The Walnut Foundation

Each One
Teach One

Welcome to our other resources section featuring speakers and presentations from past events.

2021 Walnut
Symposium
Speakers

Mental Health

Dealing With The
Mental Health Crisis

Dr. Ian Dawe is the Program Chief and Medical Director of Mental Health at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, ON and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Working in collaboration with Trillium’s senior leadership team, its service users and their families, as co-creating a new kind of addiction and mental health care – one that prioritizes personalization, coordination and enablement.

He recently served as the Chair of the Ontario Hospital Association’s Suicide Prevent Standards Taskforce (2014-2016), a diverse panel of researchers, academics, clinicians and lived experience experts with a mandate from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to focus on establishing best practice, evidence-based standards to guide the care for at-risk people in all of Ontario’s 151 hospitals. He has been called a “full scaler” and a “top influencer” as part of Zero Suicide International, a healthcare movement that believes no one should die alone and in despair.

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Fitness

Live the Amazing Life

Dr. Ian Dawe is the Program Chief and Medical Director of Mental Health at Trillium Health Partners in Mississauga, ON and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Working in collaboration with Trillium’s senior leadership team, its service users and their families, as co-creating a new kind of addiction and mental health care – one that prioritizes personalization, coordination and enablement.

He recently served as the Chair of the Ontario Hospital Association’s Suicide Prevent Standards Taskforce (2014-2016), a diverse panel of researchers, academics, clinicians and lived experience experts with a mandate from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to focus on establishing best practice, evidence-based standards to guide the care for at-risk people in all of Ontario’s 151 hospitals. He has been called a “full scaler” and a “top influencer” as part of Zero Suicide International, a healthcare movement that believes no one should die alone and in despair.

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Health

Sugar and our
Immune Health

Dr Nicole Constant ND began her studies and her practice in naturopathy when she arrived in Canada. Before, she practiced as an MD in Spain. Her work was greatly enriched by years of service as the Health Promotion Officer of the George Hull Centre for Children and Families, and her participation in CanFitPro, certifying her as an Older Adult Fitness Specialist. She helps families and elders to transition to an active, healthful lifestyle that supports their well being—mental, physical and social. She enjoys working with groups of all ages and backgrounds and can help you endure the unusual stress of our pandemic. Nicole practices privately as a naturopath registered with the Ontario College of Naturopathyunder Ontario’s stringent regulations.

You are cordially invited to learn more about her work at IndividualCare.ca or on Facebook as Nicole Constant ND.

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Finances

Coping Strategies in
This Pandemic,
Focusing on your
Financial Health

Gisella Theodore is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA, CMA), with over fifteen years in the finance industry. She has a passion to see families protect, build, and accumulate wealth; something she strongly believes will build stronger communities and ultimately a better economy.

Gisella successfully achieves this through a Financial Advisory role, where, through partnering with families, she analyzes facts and explores solutions to reach their goals by mitigating risks in order for them to achieve total financial independence by incorporating insurance, investment, and tax planning strategies.

She has observed over the years that the big hiccup to families successfully achieving their goal of financial security, is their view of insurance and investment as something that “other people” do, or a waste of money. Her goal is to change that perception by highlighting the benefits of protecting their loved ones, actively participate in their child’s education by creating a college fund, and finally leave a legacy to their loved ones and ultimately achieve total financial independence.

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