Vannessa Thelwell

I have 10+ years of frontline and leadership experience working in Indigenous Mental Health and Addictions in Northwestern Ontario. My professional scope is strengths-based, client-centered, and trauma-informed care. My professional passions include knowledge exchange, systems oversight and accountability, and building capacity in others to reach their career goals.

My desire has and is to be involved in solutions-focused work that promotes positive community healing and growth; to see healthy and thriving organizations helping patients and clients with optimal care. I’m a champion for change when it comes to psychological health and safety in the workplace; bridging the gap with occupational health and safety to create enduring holistic wellness for everyone within the sector.

Achieving harmonized work-life integration is essential to my ongoing sustainability in the health care sector. In the warm-weather months you can likely find me on the golf course recharging my intellectual, social, physical, and environmental wellness. In the cold-weather months the mountains are calling, and you’ll likely see me on the ski hill or the snowshoe trails, reconnecting with creation.