Françoise Mathieu, M. ED., RP.

Françoise Mathieu is a Registered Psychotherapist and a subject matter expert on topics related to workplace stress, trauma and burnout. As the child of two French-Canadian teachers, Françoise spent her early years in the far North of Canada. Growing up in the Arctic had a powerful impact on her view of the world and shaped her social justice lens towards exploring the impact of burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and empathic strain on all members of our communities.

Before becoming a specialist in organizational stress and trauma-exposed work, Françoise worked as a front-line crisis counsellor and with members of the Canadian Military who were returning from combat. Françoise is the Executive Director of TEND, a consulting firm that offers training to a broad spectrum of workforces encountering stress and intense workloads. She has worked with many branches of the CMHA across Canada over the past many years.

Françoise is a founding member of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Consortium, and author of The Compassion Fatigue Workbook as well as numerous articles and publications.

Mamta Gautam MD, MBA, FRCPC, CPDC, CCPE, CPE

Mamta Gautam, MD, MBA, FRCPC, CPDC, CCPE, CPE is an internationally renowned psychiatrist, consultant, certified coach, author and speaker.

Focused on Professional Health and Well-being since 1990, she is a trailblazer in this field and is known as the “The Doctor’s Doctor”. She holds leadership roles in several national medical organizations to advise on issues related to Physician Wellbeing. In the past 2 decades, she has expanded her work to include Leadership Development, to better address system-level factors that impact the wellbeing of healthcare workers. She has created podcasts and videos on these topics, and authored articles, book chapters, and 2 international best-selling books. She brings this knowledge and expertise to PEAK MD, through which she delivers keynote presentations and facilitates leadership development workshops, consults to healthcare organizations and coaches senior medical leaders internationally.

Dr. Gautam is committed to advancing diversity in medicine, and facilitates leadership development for women in medicine. She has developed and co-leads Momentum, a 6-day retreat for women in medicine; and recently founded The Raft, an accredited online platform for leadership development, peer support and community for women physicians.

Dr. Gautam is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for her innovative work to support and mentor her healthcare colleagues. She is the inaugural recipient of both the 2011 CMA Physician Misericordia Award, as well as the 2023 AFMC Wellness Award. She has been awarded Distinguished Fellowships in both the Canadian and American Psychiatric Associations.