCMP staff sergeant from North Regina, Sask.; a young woman from Vancouver, BC: three individuals who don’t appear to have anything in common.

But what they share goes deeper than age or occupation. Each is dedicated to improving the lives of Canadians who suffer from mental illness or addiction. And each will be recognized for their work, along with five others, at the Kaiser Foundation’s 6th annual National Awards for Excellence Program Event. 

Today one of the most respected national organizations dealing with mental health issues and addictions, the Kaiser Foundation was created more than 25 years ago to raise awareness and understanding of mental health and addictions and to decrease the stigma often associated with them. “Mental health and addictions are health issues, not moral ones,” said the Foundation’s Founder and Chairman Edgar Kaiser Jr.

“The recipients always amaze me,” continued Kaiser. “One of the main reasons we established this Awards Program was to acknowledge and celebrate the extraordinary work being done in this field by individuals, community groups and the media. These people often get little or no recognition for their efforts and we hope that shining a light on their work will help raise awareness of mental health and addictions locally and nationally.” 

This year’s ceremony, to take place in Regina on Thursday, April 28, from noon to 2 p.m., is hosted by the RCMP, one of the Kaiser Foundation’s newest national partners.

“Our national partners are vital to what we do,” said Kaiser. “Without their support, this Awards Program and the Foundation’s other initiatives would not be possible.”

"RCMP “Depot” Division ishonoured to host the Kaiser Foundation's Sixth Annual National Excellence Awards,” commented Assistant Commissioner Roger L. Brown, Commanding Officer, “Depot” Division.  “We congratulate the nominees whoare leaders in their communities in the fields of mental health and addictions.The RCMP is committed tobuilding strong community relationships. We applaud the efforts of the Kaiser Foundation in recognizing the tremendous work of these exceptional individuals." 

A new category was added this year to reflect the RCMP’s important work in the area of mental health and addictions issues, bringing the number of awards to eight. The winners also receive $10,000 for a recognized charity of their choice.

The 2011 Awards for Excellence recipients are:

Excellence in Community Programming: Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users; Vancouver, B.C.

Excellence in Indigenous Programming: Peter Menzies, Clinical Head, Aboriginal Services, Addictions Program, Centre of Addiction and Mental Health; Toronto, Ont.

Excellence in Leadership: Sherry Mumford, PhD (candidate), Director of Clinical Programs for Addictions Services, Maple Ridge Treatment Centre; Maple Ridge, B.C.

Excellence in Reporting: William J. MacPhee; Fort Erie, Ont.

Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use Programming: McGill University Health Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Addictions Unit; Montreal, Que.

Excellence in Public Policy: Eugene Oscapella, Oscapella and Associates Consulting Ltd.; Ottawa, Ont.

Excellence in RCMP Leadership: RCMP Staff Sgt. Rich Wychreschuk, Member Employee Assistance Program Coordinator; North Regina, Sask.

Excellence in Youth Leadership: Vanessa Campbell; Vancouver, B.C.

For more information or to set up an interview with Mr. Kaiser or any of the award recipients, please contact:

Deborah Tucker

Executive Director

Kaiser Foundation

604-904-9994, ext. 23

execdir@kaiserfoundation.ca

www.kaiserfoundation.ca

 

 

Hot of the Press:

National Awards Alumni Newsletter

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Kaiser Foundation Chairman and CEO, Edgar Kaiser Jr., featured in December 2010 issue of BC Business magazine

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http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/top-stories/2010/12/01/reinvention-edgar-kaiser-jr

 

 

 

 

 

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