Speaking with Nuwan Fonseka, you feel like the world is a little less broken.

Fonseka, a clinical psychologist and founder of the Integrative Mindfulness Center, speaks in the gentle cadences of a man who has seen things — wars, wildfires, and a level of human suffering most of us pretend doesn’t exist. Sri Lanka-born, Toronto-trained, and now 15 years into what was meant to be a one-year commitment to serve Northern Manitoba, he offers something the region rarely gets: permanence.

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He also offers something else: a psychological first aid kit.

It’s called Acute Trauma Responder Training, or ATRT. If you’re picturing PowerPoint slides and bureaucratic jargon, you’re in the wrong universe. This isn’t a class — it’s triage for the soul.

“It’s emotional CPR,” Fonseka tel

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