In Memoriam: Aleck Trawick, Q.C.

We were saddened to learn of the passing of Aleck Trawick on November 20, 2010.

 Among his many contributions and accomplishments – within and outside of CMHA – were:

• Introduced to the mental health system in 1970 and involved from there on in
• Provided 23 years of continuous volunteer service to CMHA at Alberta Division and National levels (1982 to 2005)
• Former CMHA Alberta Division President and Honourary Solicitor
• Former President of CMHA Calgary Region
• Twice recipient of the CMHA Alberta Division President’s Award (1979, and 1997/1998)
• Former CMHA National Vice President
• Former Provincial Ombudsman for Alberta (1987 – 1989)
• Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of Canada (1993)
• Recipient of the CMHA National C.M. Hincks award (1994)
• The CMHA National Aleck Trawick, QC Award, initiated in 2000, was named in his honour, to commemorate his “exemplary legal advocacy and his ongoing commitment to social justice”
• Former Chairman of the Board of William Roper Hull Child and Family Services

He was truly a champion for those with mental illness.

For more information about Trawick’s career, download Aleck Trawick, Mental Health Legal Advocacy and CMHA: A Retrospective by Ron LaJeunesse and Richard Drewry.