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MHCC's Community-Based Research Projects: Cannabis and Mental Health

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is funding 14 two-year projects (2020-22) to address knowledge gaps in the relationship between mental health and cannabis among priority populations. Check out the project snapshots:

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McMaster COVID-19 Impact Assessment

McMaster University’s Department of Labour Studies and Political Science and Hamilton’s Roundtable for Poverty Reduction are conducting a survey that will map how COVID-19 has affected work, poverty, and access to government programs.

They are looking for Ontario residents 18 years or…

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Survivors of Homicide Victims & Mental Health - FOCUS GROUPS

If you are a service provider who:

supports survivors of homicide victims from Indigenous, African, Caribbean and Black (ACB), and other racialized communitiesprovides services in Brantford, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Toronto, or Windsor

WE NEED TO HEAR YOUR VOICE

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Ontario Health releases new quality standard on problematic alcohol use

Health Quality Ontario recently released new standards on "Problematic Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder: Care for People 15 Years of Age and Older". These quality statements describe what high-quality care looks like for people with problematic alcohol use.

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Healthy aging public health framework/strategy

Hello,

We are in the process of creating an internal healthy aging framework. We are looking to see if there are any existing frameworks or strategies others could share or could refer us to.

Thank you,

Stephanie Bale

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Help the YMCA’s YCAP-Y4Y contest choose a winner by joining the Contest Organizer’s Jury

Overview

The YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP) is presently running a Digital Media Contest that challenges youth (ages 18 – 25) to create a video or poster discussing how cannabis use affects youth brain development, and we were wondering if you’d be…

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City of Toronto Survey on Community-Based Crisis Response Model Development

The City of Toronto is requesting for community input around alternatives to policing.  This community-based crisis response survey for the alternatives to policing work aims to understand the public's priorities for what a community-based crisis response could look like.

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How Youth Brain Development impacts Risk Taking

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program recently completed an informative article that outlines the basics of youth brain development and how this development impacts risk taking behaviors. This information is useful for parents and professionals who work with youth!

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Research Snapshot: Canadian Black children and youth face many barriers to accessing our mental healthcare system

What is this research about?

Canada is one of the most ethnically diverse countries with Black people representing the third-largest population of racialized people in Canada. Research shows that Black children and youth in Canada experience more challenges to accessing mental healthcare.…

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