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Louise Bradley, MS, RN, CHE - President and CEO, Mental Health Commission of Canada
Originally from Eastern Canada, Louise became a Registered Nurse in Newfoundland. She also studied at Dalhousie University and later obtained a Master of Science with a specialization in Mental Health from Northeastern University, Boston. Though Louise’s experience ranges from Community Mental Health to Forensic and Corrections Health Care, she has worked primarily in the Mental Health field as a frontline nurse, administrator, researcher and educator. She moved to Alberta to become the Senior Operating Officer for the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton and, in the spring of 2009, joined the Mental Health Commission of Canada as its Chief Operating Officer. For the past 5 years she has also been a surveyor with Accreditation Canada, and is both a Certified Health Executive and an adjunct professor with the University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing. In April 2010, Louise became President and CEO of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Dr. Linda Duxbury, PhD - Professor at the Sprott School of Business
Currently a Professor at the Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Dr. Duxbury received her M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo. Dr. Linda Duxbury is a noted pioneer in the field of organizational health. Over the years her interest in issues associated with managing a changing workforce has earned her a variety of awards that recognize her research, teaching and her contribution to public and private sector work places. Dr. Duxbury is an accomplished trainer and speaker in the area of supportive work environments, work-life balance, managing the new workforce, recruitment and retention, change management, gender and communication and the communication process.
Marilee Mark, VP Marketing, Group Benefits at Manulife Financial
Marilee Mark is responsible for the development of marketing strategies, communication and products for employers of all sizes. She represents Manulife Financial on selected industry advisory groups including the Group Insurance Pharmaceutical Committee, Canadian Council on Integrated Healthcare, Benefits Canada and the annual sanofi aventis Healthcare Survey
Sandy Naiman, Award Winning Journalist
Sandy is an award-winning journalist, blogger and college professor whose psychiatric history informs both her work and her mental health advocacy. She started sharing her personal story in 1998 with audiences across Canada and the United States.
She views her bipolar disorder as extra-ability, not dis-ability, as she has worked tirelessly to overcome it. With a curious nature and almost 50 years of psychotherapy, “I’m working on my Ph.D. in me,” she quips. “And I’ll never graduate.” From 1977 to 2007, Sandy was a staff reporter at The Toronto Sun, as well as a frequent radio commentator, television guest and freelance magazine writer.
She first entered the blogosphere in April 2008 when the Toronto Star invited her to create her mental health and wellness blog Coming Out Crazy for the launch of its Healthzone.ca website. In July 2007, she started teaching women's studies at Seneca College in Toronto. The following November, she was asked to develop and teach Leadership in Society, the college's first community service course.
"Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light." ~ Groucho Marx
Dr. John K. Yardley, Ph.D - President, Metrics@Work
Dr. John Yardley is concurrently President, Metrics@Work (a consulting business) and the Managing Director of Brock University's Workplace Health Research Laboratory (WHRL) an academic research laboratory. Previously, for 25 years, John was a faculty member in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, resigning as an Associate Professor in 2007.
Metrics@Work carries out consulting work and conducts applied research in the area of people management based on surveying, assessments, data mining and consulting. Prior to migrating the business to Metrics@Work, WHRL was a contract research business operating within Brock University for 7 years (from 1999-2007). Metrics@Work has 8 full time staff, and has a base of over 220 client organizations in the public and for-profit sector, ranging from over 70,000 employees to 50 employees. In the last 9 years as part of WHRL and Metrics@Work, Dr. Yardley has been a Principal Consultant to most organizations worked with but he also previously consulted for over 22 years across Canada while a faculty member and been a speaker at well over 200 seminars, workshops, and conferences in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia and Canada. He is now a sought after keynote speaker at many professional and organizational conferences and meetings.