Carol Tooton is the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Having been employed with CMHA for the past 13 years Carol is very familiar with the issues that directly affect individuals living with a mental illness in our communities and regularly addresses these concerns through public presentations. She is actively involved as co-chair of the Kendrick Report Coalition, a member of the Provincial Mental Health Steering Committee, a member of the Steering Committee for the Nova Scotia Suicide Strategy, and a member of the Advisory Committee as well as sponsoring agency for a newly launched initiative called Communities Addressing Suicide Together.

In cooperation with her colleagues in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Carol has introduced the award winning Mental Health Works Program to the Maritime area. This program (a one-day workshop called “Complex Issues, Clear Solution”) provides managers and supervisors with the appropriate tools to successfully address the issue of mental health in the workplace.