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Housing First: The Path to Recovery

July 14, 2021

For decades, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has been advocating for equitable access to affordable housing for Ontarians living with mental health and addictions issues. Since 2017, CMHAs across the province have recommended new investments for an additional 30,000 supportive housing units across the province over the next 10 years. As housing service providers […]Continue readingHousing First: The Path to Recovery

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Loss and Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 14, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing many of us to change the way we go about our daily lives. With those changes, some of us are experiencing a wave of losses: economic, social, physical and emotional.Continue readingLoss and Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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CMHA Ontario champions community-based care in 2020 pre-budget submission

January 23, 2020

Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division has prioritized the advancement of community-based mental health and addictions care across the province in its 2020 pre-budget submission to the Ontario government. CMHA Ontario has proposed four recommendations for mental health and addictions spending, emphasizing the importance of community-based programs and services as a way to relieve pressures […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario champions community-based care in 2020 pre-budget submission

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New report aims to improve mental health court diversion for racialized populations

May 30, 2019

(Toronto, May 31, 2019) – There’s a greater need to collect race-based data in the justice system and use it to help racialized individuals access mental heath court diversion and other support services, according to a new report led by Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division. Racialized Populations and Mental Health Court Diversion was developed […]Continue readingNew report aims to improve mental health court diversion for racialized populations

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3 ways to leverage social media for quality improvement of mental health and addictions services

May 17, 2019

About this series A social network site (SNS) is a web-based service that allows individuals to: “1) have uniquely identifiable profiles that consist of user-supplied content, content provided by other users, and/ or system-level data; 2) can publicly articulate connections that can be viewed and traversed by others; and 3) can consume, produce, and/or interact […]Continue reading3 ways to leverage social media for quality improvement of mental health and addictions services

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CMHA Ontario cautions province against alcohol sales expansion, recommends public health approach

February 1, 2019

In its latest submission to the Ontario government, the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division cautions against further alcohol sales expansion and recommends a public health approach to reduce alcohol-related health and social harms. CMHA Ontario partnered with Children’s Mental Health Ontario and Addictions and Mental Health Ontario to present its perspectives and recommendations in […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario cautions province against alcohol sales expansion, recommends public health approach

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CMHA Ontario 2019 pre-budget submission addresses hallway medicine

January 10, 2019

Community-based mental health and addictions agencies like the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are integral components to ending hallway medicine and relieving the pressures on hospital emergency departments and criminal justice and social services systems. CMHAs across Ontario offer holistic approaches to care, where clients receive appropriate clinical services as well as supports in areas […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario 2019 pre-budget submission addresses hallway medicine

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CMHA Ontario recommends public health approach to cannabis

October 12, 2018

As the Government of Ontario moves towards legalizing and regulating cannabis, CMHA Ontario and our local branches strongly advise an approach that considers public health as the primary objective. That’s the message CMHA Ontario sent to the Standing Committee on Social Policy, which met Oct. 11 and 12 at Queens Park to hear deputations about […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario recommends public health approach to cannabis

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Statement from 30 CMHA branches about overdose prevention sites/supervised consumption sites

September 27, 2018

CMHA’s network of 30 branches in Ontario have released a statement voicing their support for the continued operation of Overdose Prevention Sites and Supervised Consumption Sites.Continue readingStatement from 30 CMHA branches about overdose prevention sites/supervised consumption sites

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Reducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization

May 2, 2018

Opioid overdoses and life-saving naloxone are frightening and serious subjects. That’s why CMHA Ontario has developed an easy-to-understand resource to help organizations and the average person identify the signs of an opioid-overdose and how to deliver potentially life-saving naloxone. Reducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization provides: An overview of the current […]Continue readingReducing Harms: Recognizing and Responding to Opioid Overdoses in Your Organization

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