Register for free: Bright Ideas 2024: Round-up of research and evaluation activities at CMHA Ottawa | Friday, May 10, 2024

Apr 18, 2024

You’re invited to CMHA Ottawa’s feature webinar for Mental Health Week 2024: Bright Ideas: A round-up of the research and evaluation activities undertaken at CMHA Ottawa over the past year

[RSVP FOR FREE ON EVENTBRITE]

• Who: Presented by the Canadian Mental Health Association – Ottawa Branch (CMHA Ottawa)
  
• What: A webinar round-up of research and evaluation activities undertaken with students, clients and staff at CMHA Ottawa over the past year; approximately 15 minutes per presentation
• When: Friday, May 10, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Where: Zoom (link shared after registration on Eventbrite)
• Why: To illustrate the important role of research and evaluation in delivering vital community-based mental health and substance use healthcare
• How: Register for free on Eventbrite by visiting https://tinyurl.com/brightideas24 – Zoom links will be sent to registrants two days before the event 
  

ABOUT THE EVENT:

The day-to-day work that takes place at CMHA Ottawa is innovative, impactful, varied and compelling. We work every day with eligible individuals in the Ottawa area who are experiencing a mental illness and/or substance use disorder, many of whom are experiencing chronic homelessness. We provide evidence-informed and person-centered programs and services that empower individuals and promote good mental health. As a community-based agency, we provide outreach services, case management, housing, counselling, specialty services, training and more. This range of services makes our organization a suitable setting for important research and evaluation projects that will make lasting contributions to the field of mental health and addictions services.

Every year, our staff and clients work with students from the University of Ottawa, Carleton University, Algonquin College, and others on a variety of research and evaluation projects and clinical practice placements. These students play a critical role in supporting our capacity to engage in research, and they perhaps represent our future mental health clinicians and researchers!

This free, virtual event will feature collaborators from various disciplines as they describe the range of projects that they worked on with CMHA Ottawa during 2023-2024 fiscal year.

OBJECTIVES:

• To illustrate why community-based mental health research is so crucial
• To highlight the purpose and use of research and evaluation in the organization
• To encourage transparency – sharing the exciting work in which CMHA Ottawa staff and clients have taken part
• To share lessons learned, opportunities for improvement, and the high quality of our services – all of which are identified and explored within these initiatives
• To share next steps; implications for practice and knowledge mobilization
• To celebrate and discuss
  

PRESENTATIONS WILL INCLUDE:

• A needs assessment of older intensive case management clients
• An evaluation framework for Recovery College at CMHA Ottawa
• Review of cardiovascular disease in women with mental illness and substance use in vulnerable housing
• DEI committees at CMHA Ottawa: An evaluation of purpose, processes, and potential
• Much more!
  

Attendees can expect a series of 15-minute presentations by student researchers on their respective fields of study, all within the CMHA Ottawa environment. Check out the 2022-2023 edition for a taste of what to expect!

Presented as part of CMHA’s Mental Health Week, May 6-12, 2024 #CompassionConnects