Rand Teed
RTIA Faculty Member
Rand has been working with teens and adults for over 50 years and for the past 25 years has been helping them understand how substance use can get in the way of having the life they want.
- B.A, a B.Ed and is an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist and a Canadian Certified Addiction Counsellor
- He is the developer of the Drug Class program which has been offered in many Regina High Schools for several years and is the writer and host of the Award Winning Drug Class TV Series. (Gemini Award Best Direction in A Youth Series 2008)
- Rand is also a very experienced addiction counselor. He has also worked as a counselor in the Regina Detox Centre.
- Is a regular presenter on Recovery across the country and was the featured speaker for SADD Saskatchewan’s 2010 provincial Impaired Driving Awareness Campaign.
- Regularly presents on dealing with Substance Use and Abuse. Has been an instructor and coordinator with SGI’s Driving Without Impairment Program.
- Recipient of the University of Regina Teaching Development Centre – Inspiring Teaching Award, 2005.
- Currently on the Board of SAFI Saskatchewan Addiction Foundation, and is a past member of the Board of the Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation.
- Current member of National Recovery Advisory Council and Saskatchewan Representative on CCSMH Cannabis Working Group
- 51 years of continuous sobriety.
- Awarded the 2010 Kaiser Foundation Award for Excellence in Media reporting and the 2014 City of Regina “Mayor’s Honour Roll” for contributions to substance abuse prevention.
- Saskatchewan member of National Recovery Advisory Committee for CCSA
- Awarded the 2015 Angus Campbell Award for the Province of Saskatchewan.
- IC&RC International Prevention Specialist of the Year 2016
- Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal for Contributions to Health Care
- Author “Which Way to Turn-Understanding Adolescent Substance Use”