Director 1992 – 2011 A social worker by profession, Winnifred Herington graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Social Work and then completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Ms...
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Honourary Director 2020 – Present Director 1984 – 2020 Vice Chair 1998 – 2014 Elizabeth McTavish, former Executive Director of The Counselling Foundation of Canada, once said that Lorraine Lawson provided the “heart” in the...
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Director 1961 – 2022 Chair 1984 – 2015 Always modest and unassuming, Donald Lawson is an accomplished businessman with an exemplary record of hands-on service to his community. Of all of the milestones in his remarkable life, Mr...
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Honourary Director 2023 – Present Director 2005 – 2023 George Rodger worked for the YMCA for over 52 years. While attending high school and university he was a member of Hi-Y, a counselor at YMCA Big Cove Camp and a fellowship...
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Director 1980 – 2002 Vice Chair 1984 – 1998 Jean Hamm always maintained that a life of activity and learning is a life fully lived. The elder daughter of The Foundation’s founder, Frank Lawson, Mrs. Hamm learned the ropes of...
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Founder and Chair (1959 – 1984) The Counselling Foundation of Canada was created by Frank G. Lawson as a means to direct his personal philanthropy and promote the development of career counselling in Canada. As a young man, Frank was first...
Learn moreThe Counselling Foundation of Canada acknowledges the Huron-Wendat, Petun, Haundenosaunee, Anishinaabe and Mississauga Anishinaabe of New Credit share a special relationship to the territory in which our office is located. Toronto's long history of being a meeting place and centre of trade & commerce began thousands of years ago. Today, it is home to Indigenous Peoples from across Turtle Island and many who have come from away. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in this territory and commit ourselves to learning the truth of our shared history and to engage in the process of reconciliation.
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