Multiple Calls Podcast

Scott Chisholm is a career first responder; professional firefighter for the past 27 years and former land-based (6 years) and air paramedic (10 years). Scott is also a photographer, storyteller, and CEO and founder of the Collateral Damage project. The Collateral Damage project started as a series of compelling portraits that will be part of a book and gallery exhibitions of those who have lost loved ones and friends to suicide; Scott lost his father to suicide at the age of seventeen. The Collateral Damage project has evolved into a movement that combines the power of lived experience with academics, research, and evidence-based learning and practice. Scott is a passionate and enthusiastic public speaker who has traveled throughout Canada and the USA with the hopes of bringing about curriculum, policy and legislative changes, while advocating for education and training on suicide and mental health and bringing about awareness that can save lives. Scott strongly believes in empowering others. In 2013-201