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Honourary patron Margaret Trudeau was like a breath of fresh air as she swept in with warm smiles and laughter to the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health’s 13th annual Inspiration Awards Gala, held Friday night at the Delta Ottawa City Centre.
Standing before a sold-out, black-tie crowd of more than 500 people, the 67-year-old mother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed remarkable candidness and humour as she shared her story of living with bipolar disorder.
She spoke about the highs: “You are the life of the party. It’s so much fun. Oh, and how you shop, how you shop. And the sex! All bad judgment, all fueled by [chemical] imbalances in your brain.”
And the lows: “I didn’t know why I would get dressed. I didn’t know why I would comb my hair. I didn’t know why I would open a can of beans. It seemed [like] too much work.”
Trudeau finally got the treatment she needed after being checked into the Royal Ottawa in 2000. Although she’s since become an author, public speaker and mental health advocate to reduce the social stigma, there was a time when she wanted to end her life. “I would have missed all of this,” Trudeau told her audience. “I would have missed my seven grandchildren. I would have missed Justin becoming the prime minister.”
This spring, a garden located on the grounds of the Royal Ottawa will be unveiled and named the Margaret Trudeau Butterfly Garden, it was announced at the dinner by George Weber, president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. The butterfly is the Royal Ottawa’s flagship symbol of transformation.
“You have become a wonderful beacon of hope for our clients and for all those suffering from mental illness, demonstrating that recovery is possible,” Weber told Trudeau on stage.
The garden dedication, he added, is “to celebrate your generosity of spirit and strength and your compassion for all those who have travelled the road that you yourself have travelled.”
The gala dinner, chaired by Jason Bellaire from StyleHaus interior design firm, raised funds for the Royal Ottawa Foundation. It was hosted by popular Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris and CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan and featured the Imani Gospel Singers from Montreal. They got the audience clapping along to Pharell Williams’s hit pop song Happy.
Sighted at the gala were former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, a long-time and loyal supporter of the Royal Ottawa; well-known philanthropist and mental health advocate Barbara Crook and husband Dan Greenberg; and Canada’s chief of defence staff, Gen. Jonathan Vance.
Also glimpsed were Liberal MPPs Bob Chiarelli and John Fraser, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt and the Royal Ottawa’s board of trustees chair, lawyer Scott McLean.
The evening handed out awards to Jayson Pham (Youth Inspiration Award), Dr. Abigail Ortiz (Young Researcher Inspiration Award), Jean-François Claude and Tyrone Gamble (Personal Inspiration Award), Ruth Maxwell (Community Inspiration Award) and Gayle Grass (Leader for Mental Health Award).
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
From left, General Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, with his spouse, Kerry Vance, and Linda Fraser and her husband, John Fraser, Liberal MPP for Ottawa South, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau with his dinner host, Jane Duchscher, a senior vice president at TD, which was the presenting sponsor of the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Lawyer Scott McLean, chair of the board of trustees for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, with his wife, Sara Piracha, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala committee chair, Jason Bellaire of StyleHAUS Interiors, with his partner, Ramzi Saad, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group president and CEO George Weber with long-time supporter Daniel Alfredsson, Kerry Vance and Canada’s chief of defence staff, Gen. Jonathan Vance, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Royal Ottawa supporters Dan Greenberg and his wife, Barbara Crook, attended the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Nancy Stanton, acting president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Foundation, with the gala’s committee chair, Jason Bellaire, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016 for this year’s sold-out Inspiration Awards Gala.
Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris co-hosted the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala with CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Tony Cook, construction manager at PCL, seen with his wife, Andrea Martin-Cook, was among the dozen of corporate sponsors that supported the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Attendees of the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016, were entertained by the IMANI gospel singers from Montreal.
From left, Rev. Anthony Bailey with Eleonore Wnendt-Juber and her husband, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
George Weber, president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, and its honorary patron, Margaret Trudeau, hug on stage during the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Dr. Zul Merali and George Weber, CEO of the Royal Ottawa, with its honourary patron, Margaret Trudeau, and Kerry Vance and Gen. Jonathan Vance, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Former award recipient and long-time supporter Daniel Alfredsson with Ruth Maxwell, who was honoured for her community work with Project Upstream, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan and Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris teamed up to host the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Laura Frangione, Terri Hoddinott and Enza Baiamonte were part of the 14-member gala committee that organized the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Dr. Abigail Ortiz, recipient of the Young Researcher Award, seen with Ottawa West-Nepean Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Raylene Lang-Dion and her husband, Patrick Dion, board vice chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Ottawa Delta City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Dr. Zul Merali, president and CEO of The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, with Nicole Loreto, vice president of communications for the Royal Ottawa, at the Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
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Standing before a sold-out, black-tie crowd of more than 500 people, the 67-year-old mother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed remarkable candidness and humour as she shared her story of living with bipolar disorder.
She spoke about the highs: “You are the life of the party. It’s so much fun. Oh, and how you shop, how you shop. And the sex! All bad judgment, all fueled by [chemical] imbalances in your brain.”
And the lows: “I didn’t know why I would get dressed. I didn’t know why I would comb my hair. I didn’t know why I would open a can of beans. It seemed [like] too much work.”
Trudeau finally got the treatment she needed after being checked into the Royal Ottawa in 2000. Although she’s since become an author, public speaker and mental health advocate to reduce the social stigma, there was a time when she wanted to end her life. “I would have missed all of this,” Trudeau told her audience. “I would have missed my seven grandchildren. I would have missed Justin becoming the prime minister.”
This spring, a garden located on the grounds of the Royal Ottawa will be unveiled and named the Margaret Trudeau Butterfly Garden, it was announced at the dinner by George Weber, president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. The butterfly is the Royal Ottawa’s flagship symbol of transformation.
“You have become a wonderful beacon of hope for our clients and for all those suffering from mental illness, demonstrating that recovery is possible,” Weber told Trudeau on stage.
The garden dedication, he added, is “to celebrate your generosity of spirit and strength and your compassion for all those who have travelled the road that you yourself have travelled.”
The gala dinner, chaired by Jason Bellaire from StyleHaus interior design firm, raised funds for the Royal Ottawa Foundation. It was hosted by popular Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris and CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan and featured the Imani Gospel Singers from Montreal. They got the audience clapping along to Pharell Williams’s hit pop song Happy.
Sighted at the gala were former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, a long-time and loyal supporter of the Royal Ottawa; well-known philanthropist and mental health advocate Barbara Crook and husband Dan Greenberg; and Canada’s chief of defence staff, Gen. Jonathan Vance.
Also glimpsed were Liberal MPPs Bob Chiarelli and John Fraser, Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt and the Royal Ottawa’s board of trustees chair, lawyer Scott McLean.
The evening handed out awards to Jayson Pham (Youth Inspiration Award), Dr. Abigail Ortiz (Young Researcher Inspiration Award), Jean-François Claude and Tyrone Gamble (Personal Inspiration Award), Ruth Maxwell (Community Inspiration Award) and Gayle Grass (Leader for Mental Health Award).
Carolyn001@sympatico.ca
From left, General Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, with his spouse, Kerry Vance, and Linda Fraser and her husband, John Fraser, Liberal MPP for Ottawa South, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Ottawa Police Chief Charles Bordeleau with his dinner host, Jane Duchscher, a senior vice president at TD, which was the presenting sponsor of the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Lawyer Scott McLean, chair of the board of trustees for the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, with his wife, Sara Piracha, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala committee chair, Jason Bellaire of StyleHAUS Interiors, with his partner, Ramzi Saad, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group president and CEO George Weber with long-time supporter Daniel Alfredsson, Kerry Vance and Canada’s chief of defence staff, Gen. Jonathan Vance, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Royal Ottawa supporters Dan Greenberg and his wife, Barbara Crook, attended the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Nancy Stanton, acting president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Foundation, with the gala’s committee chair, Jason Bellaire, at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016 for this year’s sold-out Inspiration Awards Gala.
Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris co-hosted the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala with CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Tony Cook, construction manager at PCL, seen with his wife, Andrea Martin-Cook, was among the dozen of corporate sponsors that supported the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Attendees of the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016, were entertained by the IMANI gospel singers from Montreal.
From left, Rev. Anthony Bailey with Eleonore Wnendt-Juber and her husband, German Ambassador Werner Wnendt, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
George Weber, president and CEO of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, and its honorary patron, Margaret Trudeau, hug on stage during the Royal Ottawa’s Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Dr. Zul Merali and George Weber, CEO of the Royal Ottawa, with its honourary patron, Margaret Trudeau, and Kerry Vance and Gen. Jonathan Vance, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Former award recipient and long-time supporter Daniel Alfredsson with Ruth Maxwell, who was honoured for her community work with Project Upstream, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
CBC Radio morning host Robyn Bresnahan and Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Henry Burris teamed up to host the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
From left, Laura Frangione, Terri Hoddinott and Enza Baiamonte were part of the 14-member gala committee that organized the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Dr. Abigail Ortiz, recipient of the Young Researcher Award, seen with Ottawa West-Nepean Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Raylene Lang-Dion and her husband, Patrick Dion, board vice chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation’s Inspiration Awards Gala, held at the Ottawa Delta City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
Dr. Zul Merali, president and CEO of The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research, with Nicole Loreto, vice president of communications for the Royal Ottawa, at the Inspiration Awards Gala held at the Delta Ottawa City Centre on Friday, March 4, 2016.
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