Lane Douglas-Hunt, Runner
Lane knew she had a heart for service at a very young age. At 19 she signed up for the Police Reserve Program and there was no looking back. At 21 she was hired as a sworn officer and immediately set her sights on the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) which required countless hours of training and studying to prepare for. While training for the upcoming tryout in 2011, Lane was ambushed and stabbed several times by a man who endeavored to kill a police officer.
2011 was an interesting time in policing. Mental Health was very much stigmatized, no one was talking about it. Lane observed that her wounds were tended to by an incredible team of medical professionals who were there every step of the way however, when the wounds healed she was left with an invisible injury that she had no idea what to do with.
Many years into the journey of trying to figure it out, she hit the lottery when she attended a presentation by Dr. Tim Black who explained the science and physiological processes behind a traumatic injury. Understanding the how and why this happened was the first step to unlocking a healing path forward.
Lane served on the GVERT for 7 years, was selected as a Tactical Police Explosives Technician, spent 5 years in SVU and created and led the Peer Support Team where she counted on the incredible services of Wounded Warriors Canada Programming to train and assist her colleagues throughout their Trauma Exposed Careers. She has travelled to police agencies all over Canada in an effort to give back and continue the work of de-stigmatizing mental health injuries for trauma exposed professionals. She believes strongly that we truly are all in this together.
