About Us
Pay What You Can Peer Support is a non-profit organization born out of a desire to have
low barrier mental support available to whomever needs it. PWYCPS offers online, peer support groups that span a broad variety of topics, from specific diagnoses to more general issues that people often struggle with. Humans crave connection and that is getting harder to find. Pay What You Can Peer Support connects you with others who can relate to you, from the comfort of your home.
Our Mission
Our mission is simple. To offer this service to as many people around the world as we can. To increase the amount of groups we offer, to find great new moderators who believe in what we're doing, and to continuously work to get the word out to those can benefit from knowing they're not the only one, that they're not alone.
Board Members
Daniel Cole
Founder and Executive Director
Daniel founded Pay What You Can Peer Support in 2020.
He had experienced the powerful impact of a mental health peer support group
for OCD and felt strongly that this option should be available to everyone
regardless of whether or not they could afford it. With this model,
participants have the chance to experience the group and then evaluate it
and 'pay what they can'. Daniel lives in Toronto with his dog April and works tirelessly
to grow PWYCPS. More about his story can be found here
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Dr. Jeffrey Wieskopf
Jeff is a Psychiatrist at Toronto General Hospital. He is passionate about
mental health and helping others and believes in the mission of
Pay What You Can Peer Support. He is a loving husband and father of three
and in both his personal life and professional life he is a source of reliability
and compassion and strength to all those around him
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Charlotte Munro
Charlotte is a former graduate of the Child and Youth Worker program at
Fanshawe College and is currently an undergrad in the
Indigenous Social Work program at Laurentian University. As a person with lived
experience, Charlotte actively participates in patient engagement and
has presented at addiction medicine conferences, co-authored opioid-related
research and advised on drug policies. She is a SMBC (single mother by choice),
an independent program facilitator, supporting individuals with barriers and
their families, and a volunteer in various capacities. As a social justice advocate in
her community, she promotes peer support, harm reduction, trauma-informed
approaches and works to address social inequalities in marginalized populations.
She is also an artist, mixed media creator, and avid vinyl collector
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Monja Brink
As someone with her own personal journey with addiction and mental health,
with a passion for aiding others through a journey of healing,
Monja believes without a doubt that everyone deserves
to belong and thrive. With International experience and extensive knowledge
in the field, Monja offers support to others with their own struggles
with their recovery process
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Spencer Moore
Spencer is a long-time spiritual seeker and current Mental Health Substance Use
Clinician in Kelowna, British Columbia. Initially planning to build a career in
education Spencer worked in the United Kingdom, remote indigenous
communities and in Canada providing different forms of educational
programming. In his early 20s he began to suffer from addiction/mental health
challenges which seemed untreatable. Through a holistic wellness approach
Spencer was able to achieve his wellness goals and transcend his previous
level of functioning. Having gone through severe addiction/mental health
challenges first hand and its subsequent recovery he transitioned
into providing MHSU treatment in 2020 to help others move through a similar journey.
Outside of this he is passionate about locally grown, home-cooked food,
poetry/art, community and terrible "Dad jokes".
Where do babies go after a peak-a-boo accident? The I.C.U...
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