This story was written by Emmanuel Akanbi as part of a joint collaboration between Antler River Media Co-operative and The Philanthropist Journal, funded by the Rideau Hall Foundation. At the beginning of her support-work career, Makayla Pegg felt optimistic about the work she was doing. “A lot of newer people were very young then. Fresh out of school, very idealistic, looking for an opportunity to better what they were seeing in the world,” she says. Pegg started her career in Northern Ontario, at a residential living centre for youth with dual diagnosis, commonly referred to as “high-acuity” patients. Many of…