Partners
The value of peer support expertise in the context of mental health, supporting those who use substances and responding to the overdose emergency cannot be overstated. People with lived and living experience have been at the forefront of innovation, driving best practices and affecting policy change at all levels of government.
The provincial peer support worker training curriculum has centred that expertise in the creation of all its materials and this project would not have been possible without their voices.
Our lived and living experience experts
Working Group Members
Atticus Courtoreille
Beth Haywood
Brian O’Donnell
Caty Redford
Charlene Burmeister
Cheri Newman
Claudette Parisien
Czarinna Tabobo
Danielle Cooley
Debbie Sesula
Eris Nyx
Evan James
Guy Bonneau
Gwen Lister
Hawkfeather Peterson
Hazel Meredith
Jenny McDougall
Joelle Jeffery
K.C. Pearcey
Keith Olsen
Kim Dixon
Linda Steinhauer
Lori Raible
Malinda Riffle
Marcelo Ponce
Marlisse McRobie
Marnie Scow
Millie Schulz
Miranda Tymoschuk
Monica Sterling
Olivia Howard
Paul Choisil
Sara Fudjack
Shawn Wood
Sophia Ciavarella
Stevie Thompson
Sue Macdonald
Tannis Carson
Tayah Goddard
Tracy Windsor
Trevor Gray
See Peers: Photo Project
Bella Montagano
Chris Ho
Cindy Bell
Gisele Lackeski
Greg Ploksuik
Jemma Maisonet
Jen Caron
Jimmy Sigmund
Kali Sedgemore
KC Percey
Kelsey King
Lance Gonzales
Lia Lapaldo
Lisa Wagner
Michael Lafleur
Monica Hashem
Natasha Reaney
Paul Choisil
Rebecka Hill
Roberta Watt
Rob Lamoureux
Tamya Rafiq
See Stigma: Stigma Mapping Tool
BeeLee Lee
KC Pearcey
Marcelo Ponce
Mille Schulz
Ned Gallagher
Paul Chosil
Tina Shaw
Whitney Welsh
Our supporting organizations
AIDS Network Kootenay Outreach & Support
Ambit Gender Diversity Consulting
BCCDC: Peer Engagement & Evaluation Project (PEEPS)
BCCDC & First Nations Health Authority: Compassion Inclusion & Engagement Project
BC Schizophrenia Society
BC-Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control
British Columbia Centre On Substance Use
Canadian Mental Health Association
Coast Mental Health
Community Action Initiative
Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation
Familysmart
Foundry
Interior Health
Luminate Wellness
Mental Health Recovery Partners
Moms Stop The Harm
Northern Health
PEERS Victoria
RainCity Housing
Safe Harbour Society
Umbrella Society
Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users
Vancouver Coastal Health
Victoria Cool Aid Society
Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society
Westside Harm Reduction
YouthCO
Our production team
Curriculum Developer and Writer: Jenn Cusick
Project Manager: Jonathan Orr
Consultant and Former Project Manager: Corey Ranger
Life Application Story Writer: Robyn Thomas
Editor: Annie Brandner
Graphic Designer: Jeseye Tanner
Peer Portraits: Jesse Winters Photography
Instructional Design & Development: PathWise Solutions Inc.
