A heartfelt thank you.

The Schizophrenia Society of Canada would like to acknowledge and thank the Your Personal Recovery Journey Advisory Committee for their meaningful and thoughtful co-creation of the ideas and knowledge contained in all program materials. An abundance of gratitude to committee members Maria Alvarez, Ernie Bart, Allison Dunning, Leif Harris, Greg Hodge, Katrina Tinman-Dubois, Joe Veres, and Cam Webster for the time, effort, and heart that they put into this important project. 
Special thanks to Greg Hodge and Katrina Tinman-Dubois for their additional guidance as a sub-committee.

Much heartfelt gratitude as well to those who shared their personal stories and thoughtful reflections in our personal recovery story videos, specifically Cam Webster, Nigel Bart, Don Mahleka, Allison Dunning, Anita David, and Becky Lambert. Also, many thanks to Ken Kyliuk (ColCon Productions) and his assistant, Karen Kyliuk for the beautiful videography.

We are also very grateful to Cory Ingwersen (Studio C) for making the materials come alive through his vibrant graphics, and to Brendan Carr (Infinus) for his skill in building this important website. Thanks also to Viviane Lessard, who went above and beyond to translate all the materials into French, and to Power of Babel who undertook the French dubbing of our recovery story videos. 

We express much gratitude to all the funders that made this program possible. Many thanks, also, to Fran Schellenberg, a leader of leaders in the mental health movement in Manitoba for over 25 years, whose visionary leadership helped shape this project. We are also grateful for the always capable and caring guidance of Dr. Chris Summerville, CEO of the Schizophrenia Society of Canada, who has been involved in the schizophrenia recovery movement for over 30 years.

The Schizophrenia Society of Canada would also like to acknowledge the important work of the Recovery Research Team in developing the CHIME Framework,
on which this program is based.

Special thanks to Dr. Mike Slade for his expertise and passion which guided us all in the vision of recovery in significant and meaningful ways. (www.researchintorecovery.com), first published in: Leamy M, Bird V, Le Boutillier C, Williams J, Slade M (2011) Conceptual framework for personal recovery in mental health: systematic review and narrative synthesis, British Journal of Psychiatry, 199, 445-452.

Much appreciation, as well, to all the great resources that we drew from and referenced in the development of this program. Together, we grow knowledge and spread the word on recovery to make this world a better place for people with lived/living experience of mental illness and mental health problems.