John-Peter Bradford

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About John-Peter Bradford

I am an entrepreneur, patient advocate, psychotherapist, mediator, management consultant, scientist, social activist, and author. I am a two-time cancer survivor and was a full-time palliative caregiver. I have co-founded and/or been CEO, Chair, board member, strategic/investment/management advisor for NASDAQ, TSX and TSX-V and private companies valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. I have helped build sustainable and eco-friendly businesses, including those that support community-based economic development. I was principal advisor for infrastructure renewal at the Canadian House of Commons, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Canadian Commercial Corporation, the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Immigration Refugee Board, and others. My involvement with Indigenous people dates from 1968. I coordinated the Inuit Land Claim, which formed the basis for Canada's territory of Nunavut. I also provided strategic business and therapeutic advice to numerous indigenous nations, facilitated cross-cultural collaboration, and supported culturally-based programs aimed at treating trauma. I also have a strong family connection. I have been a psychotherapist, researcher, and psychedelic therapist in group, individual and cross-cultural situations since the late 1960s. I co-founded LSTN (Life-Saving Therapies Network), a non-profit, patient-led network focused on getting people with lethal diseases faster access to better treatments. As a volunteer, I have fed the disadvantaged, served on the Research Advisory Committee of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, and the Cancer Care Advisory Committee of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation."Journeys in Cancerland", my book with Lisa Newman, was published in 2012. My articles have appeared in peer-reviewed scientific journals (oncology; drug regulations; psychopharmacology, behaviour), and magazines and newspapers (social policy, business, healthcare policy, op-eds, thought pieces). I am an FCMC (Fellow, Institute of Certified Management Consultants, Ontario); B.A.(Psychology), M.A.(Psychology); A.B.D.(Experimental Psychology/ Psychopharmacology - all but final dissertation defense); Ph.D.(Psychology and Community Services). I was co-founder/president of Rochdale College, co-founder of Blue Skies Festival, and worked on Greenpeace's Save the Whales campaign. I have built two houses, mostly with my own hands, and was a back-to-the-lander. I try to live with loving energy and contribute to the mental and ecological well-being of the planet.