2007 Champions of Mental Health

The Hon. Tony Clement, Minster of Health – Public Sector. The award recognizes his ongoing contribution to advancing the mental health agenda in Canada and for his work in establishing the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations – Aboriginal. The award recognizes the work he has done resolving the residential schools issue. By resolving this issue he has brought some justice and closure to more than one hundred and fifty thousand First Nations students who attended the network of schools.
 
The Hon. James Bartleman, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Community. The award recognizes his courage in speaking about his own experience with depression, his commitment to eliminating the stigma of mental illness and promoting literacy and wellness among Aboriginal youth in Ontario's fly-in First Nation communities.

Moya Greene, CEO of Canada Post – Corporate. The award recognizes her commitment to advancing mental illness and mental health issues in corporate Canada and her support for this cause as a participant in the Global Business and Economic roundtable, an instrument of information analysis and ideas concerning the linkage between business, the economy, mental health and work.
 
Andre Picard of the Globe and Mail – Media. The award recognizes his empathetic, credible and passionate coverage of mental health issues such as depression and suicide and his thoughtful and persuasive article supporting the establishment of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.