

2022 Champions of Mental Health Gala
Gala Program
Doors open
5:45 pm
Cocktail hour, cash bar
Opening remarks
7:00 pm
Kim Hollihan &
Ellen Cohen gives opening remarks
Preformance
7:10 pm
Performance by Séan McCann
First Award
7:23 pm
Sharon Johnston Champion of Mental Health Award for Youth
Second Award
7:44 pm
Innovation - Researcher
Third Award
8:00 pm
Workplace
Fourth Award
8:10 pm
Community Organization
Preformance
8:20 pm
Performance by Séan McCann
Fifth Award
8:40 pm
Community Individual
Sixth Award
9:00 pm
Media
Seventh Award
9:10 pm
Parliamentarian
Preformance
9:20 pm
Performance by Séan McCann
Show ends
9:30 pm
Awards end & everyone is invited to mingle
The 2022 Champions of Mental Health Award Recipients
Each year the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) recognizes 7 Canadians whose work has helped to advance the mental health agenda across the country.
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Every year, nominations are accepted in the following categories:
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The Sharon Johnston Champion of Mental Health Award for Youth – Any Canadian 21 and younger who has shown leadership in his or her community in promoting mental health and/or mental illness awareness, or any organization dedicated to providing services for youth
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Media – Any media personality or outlet who has contributed to public awareness of mental health
or mental illness
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Workplace Mental Health – Any employer or employee who has contributed to creating a mentally healthy workplace for staff
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Community Organization – Any organization that has provided great public service to community members experiencing mental illness
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Community Individual – Any person, who through personal commitment, has increased awareness about mental illness or reduced stigma in his or her community
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Parliamentarian – Any provincial, territorial, or federal Parliamentarian who has advanced the mental health agenda in Canada
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Innovation – Researcher or Clinician – An innovative person or organization that through their work has advanced the mental health agenda in Canada
Gala Menu
Appetizer
SOUP
Butternut squash and pear with cinnamon crème fraiche
Main Course
ROAST CHICKEN BREAST
Rosemary and sea salt chicken breast, red onion jam, chorizo potato hash, and mustard jus.
Main Course
Vegetarian
MANICOTTI
Spinach and ricotta manicotti
Dessert
CRÈME BRULEE
Maple blueberry crème brulee