Nous sommes à la recherche de personnes passionné.e.s par les questions de représentativité et d’inclusion des diversités sexuelles et de genre pour rejoindre le conseil d’administration de FrancoQueer.

To support the mental health of all Canadians and address the increase in needs during this unprecedented time, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) developed a COVID-19 and Mental Health (CMH) Initiative — a proactive response to provide urgent knowledge and evidence to support decision-making throughout the mental health responses to the pandemic. This Initiative is a collaboration with Health Canada (HC), the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and six additional CIHR Institutes. 

BMJ published a Swedish research paper that after mult-years, with mean follow up time of 13 years and based on over 85,000 subjects, concluded connections that will affect policy on suicide prevention. 

The MTER (Mindfulness Training for Emotional Resilience ) program was originally developed for the purpose of providing accessible mindfulness-based mental health training for front-line clinicians working in community agencies with marginalized populations.Bell Let’s Talk provided the original grant for its development to create user-friendly resources for clients and clinical tools for mental health practitioners.

Cannabis & Psychosis is hosting a interactive Facebook live on September 2nd at 7- 8pm EDT on Lived Experience of Cannabis and Psychosis.

August 31st is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD)

A global event held each year that aims to raise awareness of overdose, learn about signs and symptoms, and reduce the stigma of a drug-related death.

The Lung Health Foundation (Ontario Lung Association) is developing new cannabis education resources for healthcare providers and young adults (18-25). They would like to gather your feedback on the format and content of these new resources to ensure they create them in a way that is useful and relevant to your practice.

Access the survey here.

A new article by CTV news reports on a Canadian study that showed an increase in the number of children who accidentally consumed cannabis edibles to a total of 51 reports in 2019. The number of children hospitalized due to severe reactions to cannabis has actually doubled since 2018. You can read the full article here. 

Is anyone surprised by the information in the article?

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program at the YMCA of Greater Toronto is hiring a Bilingual Youth Outreach Specialist to work in the Ottawa region. This position is a full-time, salaried position. Applications will be accepted until September 7th, 2020. 

For more information and to apply, please go to: https://ymcagta.org/join-our-t...specialist-bilingual