In part 1 of this three-part episode, host Shauna MacEachern sits down with Mark Beckles to discuss the ways that corporate funders can better engage in the mental health initiatives and projects that they fund. Playing a leading role in RBC’s Future Launch program, Mark shares how youth voices influence program development within Future Launch and how his team has shifted from merely funding programs to collaborating and engaging with youth on these projects.
About Mark Beckles
With over 25 years’ executive experience in financial services, Mark leads the strategic execution of RBC’s Social Impact portfolios. Mark also leads stakeholder relations to cultivate and maintain key relationships across Canada including policy makers, partners and stakeholders to advance the RBC’s community investment priorities. He is a Director of the William Osler Health System and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where he chairs the Audit and Finance committee. He also serves on the advisory committee of the Lincoln M. Alexander Award. Mark holds an MBA in International Business from the University of Bradford and has completed executive programs with Richard Ivey School of Business and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D).
About the Changemakers Podcast Series
“What will it take to build the youth mental health sector we all deserve?”
It’s a question you may have asked yourself out of curiosity, hope or - let’s be honest - frustration. It’s also a question that underpins the work that Frayme does every day.
The Changemakers Series is about curiosity and provoking multiple perspectives in order to build better youth mental health and substance use services and supports. Canada’s youth mental health sector is filled with good intentions, invaluable expertise and creative solutions but we have persistent issues of fragmentation, siloed funding and a deficit of coaching, sharing and understanding.
Join Frayme’s ED, Shauna Maceachern, as she explores her own questions around what it’ll take to build a youth mental health agenda driven by cohesion, collaboration and learning through impact. In this series, you’ll hear from those working to figure this out. Prepare to dive deep into provocative and insightful conversations with thought leaders, service providers and youth and caregivers to uncover what it’ll take to build the youth mental health and substance use sector we all deserve.
Land Acknowledgement
Frayme acknowledges that our office, located in Ottawa, is on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation, whose presence reaches back to time immemorial. We are all listening to this podcast from a place where many of us are settlers on colonized lands. We recognize the contributions First Nation, Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community, as well as our province and country as a whole.
As a settler, this recognition of the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples must also be clearly and overtly connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities, the acknowledgement of ongoing genocide against Indigneous peoples and to bring justice for murdered and missing indigenous women and children across our country. We encourage you to take a moment to think about what traditional territory you’re listening from and what your relationship is to that land.
Connect with Frayme by visiting Frayme.ca or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!
In part 1 of this three-part episode, host Shauna MacEachern sits down with Mark Beckles to discuss the ways that corporate funders can better engage in the mental health initiatives and projects that they fund. Playing a leading role in RBC’s Future Launch program, Mark shares how youth voices influence program development within Future Launch and how his team has shifted from merely funding programs to collaborating and engaging with youth on these projects.
About Mark Beckles
With over 25 years’ executive experience in financial services, Mark leads the strategic execution of RBC’s Social Impact portfolios. Mark also leads stakeholder relations to cultivate and maintain key relationships across Canada including policy makers, partners and stakeholders to advance the RBC’s community investment priorities. He is a Director of the William Osler Health System and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where he chairs the Audit and Finance committee. He also serves on the advisory committee of the Lincoln M. Alexander Award. Mark holds an MBA in International Business from the University of Bradford and has completed executive programs with Richard Ivey School of Business and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D).
About the Changemakers Podcast Series
“What will it take to build the youth mental health sector we all deserve?”
It’s a question you may have asked yourself out of curiosity, hope or - let’s be honest - frustration. It’s also a question that underpins the work that Frayme does every day.
The Changemakers Series is about curiosity and provoking multiple perspectives in order to build better youth mental health and substance use services and supports. Canada’s youth mental health sector is filled with good intentions, invaluable expertise and creative solutions but we have persistent issues of fragmentation, siloed funding and a deficit of coaching, sharing and understanding.
Join Frayme’s ED, Shauna Maceachern, as she explores her own questions around what it’ll take to build a youth mental health agenda driven by cohesion, collaboration and learning through impact. In this series, you’ll hear from those working to figure this out. Prepare to dive deep into provocative and insightful conversations with thought leaders, service providers and youth and caregivers to uncover what it’ll take to build the youth mental health and substance use sector we all deserve.
Land Acknowledgement
Frayme acknowledges that our office, located in Ottawa, is on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation, whose presence reaches back to time immemorial. We are all listening to this podcast from a place where many of us are settlers on colonized lands. We recognize the contributions First Nation, Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community, as well as our province and country as a whole.
As a settler, this recognition of the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples must also be clearly and overtly connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities, the acknowledgement of ongoing genocide against Indigneous peoples and to bring justice for murdered and missing indigenous women and children across our country. We encourage you to take a moment to think about what traditional territory you’re listening from and what your relationship is to that land.
Connect with Frayme by visiting Frayme.ca or follow us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn!