Our panel discussion will include a mix of lived and clinical perspectives, highlighting the realities of schizophrenia and psychosis, pathways of recovery, and strategies for supporting a loved one. Our ... Read more
Community Justice Centres bring together justice, health, employment, education and social services under one roof. The objective is to address the root causes of crime, break the cycle of offending, ... Read more
Our conference, entitled “From Research to Reality: Global Summit on Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Medicine,” will be held in Toronto, Canada, May 27-29, 2022. The conference is being co-hosted by the ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out ... Read more
Anti-Black racism is so embedded in the policies and practices of institutions that it has been functionally where racism becomes normalized and rendered invisible. Black professionals carry the unique burden ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out ... Read more
Suicide and high risk behavior are increasingly common in individuals with a trauma history. At the same time, many professionals in the helping field report fear or state they feel ... Read more
Individuals with a developmental disability are at higher risk of experiencing mental health problems. Often their mental health problems go undiagnosed because they are attributed solely to their cognitive impairment ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out ... Read more
Indigenous women experience intersecting histories of violence, abuse of various kinds, mental health challenges, incarceration, identity struggles and poverty, all which impact on their mothering. Often when mothers reach out for help, their interactions with the child welfare, health and social services systems are characterised by racism, stigma, and misinformation. In, Women of the Shining ... Read more
Individuals with a developmental disability are at higher risk of experiencing mental health problems. Often their mental health problems go undiagnosed because they are attributed solely to their cognitive impairment or considered “behavioural problems”. It is crucial for caregivers to understand how mental health problems may present in those with a developmental disability along with ... Read more
Join us for an important and engaging discussion with Dr. Juveria Zaheer about suicide and suicidality. We will learn about the rates of suicide, warning signs to look out for and how to support someone who may be thinking about suicide.
This two-part workshop series will examine the concepts of whiteness and white fragility, with a particular emphasis on the ways they impede our ability to have meaningful and authentic discussions about race. Armed with this knowledge, this workshop aims to help participants examine their own fragility and what they can do differently going forward. This ... Read more
This interactive, engaging workshop series will cover information about and related to substance use, including viewing substance use on a continuum, substance use effects, how people make change, review of an abstinence approach and a harm reduction approach, recovery treatment options in Ontario, stamping out stigma, and recovery concepts.
This interactive and engaging workshop series will cover information about and related to substance use, including viewing substance use on a continuum, substance use effects, how people make change, treatment options in Ontario, stamping out stigma, and recovery concepts. We will also review abstinence and harm reduction approaches. Additionally, the second session of this series ... Read more
This two-part workshop series will examine the concepts of whiteness and white fragility, with a particular emphasis on the ways they impede our ability to have meaningful and authentic discussions about race. Armed with this knowledge, this workshop aims to help participants examine their own fragility and what they can do differently going forward. This ... Read more
This interactive and engaging workshop series will cover information about and related to substance use, including viewing substance use on a continuum, substance use effects, how people make change, treatment options in Ontario, stamping out stigma, and recovery concepts. We will also review abstinence and harm reduction approaches. Additionally, the second session of this series ... Read more
Anti-Black racism has been given a lot of attention in the media and has sparked a movement to eradicate racial disparities within our systemic structures. However, here in Canada we tend to feel uncomfortable discussing racism, let alone anti-Blackness. Black mental health challenges are on the rise, and we need to be committed to acknowledging ... Read more
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