Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division and Mental Health Works are calling on workplace mental health experts to submit abstracts for presentations at their 2020 workplace conference, IMPACT: A vision of change for mental health in the workplace, set for June 1-2 in Toronto. Mental Health Works – a national social enterprise led by […]Continue readingMental Health Works seeks abstracts for presentations at 2020 conference
From your friends at CMHA Ottawa: Have a happy holiday season. Please note our holiday hours: Our new space at 311 McArthur Avenue will be closing at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 24, and will reopen Friday, Dec. 27. We will then close at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 31 and will reopen on Thursday, Jan. 2, […]Continue readingCMHA Ottawa Holiday Hours
Meet Casandra Like many people her age, 19-year-old Casandra juggles a lot of responsibilities. She’s a full-time student in her second year at St. Laurence College in Cornwall, Ontario, where she’s enrolled in the social service worker program; she works with Valoris as a community integration worker; and she’s currently wrapping up a field placement […]Continue readingTackling holiday stress with BounceBack
CMHA Ottawa invites you to join us as we participate in GivingTuesday, a global day of generosity and giving on Dec 3. Each year after Black Friday, Giving Tuesday marks the opening day of the giving season. It’s a time where charities, companies and individuals join together to give back to their favourite causes. There […]Continue readingSupport mental health, addictions services and awareness for GivingTuesday
From November 25 – December 1, CMHA Ottawa will join with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery organizations across the country to mark National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). This year’s theme for National Addictions Awareness Week is Stigma Ends with Me, highlighting how individuals can take steps […]Continue readingCMHA Ottawa recognizes National Addictions Awareness Week
CMHA Ottawa joins individuals and organizations worldwide to commemorate the Trangender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. These acts of violence are due to stigma and discrimination against their identity and community. Individuals who identify […]Continue readingCMHA commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance
(Nov. 19, 2019) – More than 280 players across the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) will benefit from mental health awareness and suicide-prevention training this season through a new partnership with Canadian Mental Health Associations (CMHAs) Ottawa and Champlain East. With generous support from the NHL Foundation, this new partnership will see CMHA’s Talk Today program made available to all 12 teams in the CCHL. The CCHL will […]Continue readingCentral Canada Hockey League, local CMHAs partner to support mental health of Jr. A hockey players
On Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, CMHA Ottawa will join international mental health organizations to celebrate World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day is supported by the World Health Organization as an important way to raise awareness and advocate for better care for those with mental health issues worldwide. The theme this year is working […]Continue readingCMHA Ottawa recognizes world mental health day
The second week of October brings with it the reminder that millions of Canadians live with mental illnesses every day. Oct 6-12 is Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW), an annual national public education campaign coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH). CAMIMH’s mandate is to ensure that mental illness and […]Continue readingCMHA Ottawa recognizes Mental Illness Awareness Week
CMHA Ottawa Director Emeritus has been teaching suicide intervention workshops for 30 years by Patrick Jodoin, CMHA Ottawa; photo supplied by Renée Ouimet Renée Ouimet’s relationship with suicide prevention began in 1987, just two years into her time at the Canadian Mental Health Association, when she first received Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. That training […]Continue readingMeet Ottawa’s longstanding suicide prevention crusader