The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has re-launched a website designed to help people know more about the health care options they have in their communities. The redeveloped Health Care Options website includes tools such as: an online registry for Health Care Connect, a referral service that matches people with doctors; a searchable […]Continue readingHealth Care Options website relaunched
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Best Start Resource Centre call for on-site consultation requests
The Best Start Resource Centre (BSRC) supports service providers in Ontario to implement effective health promotion programs for expectant and new parents, newborns and young children. BSRC provides information and consultations in English and French to service providers on a wide range of topics, including health before pregnancy, pregnancy (e.g., prenatal education, teen pregnancy/parenting), maternal […]Continue readingBest Start Resource Centre call for on-site consultation requests
Creating Together releases French version of online survey
The Creating Together: Developing a Mental Health and Addictions Research Agenda for Ontario project has released a French language version of its current online survey. Creating Together is an OMHAKEN-initiated, province-wide process to jointly develop a research agenda for mental health and addictions in Ontario. The English version of the survey has been open for […]Continue readingCreating Together releases French version of online survey
MHCC report on peer support calls for action in four key areas
The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s (MHCC) final report on peer support calls for action in four key areas to ensure peer support has a well established and secure place in the Canadian mental health and addictions system. The report, produced for the MHCC Mental Health Peer Support Project Committee by an international team known […]Continue readingMHCC report on peer support calls for action in four key areas
British Columbia releases ten-year plan to address mental health and substance use
The government of British Columbia (BC) has released a ten-year plan, “Healthy Minds, Healthy People,” to address mental health and substance use in the province, focusing on prevention, early intervention, treatment and sustainability. Development of the cross-ministry plan drew on extensive public and stakeholder consultation and evidence-based research and practice. Over the next 10 years, […]Continue readingBritish Columbia releases ten-year plan to address mental health and substance use
CMHA Ontario employment forum identifies opportunities for action
In the spring of 2010, Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario hosted an employment forum to bring together employment supports providers in Ontario and the government ministries that fund them. The forum resulted in the creation of four graphics showing the pathways to employment for people with mental health disabilities. Attendees also engaged in a […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario employment forum identifies opportunities for action
Ontario expands MedsCheck program
The Ontario government is expanding the MedsCheck program to increase the number of people who can access consultations with their local pharmacist to ensure they are using their medications safely and effectively. The program allows eligible participants to receive a one-on-one consultation with a pharmacist to discuss the safe and appropriate use of any combination […]Continue readingOntario expands MedsCheck program
OCI reviews CSC’s mental health strategy
The federal Office of the Correctional Investigator (OCI) has released a review of Correctional Service of Canada’s (CSC) mental health strategy. The report is an investigation of federal offenders’ access to mental health care and the quality of the care they receive. The review, conducted from April to November 2009, examined six areas that form […]Continue readingOCI reviews CSC’s mental health strategy
Federal government establishes pan-Canadian chronic disease surveillance network
The federal government has announced $11.7 million in funding for a new chronic disease surveillance project to be implemented over the next five years. The Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network will help family doctors better manage chronic disease among their patients by giving them access to information from a new national network collecting electronic […]Continue readingFederal government establishes pan-Canadian chronic disease surveillance network
Not-for-Profit Corporations Act receives royal assent
The Not-for-Profit Corporations Act passed third reading in the Ontario legislature and received royal assent on October 25, when the lieutenant-governor approved the bill on behalf of the Queen. The act is meant to provide a modern, legal framework for Ontario’s non-profit sector. The purpose of the new legislation is to: enhance corporate governance and accountability; simplify […]Continue readingNot-for-Profit Corporations Act receives royal assent