February was Talk Today month across the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) and Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). Throughout the month, teams across Canada helped break down the stigma and raise awareness about mental health resources in their communities. COVID-19 continues to play a factor in our day to day lives but through the Talk Today […]Continue readingJunior hockey teams help raise awareness about mental health during 8th annual Talk Today month
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MOBYSS featured on CBC Toronto
The Mobile Youth Walk-In Clinic (MOBYSS), based out of CMHA York and South Simcoe, was recently featured on CBC Toronto. MOBYSS offers a safe space for youth, 12-25, to talk to a medical or mental health professional in a warm, welcoming, and friendly environment. Rebecca Shields (CEO, CMHA YSS) Ilana Archibald (nurse practitioner with MOBYSS) […]Continue readingMOBYSS featured on CBC Toronto
New resource to help students thrive
A new toolkit designed to support postsecondary educators in promoting student wellbeing and resilience in the classroom is now online. Thriving in the Classroom identifies four kinds of resilience grounded in research and evidence-based practices: community resilience, personal resilience, academic resilience, and career resilience. The toolkit offers practical resources which can easily be inserted directly […]Continue readingNew resource to help students thrive
HSJCC webinar on Enhancing Engagement of People With Lived Experience
Join the Provincial Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee (HSJCC) Network for a webinar on Enhancing Engagement of People With Lived Experience Across the HSJCC Network on April 7, 2022 from 12-1 pm. As a cross-sectoral, collaborative network, the expertise and dedication of people with lived experience in the human services and justice sectors has […]Continue readingHSJCC webinar on Enhancing Engagement of People With Lived Experience
Call for abstracts now open for CICMH conference
The Centre for Innovation in Campus Mental Health’s (CICMH) Annual Conference is an opportunity for stakeholders in post-secondary mental health across Ontario and Canada to come together, connect over their shared goals, and learn new strategies to bring back to their practice. This event represents the heart of CICMH’s work: bringing together diverse stakeholders among […]Continue readingCall for abstracts now open for CICMH conference
CMHA celebrates International Women’s Day 2022

On March 8, CMHA Ontario joins individuals and organizations around the world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022, an annual event held to mark the social, economic and political achievements of women. The theme of IWD 2022 is #BreakTheBias, which highlights the need to actively call out gender bias, discrimination and stereotyping. Whether deliberate […]Continue readingCMHA celebrates International Women’s Day 2022
CMHA Ontario welcomes Green Party of Ontario’s Mental Health Platform
The Ontario Greens have launched a standalone mental health platform, Building a More Caring Ontario, ahead of the 2022 provincial election. The plan acknowledges a recent CMHA Ontario poll which showed that almost half of Ontarians said their mental health has worsened since the pandemic began, and 1 in 4 Ontarians are now seeking help […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario welcomes Green Party of Ontario’s Mental Health Platform
Registration is now open for QI Innovations conference
Registration is now open for the 2022 virtual conference, QI Innovations: Better Data, Better Decisions, Better Outcomes taking place April 12, 2022. Featuring a keynote address from Dr Laura Rosella, the Principal Investigator and Scientific Director of the Population Health Analytics Lab at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, this virtual event is for […]Continue readingRegistration is now open for QI Innovations conference
CMHA Ontario issues RFP for evaluation of In The Know program
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division is seeking proposals from qualified individuals/organizations to carry out a quarterly qualitative and quantitative evaluation of In the Know between April 2022 and September 2023. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is meant to provide a fair evaluation for all candidates and to provide candidates with the evaluation […]Continue readingCMHA Ontario issues RFP for evaluation of In The Know program
Pandemic highlights need for community mental health and addictions care: CMHA Ontario pre-budget submission

Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division is calling out chronic underfunding and pandemic-related strain on the community-based mental health and addictions sector in its 2022 pre-budget submission to provincial government. The pandemic has further highlighted the need to prioritize mental health and addictions funding for the community sector, which has demonstrated nimbleness and creativity […]Continue readingPandemic highlights need for community mental health and addictions care: CMHA Ontario pre-budget submission