Wounded Warriors Canada (WWC) is a registered Canadian charity that supports Canada’s ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces members, Veterans, First Responders and their families. WWC combines gateway programming, clinical support, research, and mental health promotion to help transform the lives of our uniformed service personnel and their families affected by Operational Stress Injuries.
Currently, they provide support across several different areas, chief among them being Couples Based Equine Therapy, COPE (Couples Overcoming PTSD every day), Trauma Resiliency Program, Before Operational Stress Program, Warrior Kids Program and their Service Dog Program.
National Service Dogs is proud to have been part of Wounded Warriors’ Service Dog Initiative since 2015 and with their generous support, we have deployed 31 PTSD Service Dogs across Canada and 2 Peer Support Facility Dogs. #InThisTogether
Six years ago NSD graduate team, Jim and NSD Vitus, formed an amazingly strong bond right off the hop. Today they just aced their recertification and their bond is stronger than ever. Since the beginning, NSD Vitus has been the constant that keeps Jim on an even keel when things feel like they are spinning out of control. Jim was our first graduate to come from both the veterans and first responder community and, with Vitus at his side, Jim has helped raise awareness for PTSD, taken a leadership role in advocating for accessibility rights, and is committed to helping NSD boost support services to 1st responders through NSD’s Canine Assisted Interventions Program, activities which would normally be outside of his comfort zone. We congratulate and thank Jim and NSD Vitus for being such outstanding advocates and role models for the service dog community.
