Diversified Rehabilitation Group (Diversified) believes that through integrative professional care, individuals can overcome psychological and physical limitations to achieve a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle. Furthermore, we seek to understand and recognize the daily challenges of first responders, veterans, and their family members.
Diversified also acknowledges that there is always an opportunity for growth and innovation. Thus, Diversified established an Advisory Board to further understand its clients’ daily challenges and develop innovative and long-lasting solutions.
The Advisory Board plays a crucial role in enhancing mental health programs and support offered by Diversified Rehabilitation Group (Diversified) to first responders, veterans, and their family members. By providing guidance, connecting to experts and research, and offering strategic input to the Diversified Leadership Team, the advisory board contributes significantly to the organization’s efforts.
One of the primary functions of the advisory board is to provide guidance to Diversified regarding mental health programs and support services. Members of the board, often experts in the field, share their knowledge and experience to help shape and improve the programs offered by Diversified. This ensures that the organization remains up-to-date with the latest developments and best practices in mental health care for first responders, veterans, and their families.
Additionally, the advisory board serves as a valuable connection to experts and research in the field of mental health. They can facilitate collaborations and partnerships with renowned researchers, academics, and professionals who specialize in occupational stress injuries and other mental health struggles. This access to expertise and research allows Diversified to continuously improve its programs and ensure that they are evidence-based and effective.
Strategic input from the advisory board is another significant contribution. They can provide insights into emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities in the mental health landscape for first responders, veterans, and their families. This input helps Diversified in making informed decisions, setting strategic goals, and aligning their efforts with the evolving needs of the community they serve.
Furthermore, through its network and key contacts, the advisory board helps spread awareness about Diversified’s services among first responders, veterans, and their families. By leveraging their connections, the advisory board members reach out to these individuals and let them know that they are not alone in their struggles. They can communicate that groups like Diversified are available to provide support, increase resiliency, and help overcome psychological challenges associated with occupational stress injuries and other mental health issues.
Consistently being ethical, honest, and transparent.
Being accountable to each other, our clients, partners, and the community.
Ensuring a supportive, collaborative, and courteous service environment.
Being committed to client-centered services, ongoing innovation, and best practices.
Deputy Chief Lucie Tremblay (Retired) has over 35 years of public safety experience at the federal government. Upon joining the VIA Rail Canada Police Service in 2016, she was entrusted with managing police operations and administration. She also supported the corporate security strategy, contributing to the safety and security of passengers, employees, infrastructure, and rail operations.
A police executive veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, she held numerous positions and command appointments as a Military Police Officer over 28 years of service with the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, the Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit and other groups. She deployed to Afghanistan to command the multinational brigade investigation team and was seconded to Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, contributing to the fight against organized crime. During her military career, she also had the privilege to work in police human resources, selection and training, and policy development. One of her career highlights was to lead the Military Police contribution to a large-scale domestic operation in support of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games.
A people-oriented leader focused on wellness and mental health, she contributed to advance the objectives of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) in various capacities over the past 20 years. As a member and most recently Co-Chair of the CACP Human Resource and Learning committee, she led various wellness and psychological services initiatives. Since 2020, she is a member of the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT) and the Public Safety Steering Committee (PSSC) which is a standing committee whose members represent federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal public safety organizations. The primary function of the PSSC is to engage in collaboration with CIPSRT, Public Safety Canada (PSC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) on matters related to the mental health and well-being of current and former Canadian Public Safety Personnel (PSP), their leaders, and their families.
Lucie is an MBA graduate from Athabasca University executive program, holds a bachelor’s degree in administration from College Militaire de St-Jean and also completed a certificate in Environmental Sciences.
Steve is a VP for the BC Professional Firefighters Association and is the vice-chair of the BCPFFA’s Mental Health Taskforce, as well as their Occupational Health & Safety Committee. He has over 30 years of experience in the fire service and was hired as a full-time firefighter in Coquitlam in 1997.
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Steve is currently a Captain in the Fire Suppression Division on Engine 1. He also represents the BCPFFA on the BC First Responder Mental Health committee that is chaired by WorkSafeBC, and is the 6th District rep for the IAFF’s Behavioural Health Committee.
Steve is also a CISM and Peer support team member for Coquitlam Fire.
Norm Taylor has been an independent advisor, educator, author and researcher for 40 years, concentrating his practice in the field of policing and public safety for the past 30 years. Between 2008-17, he spent much of his professional life in Saskatchewan as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Ministry of Justice: Corrections and Policing.
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His 2009 Future of Policing report to that Ministry set the stage for the whole-of-government approach to crime reduction, and he and his advisory team have been widely recognized as co-founders and architects of the high-profile Situation Table model.
Norm also served for two years as a Lead Advisor to the Ontario Working Group, and through 2014-17 he served often as a Special Advisor to Ontario’s Deputy Solicitor General, assisting with the formulation and initial roll-out of the Strategy for a Safer Ontario, enacted into provincial law in spring 2018.
Commander Grant Edwards (Ret) was a senior officer of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with over 34 years of experience in law enforcement and security in protecting vulnerable people around the world. During his tenure with the AFP, he led several high-profile investigations and operations, in transnational organised crime, cybercrime, human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children.
Read MoreThroughout his career, Grant held key roles in the International Chiefs of Police (IACP) Counter Terrorism and Officer Wellness committees, led two AFP Global Mental Health Symposiums, and oversaw the aviation security for the Brisbane 2014 G–20. He also held executive roles as the Australian Government Co Chair for the Bali process on people smuggling (Law Enforcement) and Chair of the Interpol Expert working Group on the exploitation of Women and Children.
Possessing over a decade of experience in leading the AFP’s engagement with foreign partners and multilateral organisations, Grant held pivotal roles based in Los Angeles and Washington D.C, and through his deployment on international security, peacekeeping and capacity building missions in Afghanistan and Timor-Leste.
An enthusiastic leader, Grant holds a master’s degree in leadership, policy and governance studies through Charles Sturt University, and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Anthropology (Australian National University). He is also a graduate of the FBI Law Enforcement Senior Executive Program.
Passionate about mental health and wellbeing, Grant has focussed his attention more recently on identifying and enhancing a unified universal best practice for managing the mental health of police, family, and retired members of law enforcement. His personal lived experience with PTSD was shown on Australia’s ABC’s Australian Story in 2017 and highlighted in his 2019 memoir, the “Strongman”.
Alan is the CEO of ATNOH Group, a Global Public Safety and Risk Consultancy. Prior to founding the company, Alan spent 32 years with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), involved in extensive counter-terrorism operations within Canada and abroad.
Alan then joined BlackBerry’s Government Relations division and established a team to lead BlackBerry’s strategic relationships with law enforcement, intelligence, and security agencies around the globe on national security, sensitive investigations, and other regulatory issues focused on lawful access and market access concerns. Recently Alan has been involved in First Responder and Intelligence / Security Professional wellness and mental health issues.
Alan is a graduate of Queen’s University, the RCMP Training Academy, and the Canadian Police College. He continues as a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) serving on a number of committees. He maintains membership in the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), ASIS, Royal Canadian Military Institute, Chatham House (UK), as well as formerly being on the Advisory Board at the Sheffield Hallam University’s Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence and Organized Crime Research (CENTRIC).
Alan has been involved as a Senior Strategic Advisor on Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs for a number of public safety start-up companies and currently serves on the Advisory Board for TIGIR Solutions, a disruptive Canadian AI technology start-up in the Threat and Risk Analysis space, J3 Global Solutions, a global risk and crisis management company, Kirsch Group, a global security and investigation company, as well as with M-Sec Enterprises, a Canadian tactical solutions provider in the public safety, security, and defence sectors.
Phil Lancaster’s extensive career in law enforcement combined with a passion for excellence and an aptitude for recognizing opportunity ultimately led to a successful career in business. As a former British police officer, Phil brings years of experience working internationally in VIP close protection, as well as service in British Overseas Territories. Throughout his career, Phil received several notable awards and has been recognized for his efforts in the UK and overseas.
As a result of his tenure in diplomatic protection, he established an extensive and global network of contacts that range from government to law enforcement agencies, and he continues to serve as an Honorary Police Officer.
Phil has written several journal articles focused on the future of soft target hardening and innovation.
Amanda Newman is a Supervisor with the RCMP Operational Communications Centre in Manitoba. Amanda has over 25 combined years of customer service experience in local government, food & beverage service as well as administrative service, including Human Resources, supervisory and management positions.
Amanda is passionate about workplace mental health and wellbeing and has developed a keen interest in helping and supporting others in their journey with PTSD, moral Injury & resiliency. Amanda has had her own lived experience with PTSD and moral Injury and through her journey with the program she was able to work through her triggers and struggles.
When Amanda is not working you can usually find her spending time with her family and two fur babies, cooking/baking, running or spending time with friends.
Amanda also has developed a renewed love for social engagements as well respecting her own downtime which usually includes some art project of sorts or spending time in nature.
Jadie has almost two decades of experience as an active firefighter, serving in the past as a volunteer and now within a full-time career in Ontario Canada. She is the co-author of the proposed framework called ‘Firefighter Syndrome’ and CEO/Founder of PYROC Technologies Inc. Jadie is a subject matter expert that builds frameworks designed to detect risks and deficiencies within critical infrastructures.
The objectives within her frameworks are to empower Individuals to identify, mitigate and navigate the interdependencies and disruptions unique to each environment. Her specialty focuses on working within dynamic operational environments that require unified standards, however operate under independent strategic and tactical objectives.
She values and prioritizes the challenges that both Fire Chiefs and Firefighters face independently and collectively.
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