Meet the Team

 Meet Juliet

 

Juliet Haynes is the Family Engagement and Experience Coordinator at The Royal and Vice-Chair of the Family Advisory Council.  Prior to this, she served as The Royal’s Family Support Program Coordinator where she devoted her energy to improving families’ access to support through community partnerships and telemedicine.  

Juliet has over 12 years’ experience at The Royal working with diverse populations in individual, family and group settings in the Substance Use and Concurrent Disorders Program, the Mood Program, the Crisis Unit, as well as providing outreach to the broader community. 

She is the Vice-President of the Ottawa Network for Borderline Personality Disorders where she has volunteered as a Family Connections Course Leader since 2015.  Juliet is a trained Family WRAP Facilitator, Powerful Tools for Families Course Leader and has co-facilitated the NAMI Family to Family Education Program.  Juliet has over 15 years’ experience as a trained family and peer supporter in mental health and addictions and violence against women.  

In all that she does, Juliet aims to promote a culture that empowers families and advances Client and Family Centered Care. Juliet is an ally to those with mental health issues and their families, understanding that where health care professionals may change over time, clients’ families are the one constant along their mental health journey. Juliet has her Master’s in social work from Carleton University

Meet Denis 

Denis Riordan is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University, a family caregiver and a Member of the Family Advisory Council at The Royal Hospital. Denis obtained a PhD in Mathematics at Carleton University in 1972 before commencing a career in mathematics and computer science. He held positions as lecturer, associate professor, professor, Head of Department of Computer Science and Associate Dean Academic of a Faculty of Computer Science over 45 years in four universities in South Africa and Canada. Denis recently retired from a position of Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean (Academic) at Dalhousie University,

Denis has taught thousands of undergraduate and graduate students, published research papers in both computer science and mathematics and supervised research theses of graduate students. His area of specialization is artificial intelligence. He has been elected president of several academic associations including a university teachers union.

After retiring in 2016 Denis’ life changed abruptly when he became a family caregiver. He spent two years learning his way around the Ontario mental health system. He found the mental health system complex and fractured, difficult to use. Denis was fortunately referred to an excellent and unique series of workshops for family caregivers offered at The Royal. He found the series detailed and comprehensive, not unlike a graduate course at university, covering topics of vital interest and use to family caregivers. The workshops were organized by Juliet Haynes and delivered by social workers, nurses and psychiatrists associated with The Royal Hospital.    

Meet Joseph

Joseph Malovic is a demonstrated driven and natural leader with a diploma in Business Administration currently pursuing a Bachelor's of Computer Science - Software Engineering degree at Carleton University. Joseph found a love for technology while interning at Shopify and now aims to find opportunities where he can use his business and technical background to create a positive impact. Additionally, Joseph has held professional internship positions at Shopify, Best Buy, and SurveyMonkey.

His attention to detail and excitement around problem solving and design has led him to take on the role of a product designer at famcarenow. Joseph's goal is to make famcarenow accessible to all users on multiple platforms and help people across Canada access critical mental health tips without the hassle the current system brings.

While not working on famcarenow, you can find Joseph at the Carleton campus likely studying for his next exam. This summer, Joseph will be interning at SurveyMonkey as a quality assurance intern, where he hopes to learn more about software design and development.