CAPS Foundation

Members Helping Members in need

Contact us
T: 877. 847.3350
F: 416.441.0591
[email protected]

Meet our leadership team

Board of Directors

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Steve Foran, P.Eng, MBA, CSP

President

CAPS Atlantic

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Suzannah Baum

Chair, PMBF Committee

CAPS Quebec

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Barry Lewis Green

Communications

CAPS Atlantic

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Lorne Kelton, M.ED.

Director at Large

CAPS Quebec

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Elizabeth George, MA, CSP

Fundraising

CAPS Alberta

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Monique Caissie

PSP Committee Chair

CAPS Quebec

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Ruth Sirman

Ambassadors

CAPS Ottawa

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Denis Boudreau, CPWA

National Board Liaison

CAPS Quebec

Michael Flint, PMP

Treasurer

CAPS Toronto

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Shari Bricks, CMP, DES

Executive Director

CAPS National Office

Benefit Fund Committee

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Suzannah Baum

Chair, PMBF Committee

CAPS Quebec

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Barry Lewis Green

PMBF Committee Member

CAPS Atlantic

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Steve Foran, P.Eng, MBA, CSP

PMBF Committee Member

CAPS Atlantic

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Stephanie Staples, CSP

PMBF Committee Member

CAPS BC

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Sarah McVanel, MSc, CSP, PCC, CHRL, CSODP

PMBF Committee Member

CAPS Toronto

Peer support program committee

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Monique Caissie

Peer Support Listener - bilingual (Chair)

CAPS Quebec

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Mark Black, CSP

Peer Support Listener - bilingual

CAPS Atlantic

Patricia Morgan headshot

Patricia Morgan, MA, CCC

Peer Support Listener

CAPS Alberta

Applying for a professional members
benefit grant

The Professional Members Benefit Fund (PMBF) provides emergency financial assistance to Professional and Legacy CAPS members who are facing one of the following crises:

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Personal Tragedy

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Catastrophic Health Issue

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Natural Disaster

People in the speaking business typically run small businesses that don’t always provide the same level of support that large organizations provide to employees. While we expect and encourage entrepreneurs to provide for their own future needs, it is appropriate to consider how the CAPS Foundation can help those in our profession who need help.

CAPS Peer Support

Trained Volunteers: Speakers Listening

Even Professional Speakers face health challenges, car accidents, lose a loved one, or struggle with financial loss. Nature herself can take a run at us in the form of natural disasters and knock the bottom out of everything we thought we could count on.

Because we share in the human experience, there are times when our life stories get so intense, we feel the need to talk to someone - someone who understands.

This is why the CAPS Foundation offers a group of trained volunteers to be that ‘audience of one’. They are there when life feels too rocky and tough to deal with on our own.

The Peer Support Program is not meant to replace your personal support network, but there are times when those you usually count on have their own stressors. Consequently, at that time, you probably don’t want to share your pain with them. Alternatively, perhaps, you just want a confidential person to give you their perspective.

Speakers Listening is the CAPS Peer Support Program motto. The program is here for you, as a CAPS member, so you don’t have to feel alone when times are tough.

Donate to the CAPS Foundation

Your donations directly impact
our ability to help

The CAPS Foundation relies on the generous support of members like you. Your donations directly impact the Foundation's ability to give to those members who need it most.

With a simple click of the button below, your financial gift will go straight to the Foundation where we can continue to build and grow our capacity to give well into the future. You can even make a recurring monthly donation!

Testimonials

The CAPS Foundation strives hard to ensure that any member who reaches out for help is treated with the utmost respect and confidentiality.

From time to time, members who have benefited from the Foundation's programs choose to voluntarily provide a testimonial and share their story. Below are a few of those members who wanted to celebrate the Foundation and what it has done to support them.