Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2004-04-26
Invested on: 2004-11-26
Lisa Susan Brown, M.S.M., Toronto, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
In 1991, inspired and challenged by the talents and creativity of the patients with whom she worked, Lisa Brown founded the Workman Theatre Project (WTP) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. The first of its kind, this unique arts company offers some 40 training programs to its members, and produces high-quality theatre performed by professional actors, as well as by people who receive mental health services. Under Ms. Brown’s leadership, WTP has staged numerous major productions which have become touring shows and have played in more than 30 theatres across Ontario.