Our Team

Cambria Walsh has been working in the field of child abuse and trauma for the past 20 years. She worked for the Chadwick Center for Children and Families at Rady Children’s Hospital and was the Project Co-Director of the Child Welfare Trauma-Informed Practices, Program and Policy Center in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)

Cambria is a founding member of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Consortium and has been active with the group since its inception in 2015.

As part of the TEND team, Cambria is an Organizational Health Specialist for the Roadmap to Organizational Health program, and provides training to a wide range of audiences on the topics of Secondary Traumatic Stress and Compassionate Leadership.

Diana Tikasz has worked in the teaching and health care sector for over 30 years. Her helping work began as an early childhood educator, nurturing children and their families to reach their fullest potential. This work developed into a desire to do trauma-focused work.

Diana has worked as a Resilience Specialist in a large Ontario-based hospital. Her extensive career has involved facilitating many organizations, groups, and individuals to foster optimal well-being while doing trauma-exposed work.

As part of the TEND team, Diana is an Organizational Health Specialist for the Roadmap to Organizational Health program.

Doron Gold is a registered social worker, a certified professional coach, and psychotherapist. He practiced law for 10 years, primarily as a family and civil litigator. Since 2006, Doron has assisted lawyers, judges, law students, and other professionals in managing and addressing personal and work-related challenges including addiction, depression, anxiety, and career stress.

Doron has written for and has been quoted extensively in Lawyers’ Weekly, Law Times, Precedent Magazine, Canadian Lawyer and LawPro Magazine on topics related to mental health and wellness. He is the co-author of the Canadian Bar Association’s “Mental Health and Wellness in the Legal Profession” online course and is the recipient of the 2016 Canadian Bar Association Wellness Forum Award of Excellence. Doron is also a member of the steering committee for the Federation of Law Societies of Canada National Study on the Health and Wellness Determinants of Legal Professionals in Canada.

John Borthwick is the Director of Lifelong Learning at Knox College (University of Toronto). Prior to taking on this role, John served as a congregational minister in The Presbyterian Church in Canada for over 25 years. He is an experienced teacher and facilitator, specializing in the areas of traumatology, resilience, empathic strain, moral distress, conflict mediation and coaching skills, and leadership development.

Kathleen Gorman is a registered social worker, a certified trauma treatment specialist (CTTS) and a Somatic Experiencing® (SE) Practitioner. She has been working in the fields of trauma, grief and loss, mental health and addictions, and domestic and sexual violence for more than 38 years with Indigenous families and communities, government services, mental health and addictions services, and non-profit agencies.

In addition to her private practice, Kathleen provides trauma-specific counselling at Aboriginal Counseling Services Association of Alberta and co-facilitates therapeutic groups for Aboriginal women. She is a sessional instructor for the University of Calgary Social Work Faculty, teaching and supervising in both the Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work programs.

Meaghan Welfare is a conflict management practitioner at the Department of National Defence at CFB Kingston. She has a degree in criminology and criminal justice with a minor in law, a graduate certificate in dispute resolution from York University and a certificate in family mediation from University of Waterloo.

Meaghan develops and delivers training in the field of conflict management, communication, workplace bullying and decision-making for board of directors. She has worked with several government departments in Canada including the National Parole Board, Veterans Affairs, Department of National Defence, Corrections Canada, and Canada Post.

Scott Jones retired as a Superintendent from the Edmonton Police Service after a 30+ year career. He worked in numerous areas including patrol, recruit training, homicide, child protection, crisis negotiation, human resources, major crimes, and integrated community safety. Scott now serves as a wellness navigator in the Employee and Organizational Wellness Branch.

As part of his own wellness journey, Scott has practiced yoga for over 10 years and became a yoga teacher with a focus on trauma-informed practice, mindful breath work, and deliberate cold and heat exposure. He is an instructor at NorQuest College and co-host of the podcast Just Us on Justice and Other Things.

Tamsyn Brennan has 12 years of experience working in social service and education settings including palliative care, pediatric oncology, child protection and welfare, public and private school settings and with Corrections Canada. She was the Director of Clinical Services at Chisholm Services for Children in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada for five years.

Tamsyn holds a BA from the University of Waterloo, a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from Saint Mary’s University. She is currently providing counselling in private practice, focusing both on operational stress injuries, as well as chronic illness.

Dr. Patricia Fisher is a Senior Advisor and Co-founder of TEND. As a clinical psychologist and specialist in organizational health and workplace wellness in trauma-exposed workplaces, Patricia develops research-based training programs, assessment tools and solutions for trauma-exposed workplaces.

Dr. Fisher has authored numerous books addressing trauma-exposed workplace issues including: Resilience, Balance & Meaning: Supporting our Lives and our Work in High Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces and Building Resilient Teams: Facilitating Workplace Wellness & Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments.