Research has shown how incorporating Elders into mental health programming in Canada can help indigenous people in reclaiming their cultural identity and reconnecting with their past. At a systems level, this approach helps to rebuild the trust that has been lost between indigenous users and their non-indigenous service providers from years of westernized care that ... Read more

In this webinar, Maria Lo, Training Coordinator for Hong Fook Mental Health Association in Toronto will examine the following:

Presented by the Provincial Support Program (PSSP) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Join us for a special virtual presentation by CAMH Vice President of Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer Dionne Sinclair as she shares insights on how mental health and substance use workers can increase cultural awareness. Throughout the presentation, ... Read more

Those of us who specialize in working with the queer community and particularly the transgender community, are often faced with helping our clients come out to family members and loved ones. With that comes some navigation of family dynamics and an attempt to educate others while honouring themselves.It can often be extremely beneficial for family ... Read more

Case management plays a vital role in the helping professions, ensuring that service users receive the necessary services and access to the right resources to meet their unique needs and overcome challenges. This workshop is designed to equip people who work in the social services sector with essential skills and knowledge to effectively support service ... Read more

In this webinar, attendees will learn: If you are unable to make it on the day of the webinar, we record all of our sessions for your convenience. We ask that you please register as if you were able to attend to be included on the follow-up email journey.

This workshop aims to equip social workers with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to create accurate, comprehensive, and professional documentation that is grounded in anti-oppressive approaches and practices. Introduction: Welcome and orientation: Overview of the importance of documentation in social services Establishing workshop goals and expectations. Understanding the Purpose of Documentation: Discussing the significance ... Read more

You’re invited for EHN Canada’s next educational webinar: Music Therapy for PTSD & Addiction Treatment with Sarah Bell, MA, MTA, RCT-C, Music Therapist, Atlantic Centre for Trauma. Have you ever thought of the power music has? Or the way music can evoke such emotion and strongly relate to certain points within your life? According to ... Read more

Join us for an insightful webinar where we delve into the essential aspects of responding to client requests for access to or corrections of their clinical records. Throughout the session, we will explore various crucial topics, including exceptions and exclusions to access, dealing with frivolous and vexatious requests, as well as managing access requests from ... Read more

Drug poisoning rates have been consistently increasing in our community and across the country. We can all play a role in turning this crisis around. In this course, you will learn how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose/poisoning by administering naloxone, a life-saving medication that can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose/poisoning. We will ... 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

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, participants don’t need any formal training ... Read more

In this training, participants will explore the current impacts of colonization specifically on Indigenous children and youth and how helpers with differing worldviews can come together to consider values, ethics and spiritual beliefs that shape their practice. Participants will identify and explore practices that focus on identity development, strength and culture-based initiatives and active and ... Read more

This one hour webinar will focus on the following areas:

In North America, men have a suicide rate three times higher than women. We have socialized men to be strong, stoic and self-reliant; showing emotion is a sign of weakness, as is asking for help. Men are dying in alarming numbers, all around us, alone. How can we change this reality? Everyone has a role ... Read more

How do the questions we ask youth about their gender reflect assumptions that canperpetuate harm and reproduce transphobia?The way we ask about gender matters. We all want to be acknowledged for who we are – to berespected, and to be referred to accurately and appropriately. In order to respect all youth, wemust ensure that the ... Read more

Ontario’s healthcare consent laws and rules are complex and may be difficult for caregivers to understand. Yet, having the right legal information can help everyone feel informed and empowered to support the best patient care. In collaboration with the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly, join us to learn more about legal topics including: • Substitute ... Read more

Participants will have an opportunity to apply trauma-informed practices to engage diverse clients with suicidal ideation. After a brief review of information on suicidal ideation, most of the session will be discussion based and the larger group will be split into breakout rooms to review specific cases that focus on different marginalized groups. The facilitator ... Read more

Lived Experience & Recovery Network (LERN) Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually on Zoom on Thursday, September 21st, at 4:00pm - 5:00pm (EST). All are welcome to attend, for free! Registration is required through eventbrite. Once registered, you will receive a Zoom link by the day of the meeting (Sept. 21st). If you do not receive ... Read more