Men die by suicide at a rate three times higher than women, says the Centre for Suicide Prevention The Centre for Suicide Prevention is asking men to check in on their friends during the month of June to help raise awareness of their ‘Buddy Up’ campaign. (Centre for Suicide Prevention) Men are dying by suicide […]
Continue readingAnnual ‘Buddy Up’ campaign aims to get men talking about mental health
From: Health Canada News release Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, with social isolation, virtual learning challenges, job insecurity, and financial hardship having a profound impact on their mental health and well-being. Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than half of Canadians aged 18-24 (61%) say their mental health has […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO (ONTARIO) Apr. 7, 2022 – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) applauds the federal government’s commitments in Budget 2022 to expand funding for mental health care, affordable housing and addictions supports as Canadians recover from the devastating impact of more than two years of COVID-19. We welcome much-needed investment in Health […]
Continue readingCMHA welcomes investments in social determinants of health in Budget 2022
A new toolkit designed to support postsecondary educators in promoting student wellbeing and resilience in the classroom is now online. Thriving in the Classroom identifies four kinds of resilience grounded in research and evidence-based practices: community resilience, personal resilience, academic resilience, and career resilience. The toolkit offers practical resources which can easily be inserted directly […]
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario Division is calling out chronic underfunding and pandemic-related strain on the community-based mental health and addictions sector in its 2022 pre-budget submission to provincial government. The pandemic has further highlighted the need to prioritize mental health and addictions funding for the community sector, which has demonstrated nimbleness and creativity […]
Several CMHA branches and CMHA Ontario had the opportunity to provide a mental health and addictions lens on the government’s prebudget consultations across the province in January. Representatives including CMHA Kenora Executive Director Sara Dias, CMHA Ottawa Executive Director Tim Simboli, CMHA Windsor-Essex County CEO Claudia den Boer, CMHA Thames Valley Co-Chief Executive Officer Beth […]
TORONTO (ONTARIO) February 1, 2022 – We at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are thrilled to welcome Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as our first National Volunteer. In this role, Sophie will build on her long history as a mental health advocate to help promote CMHA’s vital campaigns, programs and services. “Ms. Grégoire Trudeau’s passion for […]
Continue readingCMHA welcomes Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as National Volunteer
Researchers from the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and Public Health Ontario have released a report which describes the characteristics of people who died of an accidental opioid-related toxicity in Ontario prior to the pandemic and during the first two waves of the pandemic. It also […]
Continue readingNew report highlights details of opioid related mortality
We are honoured to work with Dr. Abhi Sud from U of T and Dr. Meghan McGee from Sinai Health on the promotion of a new national video resource about stigma and opioid use disorder, funded by Health Canada. Our Research & Policy team has reviewed the video and we are posting it on our […]
