CMHA Ottawa is pleased to announce the arrival of Samira Aajlane, PMP, ASM, the agency’s new Manager of People and Culture. Samira will be responsible for managing CMHA Ottawa’s robust Learning and Development department as well as a portion of its Human Resources portfolio. Samira brings to her new role at CMHA Ottawa almost two […]Continue readingCMHA Ottawa welcomes Samira Aajlane, new Manager of People and Culture, and Louise Mulvihill, Executive Office Manager
The past few years have been a challenging time for those working in health care settings. Health care workers, support staff, and organizational leaders are all facing extreme levels of stress and burnout. To help, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ontario has launched Your Health Space, a free workplace mental health service for Ontario’s […]Continue readingIntroducing Your Health Space
CMHA Ottawa youth outreach worker is recognized for instrumental role in client success story The Ottawa branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA Ottawa) would like to congratulate Andrew Baird, Transitional-age/Youth Case Manager, for receiving the Advocacy Award at partner agency Youturn–Youth Support Services’ annual general meeting Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Youturn provides intensive […]Continue readingCongratulations Andrew Baird, 2022 recipient of the Youturn–Youth Support Services Advocacy Award
The first full week of October invites Canadians to share the realities of living with mental health issues through Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW). MIAW is an annual national public education campaign coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH). The campaign aims to engage Canadians in a national conversation about […]Continue readingMental Illness Awareness Week highlights the need for timely access to mental health care
Project led by uOttawa’s Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) and School of Psychology studying Housing First activities at CMHA Ottawa claims award in CAMH and U of T’s recognition of innovation in knowledge transfer efforts in MH&A services Tuesday, August 23, 2022 – Alongside its friends and collaborators at the University […]Continue readingStudy and toolkit of CMHA Ottawa Condominium Program wins 2022 Paula Goering Collaborative Research Translation Award
On June 17, 2022, CMHA Ottawa hosted a virtual event titled Bright Ideas 2022: A round-up of the research and evaluation activities at CMHA Ottawa over the past year. The webinar event, presented live to an audience on zoom, featured summaries from students from the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Research on Educational and Community […]Continue readingDownload it now: Bright Ideas 2022 Proceedings Report + Video Recording
Innovative Housing First solution explained in new video spotlight by uOttawa researchers In 2019, a team of researchers from the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) at the University of Ottawa conducted a case study of the successful CMHA Ottawa condominium supportive housing program, which resulted in the release of a helpful […]Continue readingCRECS Research Spotlight: CMHA Ottawa Condo Program Toolkit (Video)
Tuesday, May 3, 2022: Angélique Ndorimana, a transitional case manager at CMHA Ottawa, generously shared the frontline perspective of community-based mental health and addictions (MHA) services and supports at the Canadian Mental Health Association — National Parliamentary reception for the occasion of Mental Health Week. Ndorimana was part of a small delegation from the Ottawa […]Continue readingMental Health Week Parliamentary reception hears frontline perspective
CMHA and UBC release new data on empathy and challenged relationships Ottawa, ON, May 2, 2022 – Just as Ontarians are experiencing pandemic fatigue after two long years, research suggests that Ontarians may also be experiencing “empathy fatigue.” The latest survey conducted by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) and UBC researchers, Assessing the Impacts […]Continue readingOnly 12% of Ontarians are feeling empathetic, down markedly from two years ago
Grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation funded full-time nurse specializing in infection prevention and control at CMHA Ottawa Ottawa, ON – On Wednesday, local MPP Lucille Collard met with representatives from the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch (CMHA Ottawa), to hear how a $150,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant that the Ontario Trillium Foundation awarded […]Continue reading$150,000 OTF grant helps mental health services agency respond to COVID-19 pandemic
