Network, Spring 2010
Volume 26, Number 1
IN THIS ISSUE: Guest Editorial: Mental Health and Human Rights – Where the Margins Intersect: Multiple Identities, Multiple Barriers – Put Equity into Action – A Bank of One’s Own: Ottawa’s No-Fee Banking Project – Working with the Whole Picture – Building an Inclusive Agenda – Equity and Diversity – Research Snapshot – The Gold Standard
Volume 26, No. 1
Guest Editorial
Mental health and human rights
Where the Margins Intersect: Multiple Identities, Multiple Barriers
What happens when you have a mental illness and you also belong to a group that faces racial or sexual discrimination?
Put Equity into Action
With help from the Wellesley Institute, the Toronto Central LHIN is tackling barriers to health care for disadvantaged groups
A Bank of One’s Own: Ottawa’s No-Fee Banking Project
CMHA Ottawa and TD Canada Trust are working together to help people with mental illness take control of their finances… and their lives
Working with the Whole Picture
A CMHA Ottawa Photovoice project reflects on employment
Building an Inclusive Agenda
David Morris, director of the National Social Inclusion Programme in the UK, explains how he launched a policy implementation agenda that purposely cut across many sectors and multiple levels of government
Equity and Diversity
CMHA Toronto sets new priorities and embraces organizational change
Research Snapshot
Vulnerable populations need greater access to mental health care
The Gold Standard
Now is the time for action on health equity
Re: Cover
Susan Lim, Self-Portrait (acrylic on canvas), 2009. This work was produced at Creative Works Studio in Toronto, who partnered with Hong Fook Mental Health Association and Good Shepherd to provide weekly art programs to people who speak Korean, Vietnamese and Chinese. Inside back cover: Thomas Yim, Self-Portrait (acrylic on canvas), 2009.