Nicholas Watters
MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION OF CANADA
https://mentalhealthcommission.ca/
The recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award for eMental Health Development and Implementation is Nicholas Watters, Director, Access to Quality Mental Health Services at Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Nicholas has been a leader and champion for e-mental health in Canada since 2014 and even prior, when the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) made a strategic investment in an e-mental health program and he became Director of this (now) department. He built a strong program and team, always focusing on incorporating the lived experience voice into every project from the beginning. Through his deep connections with stakeholders across Canada and the world, he has kept current with the key issues facing e-mental health and turned this knowledge into key projects that solve these issues through knowledge exchange, convening and coordinating, and developing and supporting evidence-informed resources, tools, programs and policies.
His list of qualities is extensive but to name a just a few:
It is because of this unassuming talent for high impact disruption and his commitment to the mission of mental health reform that he is the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement award for eMental Health Development and Implementation.
Congratulations Nicholas!