VIU doctor receives prestigious honour for work on mental health and addictions
NANAIMO — Nanaimo professor Dr. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh now has more letters following her name. She was recently selected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a prestigious award vaulting her into Canada’s oldest organization for the arts, humanities and sciences.
Warsh said it was an honour to be nominated by VIU for the position and to be accepted into it by her peers. “I didn’t realize how much I wanted it until I got it.”
She was recognized for her work delving into the history of health care in Canada and studying the everyday effects of additions and mental health issues.
“The thing about mental health and addictions is it’s literally living history because so much of addiction and mental illness is generational. Whether we’re talking about a generation of refugees, a generation of World War One and Two veterans who came back damaged and possibly alcoholic, a lot of those issues are passed on to their children and grandchildren.”