Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Services Review
Our Advisory Board
The Review will be supported by an Advisory Board consisted by both a Youth Advisory Council and a Stakeholder Advisory Council. This Advisory Board will guide the Advocate’s process at every stage of our review.
The Board has met a first time to validate and provide feedback in relation to the overall scope of the Review, the Review Plan, the Consultation Document, the website and online survey tool. It will meet a second time in late April for a dialogue session with Canadian and Global experts in Youth Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Service delivery. The third meeting of the Advisory Board will be held in late May to discuss and inform the interim recommendations to government in relation to this review. It will meet a final time in early July to inform and give guidance in relation to the final report and recommendations.
Youth Advisory Council
We acknowledge with thanks the participation of Stacie Smith and Sue Duguay as Co-Chairs of our Youth Advisory Council.
Sue Duguay
21-year-old graduate at the Université de Moncton in political science, economics and management science, Sue Duguay is currently president of the Fédération de la jeunesse canadienne-française (FJCF). Her provincial involvement began in 2013, on the board of directors of the Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick, the organization she chaired from 2016 to 2018 while becoming involved with multiple related causes over time. Recipient of the Immersing Leader of Canada Award (Atlantic Region), his passions for public speaking, society, politics and law regularly serve as a propulsion to new accomplishments.
Stacie Smith
Stacie is a 2020 Dalhousie Kinesiology graduate from Saint John, New Brunswick. She completed a certificate in Health, Wellness & Recreation at Eastern College in 2014. She was the President of both the Student Association of Health & Human Performance and the Dalhousie Kinesiology Society during her time at Dalhousie. In this capacity, she has worked to draw attention of senior leadership at Dalhousie University regarding the needs of both faculty and students within the Kinesiology program. She is the founder of the COVID-19 Student Support Network and a Youth Partner with Frayme. She is also the Co-Executive Director of the Young Canadian's Roundtable on Health, the first from Atlantic Canada. She was the recipient of the PHE Canada Student Leadership Award in 2018–2019 for her leadership role in the School of Health & Human Performance. She will be attending the University of New Brunswick this Fall in the Bachelor of Education program.
Youth Advisory Council Members
Gracie Lemoine
John Aidemouni
Nadia Woodward
Cassaundra Eisner
Dust Murphy
Marilou Landry
Carlovsky Bellefleur
Mariah Deleavey
Neila Selouani
Maude Sonier
Maude Levesque
Sarah Dana
Myriam Cormier
Zoé Bourgeois
Camden Mazerolle
Stakeholders Advisory Council
We acknowledge with thanks the participation of Graydon Nicholas and Léo-Paul Pinet as Co-Chairs of our Stakeholder Advisory Council.
Graydon Nicholas
The Honourable Graydon Nicholas, Order of New Brunswick, was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 2009 to 2014, becoming the first aboriginal person to hold this office. He was born on the Tobique Reserve in 1946. He university degrees in science, law and social work as well as several honorary doctorates. From 1974 to 1988 he served as legal counsel, Board Chairman and President of the Union of New Brunswick Indians. He then served as Chair of Native studies at St—Thomas University prior to his appointment as a Provincial Court Judge from 1991–2009. Graydon was appointed to the Endowed Chair of Native Studies on August 1, 2015, for a year term and reappointed to 2021. He has volunteered for many years and with distinction with the Christian Life Communities and the Knights of Columbus. He was appointed an Honorary Colonel for the 3rd Field Regiment (Loyal) on June 20, 2019. He was appointed Chancellor of St-Thomas University in February 2021. He and his wife Beth have been married for over 50 years, have two sons and two grandchildren.
Léo Paul Pinet
Léo-Paul Pinet has been the General Manager of the Centre de Bénévolat de la Péninsule Acadienne (CBPA) Inc. since 1985. It is a team of thirty-six (36) permanent employees and more than 250 on-call employees who make up the dozen programs of CBPA. Surrounding this paid staff, nearly 200 volunteers work to carry out the mission of the CBPA.
Léo-Paul believes in and sees the citizen at the heart of any care process. In this sense, he demands that a place be made for the rural world, that we develop a language associated with rurality, and that we give it the tools and means to ensure its development and fulfillment.
In all these actions, a common denominator: commitment and believing in the strengths of the community!
Stakeholders Advisory Council Members
John Sharpe
Hilary Cartwright
Mark Wies
Barbara Whitenect
Michael Johnston
Jeffrey LeBlanc
Bruce MacPherson
Robert Eckstein
Vickie Plourde
Carole Gallant
Eva Sock
Roxanne Sappier
Katina Russell (Feggos)
Brigitte Dandenault
