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CYC Alumni

Jonny Morris, Presidents’ Alumni Award, BA & MA in Child and Youth Care
Jonny Morris, Presidents’ Alumni Award, BA & MA in Child and Youth Care.

Jonny Morris, Presidents' Alumni Award 2024

UVic degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care, 2007; Masters of Arts in Child and Youth Care, 2011.

Jonny Morris is the CEO at the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division and has more than 20 years of experience in community-based mental health services, policy and advocacy. He has research and practice experience in suicide prevention, is a trained counsellor and has taught child and youth care course at the ·¬ÇÑÉçÇø and Douglas College.

Jonny is committed to a vision of mental health for all, working at the Canadian Mental Health Association to lead system change efforts in preventing mental health problems, responding to crisis and improving care when people need to go to hospital. As an advocate for reducing stigma, he regularly speaks with workplaces, colleges, universities and communities about the opportunity to ensure mental health is a priority.

Previously, Jonny led policy and legislation branch for BC's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, helping build the newly formed ministry from the ground up. Jonny comes at work with lived experience personally and as a family member.

Meagan Saulnier

School-Based Youth and Family Counsellor
Craigflower Elementary
Kimberley Ainsworth

Manager
UVic Child Care Services
Janet Newbury

Adjunct Professor
School of Child and Youth Care, UVic
Kay Otani

Settlement Worker in Schools
Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria
Carinna Kenigsberg

Program Manager
Power To Be
Andrée Lacasse

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Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
Sareesha Nile

Behavior Interventionist
Easterseals Southern California
Scott Kouri

Clinical Counsellor
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