Kevin Cameron
J. Kevin Cameron, M.Sc., R.S.W., B.C.E.T.S., B.C.S.C.R.
Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress
Diplomate, American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
Executive Director, Center for Trauma-Informed Practices (CTIP)
Eight days after the Columbine school shooting, Mr. Cameron led the crisis response during the 1999 school shooting incident in Taber, Alberta. Shortly thereafter he was seconded by the Alberta Government to a 13-month initiative where he studied traumatic aftermath from a "human systems approach." Through consultation with several American sites that had experienced school shootings, and other trauma sites throughout North America, Mr. Cameron developed the Traumatic Event Systems (TES) Model.
In concert with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Behavioural Sciences Unit, he developed Canada's first comprehensive, multidisciplinary Violence Threat Risk Assessment training program and in March 2001, Mr. Cameron was invited to Washington, D.C. by the United States Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Education, where he presented parts of the TES Model and opened international collaborative relations for the development of threat assessment protocols and related training.
He is a “Subject-Matter Expert” for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response as well as the Lead External Clinician for the Surrey Wrap Youth Gang Prevention Program.
Mr. Cameron is also a trained Marital and Family Therapist (MFT) and Registered Social Worker (RSW) with years of experience working with high-risk children and their families in both the Child Welfare and Youth Criminal Justice systems. He has conducted court ordered parenting and family assessments for active child protection files in Alberta and provides comprehensive case reviews nationally. He has served as Adjunct Faculty with Loma Linda University (2000-2005) where he taught Crisis Intervention Counselling in the Graduate School of Marital and Family Therapy. He is the past Clinical Director of Family Ties Association and the former Clinical Supervisor of Family Centre in Lethbridge, Alberta.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Cameron has consulted with all levels of government as well as workplace, school and community organizations regarding the social-emotional and traumatic impact of the pandemic, including pathways to post-pandemic mental health.