It has been GREAT working with Howie, Jason and the EENet team on this promising practice feature of the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support. This was exactly the product that we needed to communicate all the dynamics, complexity and scope of the Centre. The Centre was previously known as the Enhancing & Sustaining Peer Support Initiative.
The Team
Directors, Christina Jabalee & Betty-Lou Kristy
Jody Orr, Embedded Evaluator
Robyn Priest, International Peer Consultant
Below are the awards and citations we have been honoured to receive. But more importantly.....all of us involved in the leadership of the Centre have lived and/or family experience.
- 2017 Recipients of the Ontario Peer Development Initiative (OPDI) Lighthouse Innovators Award- The Initiative was selected based on multiple criteria: Creative partnering; Peer driven research and evaluation; Peer leadership in system design & creation; Innovation in peer delivered service; Funding of peer driven services; Quality Improvement; Health Equity; Fostering consumer survivor initiatives(CSI)/peers to provide expertise & evidence.
- 2017 Recipients of the Addictions & Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) President’s Shield Award- The award is presented to an individual/team who has demonstrated leadership in the field of mental health and addiction; Proactively identifying novel and creative ways to improve upon processes or service delivery; Implementing change in a positive manner and striving to ensure its success; Building strong relationships that support a high level of trust and credibility; Leading with behaviours reflecting equity, diversity and inclusion; and Providing outstanding contributions to the field of mental health and addictions.
- 2016 Association of General Hospital Psychiatric Services (AGHPS) Summit- Poster Presentation Award - The Initiative was the recipient of this award after being selected to present for the AGHPS 6th Summit’s Poster Session on Celebrating innovation. The feedback was that this initiative (with peer support within hospitals, regional support strategies, and LHIN funding commitments) should be the provincial standard.
- 2017 Co-authorship on the Health Canada-Drug Treatment Funding Programs (DTFP) Performance Measurement in Peer Support- The Peer Support Substance Use & Provincial System Lead of the Initiative was invited to co-author this report. This document was prepared as a part of a larger project on performance measurement for Mental Health and Addiction (MHA) service systems (Lead: Dr. Karen Urbanoski).
- 2017 The Initiative is featured in the Excellence through Quality Improvement (E-QIP) Report –The feature was titled: An inspiring look at Quality Improvement in action: Introducing the Mississauga Halton Region’s Enhancing and Sustaining Peer Support Initiative.
Thanks again to EENet for the fabulous feature!
HAPPY DANCE