In honour of Mental Health Week, a new episode of the Your Health Space podcast is now available. Your Health Space is a workplace mental health training program for health care organizations in Ontario. In this second episode of its companion podcast, An Opportunity to Learn – Addressing Moral Distress in Health Care, host Kim […]Continue readingNew podcast episode discusses moral distress in health care
To celebrate this year’s CMHA Mental Health Week, CMHA Ontario’s Talk Today program team recently interviewed professional hockey player and mental health advocate, Garrett McFadden. The Mental Health Week theme for 2023 is “My Story,” so the Talk Today team of Alex Salomie and Justin Dickie sat down with McFadden to learn more about his […]Continue readingTalk Today team interviews hockey pro Garrett McFadden
CMHA Ontario joins Canadians across the country in celebrating the 72nd annual Mental Health Week. The national event serves to encourage Canadians to learn, talk, reflect and engage with others on all issues relating to mental health. This year’s theme, #MyStory, recognizes the power of storytelling and how sharing personal experiences and stories is not […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario celebrates Mental Health Week
Mental health is not simply the absence of mental illness, but rather, something everyone possesses. In honour of Mental Health Week, CMHA Ontario’s Your Health Space program invites you to attend Embracing Mental Health: Flourishing in the Workplace on May 2, 2023 from 1-2:30 pm. This free, 90-minute virtual workshop is designed to explore strategies […]Continue readingFree virtual mental health training for Ontario’s health care organizations
CMHA Ontario joins individuals and organizations across the country to recognize and support National Autism Awareness Month this April. Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, refers to a wide range of conditions related to brain development. According to the World Health Organization, autism affects about one in 100 children. Characteristics of autism may be detected in […]Continue readingCMHA supports Autism Awareness Month
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The impact of suicide can extend beyond friends and family to classmates, colleagues, and the community at large. While each situation is unique, it is estimated that for each loss by suicide approximately 15 to 30 people are deeply impacted. For children and youth, this may be the first loss that they have experienced, making […]Continue readingNew resource to enhance service providers’ understanding of postvention work
Today, CMHA Ontario joins individuals and organizations across the country in celebrating National Caregiver Day. Each year, National Caregiver Day falls on the first Tuesday in April. The day is intended to honour caregivers — the countless parents, children, siblings, spouses and friends who provide unpaid care to support someone with a diminishing physical ability, […]Continue readingCMHA celebrates National Caregiver Day
Every March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, an event that provides an opportunity to recognize the resilience and accomplishments of the transgender community. A transgender person is someone whose gender identity is different from the gender they were assigned at birth. CMHA Ontario stands with our transgender community and recognizes the prejudices and […]Continue readingCMHA supports transgender community on International Transgender Day of Visibility
Toronto – The following is a statement from Camille Quenneville, CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division, in reaction to the province’s 2023 budget: “The provincial budget released today contains the largest base funding commitment for community mental health and addictions care in a decade. It is an overwhelmingly positive sign that the government understands […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario welcomes historic investment for community mental health and addictions in 2023 provincial budget
On this third National Day of Observance for COVID-19, CMHA Ontario is reflecting on the lives lost and impacted by the pandemic, and reminding our community that mental health and addictions resources are available for those who continue to be affected by grief, loss, isolation, loneliness and other challenges brought about by COVID-19. On March […]Continue readingCMHA recognizes National Day of Observance for COVID-19