Wes for Youth Online is a Canadian non-profit founded by Jamie and Yolanda Cameron on June 29, 2012 after they lost their son, Wes Cameron to suicide. The mission of Wes for Youth Online is to promote emotional and mental wellness in youth aged 13-19 in Grey, Bruce, North Wellington and North Huron counties in Ontario, Canada. The organization provides free and confidential online counselling services to its clients and provides a resource centre for its service area that is based at their offices in Walkerton, Ontario.
History
Wes for Youth Online was created by the Cameron Family and began operations on June 26, 2012 in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce Branch. The organization was created following the death of the families youngest son, Wes Cameron, who took his own life on September 26, 2011 at the age of 16. Shortly after his death, Wes for Youth Online was created to provide young people in the local community with a place to ask questions or to address concerns regarding their mental health. The organization's online program launched in June 2013 after becoming beneficiaries of $63,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The funds will be used to expand the online counselling program and build a new resource centre which will be located in Walkerton slated to open in the Spring of 2015.
Timeline
June 26, 2012 — Wes for Youth Online is officially founded and is incorporated in the Province of Ontario as a non-profit organization
May 3, 2013 — MPP, Bill Walker, announces $63,600 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant for Wes for Youth Online to build their online counselling and launch a marketing initiative
June 26, 2013 — Launch of Online Counselling Program
January 28, 2014 — Wes for Youth Online is awarded $130,000 from Aviva Canada Community Fund
Spring 2015 — Resource Centre expected to open in Walkerton, Ontario
Programs
Online Counselling
In June 2013, Wes for Youth Online launched their online counselling program for youth aged 13-19. The online counselling program allows young people to connect with a professional and qualified counsellor free of charge. The program is currently servicing over 120 clients As well online counselling has been shown to be equally beneficial in relation to traditional counselling to those in non-crisis situations. The resource centre will also be host to training for Mental Health First Aid created by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Fundraising
Wes for Youth Online receives majority of its fund from merchandise sales, donors, in-memoriam donations, and fundraising events held around the service area.
Wes for Youth Online Annual Hockey Tournament
Every January, Wes for Youth Online hosts a hockey tournament in three local communities to raise funds for the organization. Funds are raised through admission donations, food sales, buy-outs from local high schools and merchandise sales. The event has raised above $5,000 for the organization.
Walk with Wes for Youth Mental Health
In June, Wes for Youth Online in collaboration with area high schools organizes their annual Walk with Wes for Youth Mental Health. The event is intended to raise awareness before students depart for their summer holidays. The walk raises thousands of dollars each year and is put towards the online counselling program.
Ontario Trillium Foundation
On May 3, 2013, MPP Bill Walker announced that Wes for Youth Online would be a recipient of $63,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to launch the online counselling program in June 2013 as well as fund a marketing initiative to increase awareness of the service. In a statement, Walker said, “This funding will play a key role in enhancing the identification, diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, and is particularly important as a resource for our youth.” A cheque presentation was held at a London Lightning game.<ref name="aviva" /> The Aviva Resource Centre is expected to open in 2015.
See Also
*Mental Health Commission of Canada
*Canadian Mental Health Association
*Kids Help Phone
*Mental Health
History
Wes for Youth Online was created by the Cameron Family and began operations on June 26, 2012 in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association Grey Bruce Branch. The organization was created following the death of the families youngest son, Wes Cameron, who took his own life on September 26, 2011 at the age of 16. Shortly after his death, Wes for Youth Online was created to provide young people in the local community with a place to ask questions or to address concerns regarding their mental health. The organization's online program launched in June 2013 after becoming beneficiaries of $63,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The funds will be used to expand the online counselling program and build a new resource centre which will be located in Walkerton slated to open in the Spring of 2015.
Timeline
June 26, 2012 — Wes for Youth Online is officially founded and is incorporated in the Province of Ontario as a non-profit organization
May 3, 2013 — MPP, Bill Walker, announces $63,600 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant for Wes for Youth Online to build their online counselling and launch a marketing initiative
June 26, 2013 — Launch of Online Counselling Program
January 28, 2014 — Wes for Youth Online is awarded $130,000 from Aviva Canada Community Fund
Spring 2015 — Resource Centre expected to open in Walkerton, Ontario
Programs
Online Counselling
In June 2013, Wes for Youth Online launched their online counselling program for youth aged 13-19. The online counselling program allows young people to connect with a professional and qualified counsellor free of charge. The program is currently servicing over 120 clients As well online counselling has been shown to be equally beneficial in relation to traditional counselling to those in non-crisis situations. The resource centre will also be host to training for Mental Health First Aid created by the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Fundraising
Wes for Youth Online receives majority of its fund from merchandise sales, donors, in-memoriam donations, and fundraising events held around the service area.
Wes for Youth Online Annual Hockey Tournament
Every January, Wes for Youth Online hosts a hockey tournament in three local communities to raise funds for the organization. Funds are raised through admission donations, food sales, buy-outs from local high schools and merchandise sales. The event has raised above $5,000 for the organization.
Walk with Wes for Youth Mental Health
In June, Wes for Youth Online in collaboration with area high schools organizes their annual Walk with Wes for Youth Mental Health. The event is intended to raise awareness before students depart for their summer holidays. The walk raises thousands of dollars each year and is put towards the online counselling program.
Ontario Trillium Foundation
On May 3, 2013, MPP Bill Walker announced that Wes for Youth Online would be a recipient of $63,600 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to launch the online counselling program in June 2013 as well as fund a marketing initiative to increase awareness of the service. In a statement, Walker said, “This funding will play a key role in enhancing the identification, diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns in Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound, and is particularly important as a resource for our youth.” A cheque presentation was held at a London Lightning game.<ref name="aviva" /> The Aviva Resource Centre is expected to open in 2015.
See Also
*Mental Health Commission of Canada
*Canadian Mental Health Association
*Kids Help Phone
*Mental Health
Nicol (born May 26, 1978) is a young politician in Manitoba. He has campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons on two occasions and is now the CAO for the City of Selkirk, where he was born and raised.
Nicol initially enrolled for an Engineering program at the University of Manitoba, but changed his major to Political Science after a year and received an honours degree in 2003. He campaigned for the New Democratic party in Winnipeg South in the 2000 federal election, and received 4,224 votes (10.04%) for a third-place finish against Liberal incumbent Reg Alcock. He was chair of the University of Manitoba Student Union during the election (Winnipeg Free Press, 21 November 2000).
He was appointed to the Interlake Regional Health Authority in 2001 by provincial Health Minister Dave Chomiak, and served as chair of the planning committee. He was later elected to Selkirk's city council in the 2002 municipal election, finishing fifth in the town's single "at-large" district (the top six candidates were declared elected). Nicol is the youngest councillor ever elected in the city.
He worked for provincial New Democrats Peter Bjornson and Greg Dewar in the 2003 Manitoba provincial election, and also assisted Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Marilyn Churley in the Ontario election the same year. Nicol voted against theNew Policy Initiative proposal for the NDP in 2001, and endorsed Bill Blaikie for NDP leader in 2002-2003. He won the NDP nomination in 2004 over Chris Pawley, the son of former Premier of Manitoba Howard Pawley (National Post, 8 May 2004), and received 10,516 votes (26.5%) in the general election for a second-place finish against James Bezan of the Conservative Party.
Nicol has written several essays on Canada's political system, including one piece from 2003 entitled "Turning Politics on its Head". This work criticized the modern approach of "selling" politicians, and called for more community-based consultation (Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 2003). During the 2004 election, he listed Tommy Douglas as his political hero.
Nicol was re-elected to Selkirk City Council in 2006 where he serves as the chair of the city's Public Transit Committee and the Audit Committee.
Some biographical information in this sketch is taken from Nicol's website.
Nicol initially enrolled for an Engineering program at the University of Manitoba, but changed his major to Political Science after a year and received an honours degree in 2003. He campaigned for the New Democratic party in Winnipeg South in the 2000 federal election, and received 4,224 votes (10.04%) for a third-place finish against Liberal incumbent Reg Alcock. He was chair of the University of Manitoba Student Union during the election (Winnipeg Free Press, 21 November 2000).
He was appointed to the Interlake Regional Health Authority in 2001 by provincial Health Minister Dave Chomiak, and served as chair of the planning committee. He was later elected to Selkirk's city council in the 2002 municipal election, finishing fifth in the town's single "at-large" district (the top six candidates were declared elected). Nicol is the youngest councillor ever elected in the city.
He worked for provincial New Democrats Peter Bjornson and Greg Dewar in the 2003 Manitoba provincial election, and also assisted Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Marilyn Churley in the Ontario election the same year. Nicol voted against theNew Policy Initiative proposal for the NDP in 2001, and endorsed Bill Blaikie for NDP leader in 2002-2003. He won the NDP nomination in 2004 over Chris Pawley, the son of former Premier of Manitoba Howard Pawley (National Post, 8 May 2004), and received 10,516 votes (26.5%) in the general election for a second-place finish against James Bezan of the Conservative Party.
Nicol has written several essays on Canada's political system, including one piece from 2003 entitled "Turning Politics on its Head". This work criticized the modern approach of "selling" politicians, and called for more community-based consultation (Winnipeg Free Press, 30 November 2003). During the 2004 election, he listed Tommy Douglas as his political hero.
Nicol was re-elected to Selkirk City Council in 2006 where he serves as the chair of the city's Public Transit Committee and the Audit Committee.
Some biographical information in this sketch is taken from Nicol's website.
Career
Nikhil Srinivasan is an investor. He has steered sizeable portfolios currently as group chief investment officer at Generali (a Fortune 50 company). He is member of the Group Management Committee. He supervises €450 billion across all asset classes. He is chairman of Generali Real Estate which has assets of €26 billion. He is based in Milan.
Generali's investment performance was ranked #1 among its peer group in 2013 and 2014. (Sanford Bernstein Report, May 2015)
Nikhil is a regular representative of the group at Davos.
He was formerly group chief investment officer at Allianz where he was responsible for the investment strategy of the firm's €500 billion and a member of the group's International Executive Committee. He spent a decade at Allianz mainly in Singapore and Munich.
A large part of his career was in Asia working in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore.
Nikhil Srinivasan is an investor. He has steered sizeable portfolios currently as group chief investment officer at Generali (a Fortune 50 company). He is member of the Group Management Committee. He supervises €450 billion across all asset classes. He is chairman of Generali Real Estate which has assets of €26 billion. He is based in Milan.
Generali's investment performance was ranked #1 among its peer group in 2013 and 2014. (Sanford Bernstein Report, May 2015)
Nikhil is a regular representative of the group at Davos.
He was formerly group chief investment officer at Allianz where he was responsible for the investment strategy of the firm's €500 billion and a member of the group's International Executive Committee. He spent a decade at Allianz mainly in Singapore and Munich.
A large part of his career was in Asia working in Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore.
Vilson Ferreira Silva, or Rappervil,Sao Miguel do Araguaia, September 11, 1984. is composer, producer and Brazilian singer of rap and rap-rock.
Biography
One of the first names rapping inside the northern Goias, Rappervil differentiated from the vast majority of artists of his city was limited to only do country music and forró. From the beginning I had been letters from social and moral criticism, as in rap music.
In 2012, he joined the rock band Rotta 66. In the band had as partners: Rodrigo Campos (guitarist), Ronildo Miranda (bass player), Biaphra Milhomem (drummer) and Silvio Freitas (vocalist and guitarist). At the beginning of 203 the band was renamed Rotta Sãomiguelense and in 2014 resilveram close down the band.
From 2014, he dedicated himself to producing instrumental rap. In 2015, he met the rap pioneer in Brazil, also Goias 'Lethal Kalongi', the Dungeon Master. The rapper Lethal heard and liked the instrumental produced by Rappervil and decided to include in their CD of the beat like that.
Discography
*Rap Instrumental 2015 (2015)
Singles
*Fala Mal de Mim (2012)
*Balas de Borracha (2013)
*Quero Meu Voto de Volta (2014)
Biography
One of the first names rapping inside the northern Goias, Rappervil differentiated from the vast majority of artists of his city was limited to only do country music and forró. From the beginning I had been letters from social and moral criticism, as in rap music.
In 2012, he joined the rock band Rotta 66. In the band had as partners: Rodrigo Campos (guitarist), Ronildo Miranda (bass player), Biaphra Milhomem (drummer) and Silvio Freitas (vocalist and guitarist). At the beginning of 203 the band was renamed Rotta Sãomiguelense and in 2014 resilveram close down the band.
From 2014, he dedicated himself to producing instrumental rap. In 2015, he met the rap pioneer in Brazil, also Goias 'Lethal Kalongi', the Dungeon Master. The rapper Lethal heard and liked the instrumental produced by Rappervil and decided to include in their CD of the beat like that.
Discography
*Rap Instrumental 2015 (2015)
Singles
*Fala Mal de Mim (2012)
*Balas de Borracha (2013)
*Quero Meu Voto de Volta (2014)