Sylvio (Syd) a GravelSyd is a more than twenty-eight-year PTSD survivor and has been a peer supporter since 1988. In 2007, he was nominated by his peers and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and inducted by the governor general for the Order of Merit in Policig in Canada. Since his retirement, he has devoted all his time and energy to speaking on developing resilience and resistance to trauma and setting up peer support systems. He has written and published 56 Seconds and How to Survive PTSD and Build Peer Support. In 2014, Syd developed a trail-blazing curriculum for the certification of peers in Canada, based on the guidelines and practice for the selection and training of peers developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Syd is currently co-leading the Peer and Trauma Support Systems (P.A.T.S.S.) Team for the Mood Disorders Society of Canada. He is a lead facilitator for peer workshops for Soldiers Helping Soldiers in Ottawa. The peer work focus is on helping homeless veterans. He has developed the content for the three days of peer training for the Transitions to Communities Project for the Mood Disorder's Society of Canada. He has also developed the content for an on-line trauma management course for Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Syd is a board director for Badge of Life Canada. In 2016, he was nominated by the Mental Health Commission of Canada as a Canadian Champion of Mental Health. Read More Read Less