Mission
To honour and support Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders and their families.
Values
Creating an innovative approach to mental health care for Veterans, First Responders and their families using clinical best practices and evidence-based care.
Our Story
It’s been quite the journey for our organization since September 18, 2006 when a suicide bicycle bomber detonated a device in Afghanistan killing 4 Canadian soldiers and leaving three others seriously wounded. That incident led to the creation of the Sapper Mike McTeague Wounded Warrior Fund — established to send comfort items to our troops overseas recovering from injury in theatre.
As the needs of the fund wound down in 2013, we were witness to the emergence of growing demand for mental health support from Veterans here at home. This led to the creation of Wounded Warriors Canada, established with a mental health mission and an objective to raise awareness and disperse funds to external program providers.
Fast forward to 2020 and we have taken great leaps forward in our ability to make a difference. The scope of our support has expanded to include First Responders and their families and last year we completed a multi-year program transformation to become a direct mental health service provider. This means that all of our programs are now administered internally and facilitated by our outstanding clinical team across the country.
From the standpoint of you — our donors and supporters — this means that every contribution stays within WWC, allowing us to maintain 100% positive control over the life cycle of our funding and the life-changing outcomes our programs provide. Taken together, our unique, purpose-built approach is providing support to over 2,000 Veterans, First Responders and their families every year.
Over the last 14 years, we have become the beneficiary of the nation’s empathy towards those who serve our country at home and abroad. With a New Year underway, we felt it was the right time to officially make public our revised logo that is in keeping with our expanded scope of support and provides a fresh look for our new operating model.
Onward, together.
Board of Directors
Richard Martin
Chairman
Julian Chapman
Vice-Chairman
James Lamothe
Director
Management Team
Scott Maxwell
Executive Director
Philip. C. Ralph
Director Health Services
Steve Topham
Partnerships Director
Matt Wocks
Director of Communications
Laurie Sweet
Director of Finance & Administration
Darcy Elder
Director of Development
Steven Boychyn
Health Services Coordinator
AMBASSADORS
Chris Linford and Kathryn
WWC National Ambassadors
Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Chris Linford BScN CD and his wife Kathryn have endured over two decades living with PTSD.
Tim Syer
WWC Ambassador, Northwest Territories
Jacqueline Zweng
WWC Events Coordinator & Ambassador, Victoria, BC
Daniel Hrechka
WWC Ambassador, Victoria, BC
Nigel Blake
WWC Ambassador, Lower Mainland BC
Sylvie Boy
WWC Ambassador, Edmonton, Alberta
Ian Hall
WWC Ambassador, Edmonton AB
Sgt (Retired) Stanley B. Burns CD
WWC Ambassador, Calgary AB
Jessica Brost
WWC Ambassador, Northern Saskatchewan
Kara Kallenbach
WWC Ambassador, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Neil Pike
WWC Ambassador, Southwestern Ontario
Major-General (Ret.) David Fraser
WWC Ambassador, Greater Toronto Area (Toronto), Ontario
Andy Cook
WWC Ambassador, York Region, Ontario
David Macdonald
WWC Ambassador, Durham Region, Ontario
Jeff Jordison
WWC Ambassador, Durham Region, Ontario
Mariano Perini
WWC Ambassador, Whitby, Ontario
Graham Trude
WWC Ambassador, Barrie and Surrounding Area
Todd Burns
WWC Ambassador, Halifax
Matt Muzzi
WWC Ambassador, National Capital Region, Ontario
Andy Tiffin
WWC Ambassador, Ottawa – National Capital Region
Harry Hall
WWC Ambassador, West Island, Quebec
Trev Bungay
WWC Ambassador, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Arron Victory
WWC Ambassador, Oromocto, New Brunswick
Shawn O’Reilly
WWC Ambassador, St. John’s Newfoundland
John A.T. Heffernan, CD
WWC Ambassador, Newfoundland & Labrador
Sean McMaster
WWC Ambassador, Calgary
