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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

By the Centre for Suicide Prevention, a branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association While some people who consider suicide do so fleetingly or only once in their lives, others may experience ongoing thoughts of suicide or experience them off and on over time. People may feel that suicidal thoughts are holding them hostage. Experiencing […]Continue readingWhat is a safety plan, and how can it prevent suicide?

How one woman took control of her mental health using a new free service that’s available to all qualifying Ontarians by Patrick Jodoin, CMHA Ottawa It was “picture day” at the federal government offices in Ottawa where Annie Dodds* works full time, and she missed her individual appointment to have her photo taken.    Annie was […]Continue readingBouncing back from anxiety