This webinar will explore the connection between grief, substance use, systemic privilege, and punishment of pain. This session will unpack what grief really is, and how substance use can operate as a misunderstood coping mechanism
Impact on the Organization – we will focus on processes that are inclusive to build anti-oppressivepracticesEg: prevention of violence client policy, psychological health and safety policy building using “ForYou, By You” principles.Impact on Individuals –
Learning Objective: 1) What is a Communication Intermediary and what is their role in the Canadian justice and policing system?2) Increase your awareness of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the resulting
This webinar is the first in a three part series hosted by the Provincial HSJCC which highlights innovative approaches to housing for justice-involved people. Part One highlights the Housing and Homelessness Help Hub (H4) in
Building off the release of the 2023 Mobile Crisis Response Teams Framework and Toolkit, this webinar shares results from CMHA Ontario’s updated, point in time scan of crisis response teams completed in early 2024. The
This webinar will focus on the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre’s Breaking the Cycle of Violence with Empathy (BRAVE) program. BRAVE is a hospital response to address the increased cases of violent injury to young people
A Virtual Lunch and Learn Session Learning Objectives: • Learn about the qualifications and application process for both Ontario Works and ODSP• Learn how a client’s housing status may effective their eligibility and programs available
In 2022 CMHA-WECB identified the need for peer support and a recovery college to supplement our community-based mental health programs. The College works to provide support during wait times for service, as a step down
Partnership program where mental health staff work with the local police departments in the area to attend to calls for service where a mental health concern is identified to attempt to prevent charges, or emergency
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health response severely disrupted the delivery of mental health and substance use services. This had a significant impact on the lives of people being released from incarceration. Our poster
A discussion of the core concepts of life promotion and how it is taught in Feather Carriers trainings. “Life promotion” is an approach to suicidal ideation in contrast to “suicide prevention,” emphasizing developing personal meaning
The High Priority Community Strategy provides innovative, culturally relevant, community-based healthcare delivery in the communities of Peel Region that were most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Employing a peer-led model of Community Health Ambassadors for education,
Restorative justice and restorative practices are seeing an ever-increasing popularity by practitioners working in the criminal justice field. While restorative practices exist on a continuum from informal to formal practices, the vast majority of practices
Through data and storytelling, this presentation will showcase the results of a research project that reviewed the Hamilton Peer Support Team. Serving working-age and emerging adults living with mental illness and/or substance misuse who may
Grey Bruce Health Services and the Supportive Outreach Services (SOS) team provide quality, accessible care to specialized populations with complex needs, including the Indigenous, unhoused, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as those with substance use
The purpose of community-led crisis teams is to provide an alternative to police led response and shift crisis care to a community-based, client-centered, trauma-informed response centered on the mental health and well-being of the affected
As emergency responders, police officers are often the first to arrive on the scene and interact with an individual who may be experiencing a mental health and/or substance use crisis. Over the past 20 years
System Navigation/Service Resolution regularly assembles service providers and organizational management representing a range of sectors (e.g., mental health, addictions, housing, police, family services, and other community services) to strategize on ways to meet the needs
After years of program reorganization, and re-deployment of resources to meet the needs of individuals in mental health crisis; and coinciding with the creation of the Northumberland County Situation Table, the MHEART program was created.
For people with justice involvement and mental health or addictions issues, supportive housing can foster stable lives, better health, and reduced service use. But who sets priorities when needs are complex and multiple service systems