Nick Kates recently stepped down after 11 years as Chair of the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University and has cross appointments in the Departments of Family Medicine, and of Health, Aging and Society at McMaster. He was formerly the Director of the Hamilton FHT Mental Health and Nutrition Program, which integrates psychiatrists, mental health counsellors and dietitians into the offices of what is now 180 family physicians across Hamilton and where he still does his clinical work. He has co-chaired the CPA – CFPC joint working group on Collaborative Mental Health Care in Canada for 27 years and for 5 years he was the Ontario Lead for Quality Improvement in Primary Care. He is a distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Association and an honorary member of the College of Family Physician of Canada and in 2024 he received a Special Recognition Award from the Canadian Psychiatric Association.