Our Team

Shkaabe Makwa Leadership Circle

The work of Shkaabe Makwa is grounded in the guidance of our external Leadership Circle comprised of 10 First Nations, Inuit and Métis experts from across Ontario who are collectively connected across multiple systems of community health care, service providers agencies, mental health and wellness services, hospitals, child welfare, education, and research. We are grateful for our Leadership Circle members who continue to support, advise, and guide us through our efforts at Shkaabe Makwa:

• Dr. Ed Connors
• Melanie Goodchild
• Dr. Carol Hopkins
• Amanda Kilabuk
• Dr. Darrel Manitowabi
• James Morris
• Kenn Richard
• Ed Sackaney
• Brenda Small
• Dr. Pamela Williamson

Our Team

We are a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff who bring diverse lived, cultural and professional experiences to our work. As part of an Indigenous-led Centre, we are committed to centering and strengthening First Nations, Inuit and Métis knowledge, traditions, healing practices and approaches within CAMH and across the broader mental health system.

Our team includes Cultural Care Practitioners, clinicians, researchers, scientists, educators, evaluators, knowledge mobilization specialists, and operational and systems leaders. Together, we work in relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, Indigenous-led organizations and non-Indigenous partners to advance culturally grounded care, strengthen the health and mental health workforce, generate and mobilize community-driven knowledge, and transform systems to improve the health and wellbeing of First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Ontario.

Interested in joining our team? View CAMH's current job opportunities here.

Leadership

Rennie Linklater
Senior Director

Rebecca Mador
Director of Strategy and Planning

Krystine Abel
Director of Wellness Innovation

Laura Thibeault
Director of Strategy and Planning
(on leave)