About Us
The Nikean Foundation is one of the world’s leading charities funding clinical research and educational programming focused on the advancement of psychedelic medicine for mental health. To date, we have used our resources to support psychedelic science and clinical deployment by creating Canada’s first Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Centre and by committing significant contributions to aid in the success of the most prominent international organizations advancing psychedelic access.
Today, we turn our attention to storytelling, by building an education platform designed to create new meaning for those exploring what it means to transform, heal and grow.
Support our mission by joining the Psychedelic Storytelling Project and share your transformation journey with the world!
Meet Our Team
Sanjay Singhal
Founder & Executive Director
Tech entrepreneur and author, Sanjay is best known for founding and selling Audiobooks.com. He
is president of the Aquanta Group, the managing partner for 500 Startups Canada, an angel
investor,
and an active philanthropist. Recently, Sanjay has been working on perfecting the service
industry
with the opening of his first lounge in Toronto, ON — Coffee Oysters Champagne — developing new
technologies that help elevate the customer experience. In early 2019, Sanjay established the
Nikean
Foundation with hopes of promoting psychedelic science and bringing to the forefront novel
medicines
for mental health disorders.
Linda Medeiros
Director of Operations & Board Member
After graduating from the University of Toronto, her travels found her in South America where
she first discovered the therapeutic potential of plant medicines and gained a deep interest in
how these consciousness-expanding tools unlocked paths for self healing and personal
exploration. She attributes her holistic well being and control over her mental health to the
integration of psychedelics and mindfulness practices, and has been an advocate for the
medicines for well over a decade. Today, with a background in communications and operations
management, she is honoured to be working with impactful organizations as a collective to propel
psychedelic science into the forefront for mental health care. While working at becoming a
psychotherapist, she is committed to empowering others to heal themselves and take their mental
health back into their own hands.
Tura Patterson
Board Member
As Usona’s Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, Tura’s background includes 30 years of
experience in international economic and commercial relations, including business development
and strategic planning in life sciences and high tech industries. Her interests have always
focused on applying sustainable business practices to create innovative solutions and positive
impact through collaboration and partnerships in a way that cannot be accomplished by
traditional models of development. Tura has been passionate about the potential of psychedelic
research as a means for healing mental illness in our society today and views organizations like
the Nikean Foundation and Usona Institute as the catalyst for a new paradigm in drug development
and delivery of care.
Alex Enchin
Board Member
Alex is an extroverted, passionate, and spiritual entrepreneur from Toronto. A graduate of
Western University, he’s founded two tech startups and splits his time between Los Angeles and
Canada. Alex’s quest to find new treatment options for his mom and his own personal development
converged into the psychedelic space in 2018. His first psychedelic therapy experience changed
the trajectory of his career and life. Through his experiences in the space, Alex is convinced
that psychedelics represent the most promising development in mental healthcare. His passion
lies in advancing the science of and access to psychedelic medicine, to heal the sick and better
the well. A passionate yogi and meditator, Alex loves tennis, hiking, food, wine, psychedelic
networking, and starting things from a blank canvas.
Kristine Harding
Foundation Assistant
Kristine is the executive assistant to founder Sanjay Singhal, and is grateful to be able to
blend her administrative role with her keen interest in psychedelic science. With a background
in theatre and live event production, she is excited to have this new opportunity to learn about
these healing tools, and is looking forward to contributing her efforts into rebuilding the
framework for mental health and addiction recovery.
Cory Firth
Chief Storyteller
Cory is a human-impact community builder, communications entrepreneur and plant medicine advocate who has spent the last 5 years building communities in the mental health and wellness space. After a 20 year battle with depression, Cory has committed his career to a vision of the future where the stigmatization of mental illness is replaced with compassion, transformation and community connection; a world where we work together to reunite with our innate abilities to heal, overcome and actualize our full potential. As the former Executive Director of the Canadian Psychedelic Association, Cory is passionate about collaborating with other psychedelic advocates to share their transformation stories with the world.