Team

Kerrie Miller

Kerrie Miller

, RPN BscN

Nurse Facilitator

Kerrie has been a Registered Nurse for nearly 20 years, working in inner city public health for nearly a decade, before moving to Vancouver Island where she has worked in mental health and substance use, primarily as a crisis nurse.

Kerrie has been part of the Roots to Thrive team since June 2021  as a participant partner in the RTT-ketamine assisted therapy (KAT) stream. Her experience was nothing short of transformative, personally and professionally. She received in-depth mentorship and training in facilitation and KAT from the RTT team, and now works as a lead facilitator and provides clinical support to KAT sessions. She is also a current student of the Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate Program at Vancouver Island University, British Columbia.

Other Facilitator

Shannon Dames

RN, MPH, EdD

Visioning and Development Lead, RTT Innovations Co-Chair & Organization Steward

Shannon Dames (maiden Magnus) is a third generation immigrant with mixed ancestry from Britain, Norway, and Germany. She is a descendant of GT Magnus and Lianne Telnes, the proud mother of Piper and Beckett Dames, and the life partner of Phil Dames.  She lives and serves as a Health Professional ...
Zhiish McKenzie

MD

RTT-KAT physician

Dr. Zhiish McKenzie is Family Physician. She is Anishnabai from Northern Ontario and a member of the Temagami First Nation.  She works as a Clinical Instructor & Indigenous Portfolio Co-Director at the Faculty of Medicine at UBC.  Zhiish was introduced to Roots to Thrive as a patient particip...
Wes Taylor

PATGC

Development Chair, Facilitator

Wes’s core practice is recognizing the heart and beauty in everyone.  Joining in the early days of the Roots to Thrive team was therefore a no-brainer.  During the ‘80s and ‘90s, he worked as a therapist in addiction and trauma recovery in the US and Australia. He focused on providing advanced No...
Jo Hall

RN, MSN

Program Nurse

Jo comes to the Roots to Thrive team with a nursing background in palliative, psychiatric, medical and minor-surgical patient care. Years of disrupted mental health inspired her to seek healing in a variety of alternative treatments. This lived experience informs her deeply compassionate approach...
Todd Haspect

M.Ed., RCC

Facilitator, Facilitator Support and Therapist

Todd is a Registered Clinical Counsellor. He entered the field of mental health and substance use as a peer support worker in 1998 and his work since that time, has been focused supporting humans heal impacts of trauma, mental health, substance use challenges.  Todd brings experience in various r...
Krys Sciberras

MA, RCC

RTT Training Program Chair, Operations Integrator, Facilitator

Krys is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, and she has worked in the Mental Health and Substance Use field for 25 years, managing teams in various leadership capacities. This varied experience working in clinical environments offers a thorough understanding of the challenges in health care and a p...
Kelsey Voysey

BHSc, CCAC

Alumni Facilitator

Kelsey first came to the Roots to Thrive team as a patient-participant and is thrilled to transition into a co-facilitation role. She has experience working as a counsellor with adults, youth, and families; her expertise is in the areas of mental health, substance use, and trauma. Kelsey is passi...
Graham Walker

MA, RCC

RTT Alumni Program Chair, Alumni Facilitator

Graham comes to the Roots to Thrive team with a passion for supporting people on their journeys of healing and growth. He has worked as a clinical counsellor since 2011 using an integrative therapeutic approach that includes the mind and body while honouring people’s inherent wisdom to heal thems...
Laura Brace

RN, BScN

Nurse Facilitator

Laura joins the Roots to Thrive team as a co facilitator following patient participation in cohort 3. She is accompanied by her 25 years as an oncology registered nurse specializing in Leukemia\ Bone Marrow transplant as an inpatient RN, outpatient RN and most recently a case manager. Having iden...

Facilitator

Hello Fellow Roots to Thrivers, My name is Allan Campbell and I am excited to be a part of the Roots to Thrive team. I come to this work as a curious participant with a desire for other means of supporting those I work with. I have been a counsellor over 20 yrs and have spent the majority of my c...

MA, RCC

Facilitator

Jolene is of mixed Northwestern European descent and feels grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territories of the skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and shíshálh (Sechelt) First Nations; colonised as The Sunshine Coast, BC. She is a Registered Clinical Couns...

RN

Facilitator

I am a Metis woman from Northern Alberta; my mom is a Cree residential school survivor, my dad is an Irish farmer and 3rd generation Canadian.  I was fortunate to grow up a little wild as a farm kid before much technology existed, thus I have a very active imagination and can daydream like a cham...

MSW, RSW

Facilitator

Hi, my name is Lindsay.  I am a settler and a grateful guest on the unceded territory of the K’omox First Nation, living on a rural acreage in Black Creek, with my wife and two dogs. My ancestry is Scottish and British. I am a social worker by training and education;  I have a BSW from UBC and a ...

RCC

Facilitator

Sarah gratefully lives on the Traditional and Unceded territory of the Quw'utsun Peoples.  She has been working in the field of somatic and trauma therapy for the past twenty years.  She believes that an attuned and redsonant compassionate relationship can be part of the transformation and healin...