Webinar

Join this webinar to hear from experts and practitioners in Canada and the United Kingdom to help manage hoarding among Housing First clients. This webinar is the sixth in the international Housing First webinar series and is presented by EENet, the Canadian Housing First Network and the Housing First Europe Hub. The presenters will discuss ... Read more

Participants will have an opportunity to apply trauma-informed practices to engage 2SLGBTQI+ clients with suicidal ideation. After a brief review of information on suicidal ideation, most of the session will be discussion based and explore two cases.  The cases will include: Case studies and resources will be pulled from a wide range of research on ... Read more

This is an interactive workshop that builds mental healthawareness and draws on empathy as a support strategy.The workshop objectives include:

In this webinar, Naiima Farah, a Faculty Counsellor from George Brown College, joins us to discuss Black Student mental health. She will present on the contributing factors to mental health challenges among African, Black and Caribbean (ABC) students, including the effects of colonial/imperial violence and the current approaches that revolve around an anti-Black and deficit ... Read more

In response to the multiple and persistent barriers that newcomer patients face in navigating the health and social service systems in Toronto, the Crossroads Refugee Health Clinic at Women’s College Hospital piloted a Peer Navigator role focused on increasing its newcomer patients’ access to health, social and community resources. Join us to learn how this ... Read more

Randy McLin (he/him) is a paralegal/community legal worker with Scarborough Community Legal Services. His area of practice mainly consists of assisting clients who have been denied ODSP due to medical qualifications to appeal their denials.  He has over a decade of experience assisting homeless and precariously housed people, having worked in harm reduction street outreach, ... Read more

Intake conversations can be a critical juncture for individuals seeking services, often inducing significant stress as people are required to share their personal stories to access care. These conversations can profoundly shape the course of service and have effects on the individuals. Therefore, great responsibility lies with intake staff to assist people to experience safety ... Read more

A crisp introductory overview of the concepts and prevalence of co-morbidity in mental health through scientific and pragmatic lenses. Co-morbidity is not just an artifact of diagnostic frameworks but may reflect core processes which can affect real life outcomes. Cognitive behavioural phenomenological approach offers a window to explore this and organise the interventional plan to ... Read more

This workshop is designed to provide participants with a foundational understanding of recovery-oriented practice in community mental health and addiction settings. The assessment process is discussed using a recovery-oriented lens. The practical application of the framework is reinforced through large and small group discussions using various client studies.  Participants will:

Join us for an insightful discussion about how what we eat affects our mental wellbeing led by Kelly Matheson, MSc., RD. Kelly Matheson is a registered dietitian whose professional experience with dietetics has spanned over 15 years. Kelly previously worked as an inpatient clinical dietitian at CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) for 12 ... Read more

Clear, concise, factual, and timely client documentation is foundational to the provision of quality human services. This workshop offers a framework for writing client documentation as a standard of practice required by most regulatory colleges in the Province of Ontario.   Participants will learn about the importance of: collecting and maintaining accurate client documentation to ... Read more