The onset of dementia can have a devastating impact on an individual’s identity. See how culturally based and linguistically accessible programming and interventions help to reclaim and preserve one’s identity and dignity.

Date: Friday December 3, 2021

Time: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Best practices when providing language support in services for older adults requires special considerations and strategies.  Language access in this context can be made more complex by multiple factors such as mental health, age-related speech and/or hearing loss, family involvement and intervention, and cognitive impairment.  A deeper understanding of these dynamics can optimize the outcomes in interpreter-assisted appointments.

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As a teen, navigating today’s world for youth can be complicated and challenging.  

Let’s Chat About Mental Health invites teens to join us each month to interact, share and exchange.

A chance to chat in a safe space.

Each month teens will have one-stop access to mental health navigators, youth council representatives, traditional knowledge keepers and specialists.

THIS MONTH:

Monday, November 22, 2021

7:30 - 8:30 PM EST

This week, the Mental Health Commission of Canada launched a directory of community-based mental health and substance use services and supports available in Canada for people who are transitioning from the criminal justice system into the community. This national inventory represents a new step towards reducing the barriers to service access that are often experienced by justice-involved persons, especially those who are re-entering the community from correctional settings. Importantly, this inventory will be updated over time to ensure its currency and breadth.

The YMCA of Greater Toronto’s Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP) is running a Digital Media Contest and we need the help of youth ages 16-24, who are currently residing in Canada, to help determine a winner. The contest challenged youth from across Canada to create a poster and/or video discussing how cannabis use affects youth brain development.

Êtes-vous à la recherche d’une occasion de bénévolat stimulante qui vous permettra de contribuer au mieux-être de notre communauté ?

Registration is now open for the online mini-course "Treating Concurrent Tobacco and Cannabis Use Disorder," offered by the TEACH program at CAMH.

Participants will learn to screen for concurrent use disorders and provide tailored cessation interventions.

For more information or to register, see the attached flyer or visit https://teach.camhx.ca/moodle

Join our community of learners by registering for 5 self-directed learning modules

Each is 1.5 hours, and a certificate of completion is provided after completion of each session

Further details and to registerUse this web link: To read further details and to register

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Many caregivers say they feel alone and isolated. While family members and friends often ask how the care recipient is doing, they don’t always think to ask how the caregiver is doing. Caregivers have told us this simple gesture of kindness, like calling them to ask how they’re doing, can make such a big difference in their day.

Mentally Disabled Do Not Have Fair Access to Justice

At the time of the imminent opening of HSJCC’s Community Justice Conference 2021, I appreciate CMHA branches and John Howard Society branches as two of the main organizations that assist people with mental health issues in the criminal justices system. Yet, many mentally disabled with barriers to access justice are not assisted because the system they access is not the Criminal one.