OBA Past President and 2016 Transforming Lives Award recipient Orlando Da Silva, pictured with Transforming Lives Awards Co-Chairs Dr. David Goldbloom and Valerie Pringle.
The OBA congratulates Past President Orlando Da Silva, one of the recipients of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation’s 2016 Transforming Lives Awards.
The Transforming Lives Awards celebrate extraordinary people who face mental illness and addiction with perseverance and dignity.
During his 2014-15 presidential term, Da Silva spoke openly about his personal experience with depression and spearheaded the OBA Opening Remarks mental health campaign to advance a conversation about mental health in Ontario’s legal community.