building resilience. streNgthening well-being.
Our mission is to support first responders and other organizations with the skills to meet challenges, manage stress and thrive in demanding environments.
Colin De France
Co-Founder, CWRI
Colin brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate leadership, entrepreneurship, mindfulness and wellness. His background includes international corporate management as well as founding and operating a natural health products company with national distribution.
For the past seven years, Colin has co-facilitated MBWR® within Ontario’s correctional system and has delivered mindfulness-informed programs for organizations including Scotiabank, PepsiCo, Maple Leaf Foods and The Weather Network.
At CWRI, Colin leads operations and helps guide the expansion of resilience and well-being programming across Canada.
Travis L. Champion
Co-Founder, CWRI
Travis brings more than two decades of entrepreneurial leadership and organizational development experience to CWRI. As the founder of Restaurant L’Orignal in Old Montreal, he has spent more than 20 years building teams and leading a successful organization in a demanding, people-focused industry.
A certified personal trainer and mindfulness facilitator, Travis has also spent more than seven years facilitating Mindfulness-Based Wellness & Resiliency® (MBWR®) within Ontario’s correctional system. At CWRI, he focuses on business development, strategic partnerships, and expanding access to evidence-informed resilience and well-being programs across Canada.
John MacAdams
MBWR Program Manager
John is an IMTA certified professional mindfulness teacher as well as a 40+ year mindfulness practitioner and certified mindfulness teacher for over 25 years. With over 8 years experience working in corrections and public safety, he serves as a senior chaplain at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Men’s Central Jail and Twin Towers Correctional Facility, part of the USA’s largest jail system. MacAdams has trained law enforcement, custody, probation & parole, border patrol and correctional officers across the USA and Ontario, Canada.
OUR PARTNERS
Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety (CMPS)
CWRI works in partnership with the Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety (CMPS), an organization specializing in mindfulness, wellness and resilience training for public safety professionals.
