mindyourmind.ca , Reach Out, Get help, Give Help While in the London Ontario area for presentations, I sat down with Diana Ali of Mind Your Mind for an interview on the Collateral Damage Project and to talk about the need … Continue reading →

Become a partner in the fight against the stigma that surrounds suicide by supporting the Collateral Damage Project. As a not for profit organization, every dollar that we raise is used as efficiently as possible so that we can achieve … Continue reading →

This past week I was invited to show the first, albeit interim, Collateral Damage exhibition at the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Conference in Dartmouth Nova Scotia. Alderney Landing Cultural Conference Centre is situated at a ferry terminal that connects … Continue reading →

After a long stretch of cloudy days do you ever get the feeling that you might never see blue sky again? How do you feel when you finally see the clouds begin to break and blue sky pops through the … Continue reading →

This past weekend my two sons worked on videos for Children’s Mental Health Ontario “Change the View” campaign to help bring awareness to youth mental health issues. Please feel free to leave your comments.

I arrived in Halifax on Tuesday (March 23) afternoon to an overcast and rainy welcome. Like most Canadians, Nova Scotians like talking about the weather… “you should have been here last week, it was hot and sunny”. This was a … Continue reading →

There was once a time that you could not use the word “cancer”, in fear of getting the dreadful disease, now we use it to sell toilet paper. We were once afraid to talk to our children about sex in … Continue reading →

We took a well deserved family trip to Punta Cana a few weeks ago and I made a point of leaving my phone and laptop tucked away except for one rainy afternoon. In the short time that my phone was … Continue reading →

In meeting Kellie I was also able to get to know a great young Canadian artist that lost his life to suicide while battling his bi-polar disorder. Leslie Harvey’s attention to the smallest of details came out in every piece … Continue reading →

Jerome has been planning a cross Canada bike trip for many years. However, when the thought of this adventure began he had no idea the journey it would become. In April of 2008, Jerome’s father died by suicide. As we … Continue reading →