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Official Bio
Vanisha Breault is a Canadian leader, keynote speaker, best-selling author, and revolutionary voice for hope. She commands stages and boardrooms alike with a fierce blend of authenticity, passion, and strategic insight, inspiring audiences to lead with courage, confront adversity, and build lives of impact.
For nearly two decades, she has been a relentless advocate in the mental health, addiction, and homelessness sectors — leading teams, shaping strategy, and driving systems-level change. Her leadership philosophy integrates lived experience with trauma-informed strategy, hope-driven culture, and courageous storytelling.
As Founder and former CEO of the Terminator Foundation, Vanisha pioneered Activity-Based Recovery Therapy (ABRT), a scalable recovery model that became the backbone of a national movement for youth addiction awareness. Her memoir, Ordinary Courage, shares her family’s journey through trauma and recovery, offering a testament to resilience and the strength of the human spirit.
Vanisha speaks to corporate leaders, healthcare professionals, educators, and change-makers — equipping them with the tools to lead with courage and ignite transformation in their organizations and communities.
Her leadership and impact have been recognized nationally, including the King Charles III Coronation Medal, the Women of Inspiration Difference Maker Award (2020), and the CMHA Nadine Stirling Memorial Award (2018). She has served on provincial and national advisory boards, shaping policy, strategy, and system reform in mental health, addiction recovery, and youth support across Canada.
Coming December 2025, she will be pursuing her Master of Arts in Leadership at Royal Roads University. Building on nearly two decades of lived experience and advocacy to expand her impact as a transformational leader, and speaker.
She resides in Calgary, Alberta with her four grown children and grandchildren.
