• Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal - Civilian Division 

• I am 1 of 150 Canadians recognized as a Difference Maker by the Centre of Addiction and Mental Health as a champion for mental health awareness in the public safety sector

• Recipient of an Honourary Bachelors Degree in Applied Studies from Humber College Institute of Technology and Applied Learning.

• Nominee for the Premier's Award for Outstanding Ontario College Graduates

• Keynote Speaker, Heroes Are Human 2014 Canadian Tour visiting forty-seven Canadian cities

• Recipient of Lifetime Achievement Award Intercultural Dialogue Institute

• Featured in "A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories From All of Us". Author, Paula Todd

• Featured in "The Price We Pay: Stories of Adversity, Heroism, and Healing".
  Author: Janice Landry

• Featured in "The Other Side of the Hero" documentary

• Featured in the "After the Sirens" documentary

• Vaughan Business Achievement Award: Charity of the year

• Recipient of the Victorian Ambulance Recognition Award for introducing MANERS Psychological First Aid to Canada

• International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Crisis Response Leadership Award

• Member, York Region Critical Incident Stress Team

• Founder, the Tema Conter Memorial Trust

• Professor, Seneca College, School of Public Safety

• President, The Kleinburg Wealth Management Group Ltd.

• Branch Manager, Manulife Securities International Ltd.

• Member, Toronto Paramedic Services Peer Support Team

• Paramedic, Toronto Paramedic Services

• Emergency Medical Dispatcher, Toronto Paramedic Services

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PROJECTS

• Founder of the First Responders Trauma Prevention and Recovery Certificate program at Simon Fraser University

• Member of the Canadian Standards Association Psychological Health and Safety for the Paramedic Community committee

• Advisor to Peer Support Accreditation and Certification Canada

• Developed evidence-informed 2-day curriculum for MANERS Psychological
  First Aid

• Developed evidence-informed Trauma Mitigation and Peer Support training program

• Developed evidence-informed peer-team selection process

• Consultant to "The Other Side of the Hero" documentary

• Founder of Common Threads Annual Educational Conferences specifically designed for public safety and military personnel

• Founder of the Tema Conter Memorial Trust Scholarship program

• Founder of TEMA's Peer Support and Family Assistance program

• Founder of the 2014 Heroes Are Human PTSD Canada Tour

• Catalyst for " A Preliminary Inventory of Critical Incident Trauma Intervention Capabilities within the Province of Ontario" in partnership with Emergency Management Ontario and York University

• Catalyst for Mental Health Research in collaboration with Toronto Paramedic Services, Mt. Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Ryerson University, and Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine

• Catalyst for the Mental Health Support Fund in partnership with
  Wounded Warriors Canada

• Catalyst for recording and reporting public safety and military suicide
  rates in Canada

• Catalyst for establishing TEMA's Mental Health Referral program

• Catalyst for TEMA's "You Are Not Alone" Suicide awareness campaign

• Catalyst for TEMA's "Define a Hero" awareness campaign

• Catalyst for TEMA's "A Typical Night" awareness campaign"

• Catalyst for TEMA's "Kids" awareness campaign

• Catalyst for TEMA's "Hands" awareness campaign