CYC Alumni
Jonny Morris, Presidents' Alumni Award 2024
UVic degrees: Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care, 2007; Masters of Arts in Child and Youth Care, 2011.
Jonny Morris is the CEO at the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division and has more than 20 years of experience in community-based mental health services, policy and advocacy. He has research and practice experience in suicide prevention, is a trained counsellor and has taught child and youth care course at the University of Victoria and Douglas College.
Jonny is committed to a vision of mental health for all, working at the Canadian Mental Health Association to lead system change efforts in preventing mental health problems, responding to crisis and improving care when people need to go to hospital. As an advocate for reducing stigma, he regularly speaks with workplaces, colleges, universities and communities about the opportunity to ensure mental health is a priority.
Previously, Jonny led policy and legislation branch for BC's Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, helping build the newly formed ministry from the ground up. Jonny comes at work with lived experience personally and as a family member.
