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CMHA commemorates Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020
Nov 24th, 2020CMHA Ottawa joins individuals and organizations worldwide to commemorate the Transgender Day of Remembrance, an annual observance on November 20 that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives…
Schedule a free same-day or next-day phone or video counselling session with Counselling Connect
Nov 18th, 2020Counselling Connect provides free access to a same-day or next-day phone or video counselling session. This service is for children, youth, adults and families in Ottawa and the surrounding area….
Feeling low? Stressed? Anxious?
Nov 4th, 2020BounceBack can help. For those struggling with low mood, worry, stress, or mild to moderate depression or anxiety, you can look to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA’s) free skill-building…
Statement on the acquittal of the officer in the death of Abdirahman Abdi
Oct 21st, 2020The not–guilty verdict in the trial of Ottawa Police Constable Daniel Montsion for the death of Abdirahman Abdi serves as a painful reminder that there is a need for systemic…
Central Canada Hockey League, local CMHAs partner to support mental health of Jr. A hockey players
Sep 24th, 2020(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…
New CMHA toolkit supports employees, employers with planning psychologically-safe return to the workplace
Aug 20th, 2020As Ontario’s economy gradually re-opens during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new toolkit is now available to support employers and employees in navigating the mental health implications of returning to physical…
Congratulations, Dania! CMHA Ottawa’s Dania Versailles, Director, Clinical Services, wins at RAF Awards of Excellence Gala 2020
Aug 19th, 2020Dania Versailles, Director of Clinical Services at CMHA Ottawa, has recently added a new accolade to her list of accomplishments. We are proud to announce that on the evening of…
Finding your purpose again — Mental Health Week 2020
Aug 10th, 2020As part of Mental Health Week 2020—which runs from May 4 to 10—we at CMHA Ottawa teamed up with our peer Kurtis to talk about how to stay the course…
A home and a smartphone
Aug 10th, 2020Quarantine without a smartphone, can you imagine it? From the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and its related physical-distancing and self-isolation orders, the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Mental Health…