Courage To Come Back Awards

Courage To Come Back: Youth recipient wants to make a difference at home and abroad

She has dealt with complex medical and mental health challenges since she was a child, yet through it all, Miranda Tymoschuk still manages to give back to others

Courage To Come Back: Mental Health award recipient helps LGBTQ youth find their place in the world

Alex Sangha speaks up for those who don't always have a voice. He is the 2021 Courage To Come Back award winner in the Mental Health category.
Courage To Come Back: Physical Rehabilitation award recipient give others wings

Lester Wong is the 2021 Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back award recipient in the Physical Rehabilitation category.
Courage To Come Back: Addiction award recipient would have nothing if he couldn't give back

Guy Felicella, the 2021 Coast Mental Health Courage to Come Back Awards winner in the Addiction category, has overcome so much to get where he is today.
Recognizing courage; nominations open for 22nd annual Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards

It's that time of year again. Nominations are now open for the 22nd annual Coast Mental Health Courage To Come Back Awards.
Courage To Come Back: Once a prisoner of her mind, Mental Health recipient helps others achieve inner peace

For years, she was held prisoner by her own mind, today, the recipient of the Courage To Come Back award in the Mental Health category is a neuroscientist and peer support worker who counsels others with their own mental health issues.
Courage To Come Back: Physical Rehabilitation recipient had to start over for life she wanted

The 29-year-old from South Surrey had to start her life over again after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car crash in 2007.
Courage To Come Back: Addiction recipient leads by example in her recovery

Geri Bemister believes her life didn't begin until she entered rehab in 2004.  Our series of Courage to Come Back award profiles begins with the recipient in the Addiction category.  However, her story actually starts much earlier than that. 
Courage To Come Back: Social adversity recipient smiles through struggles

Behind her warm smile is an incredible story of perseverance and survival. NEWS 1130 concludes our special series at this year's Courage To Come Back award winners.
Courage To Come Back: Addictions award recipient helps others recover

Deborah Carter inspires every woman she works with, relating to them like no-one else can, because, like them, she too was once addicted to drugs and living on the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.