Kristy -
In this concluding session of our April Waypoint Talks ser
YouthREX -
Climate change is a crisis – an urgent political, social, economic, environmental, and existential issue. Youth wellbeing is uniquely impacted by this crisis, as young people have limited access to institutional power to intervene and are set to inherit the worst of its effects as they age.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched a new framework for meaningful engagement people living with noncommunicable diseases, and mental health and neurological conditions!
The guide is also available in:
Check it out! → https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240073074
OASW -
May 2, 2023 @ 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
Presented by: Candies Kotchapaw MSW, BSW, CYW
This webinar will focus on community-based social work as a tool to influence and impact provincial, federal and international policymaking. Topics that will be covered include:
As each of us knows all too well, the world has been and continues to be shaken by the coronavirus. On a global scale, the world has been learning and trying to collectively survive something new, nerve-racking, and life-threatening. At the same time, segregation based on viewpoints and values began to emerge across the world, altering the ways that communities live and operate.
If you are interested in building your capacity in engagement & co-design with clients, lived/living experience, patient, family/caregiver, residents and citizens this is a GREAT opportunity for you and/or your organization.
Jill -
The Mood Disorders Society of Canada's National Youth Advisory Council is recruiting high school students to join their High-school subcommittee!
This team works together virtually to plan and lead activities in their own schools around the country to raise awareness and funds for mental health and combat stigma.
Apply here: https://forms.gle/bzGTfZab7XCZpUT28
YouthREX -
Young people continue to play a pivotal role in social and political movements, leading change-making efforts in communities across Ontario. Youth organizing embraces both individual development and social change, but how can positive adult allyship meaningfully support youth-led movements?
YouthREX is excited to co-present this engaging, youth-led conversation on advancing the possibilities of youth-led organizing with Leading in Colour.
Angela -
Sometimes the Hardest Story to Tell is Our Own
Join this engaging session on advocating for our own mental health care needs.
Lisa Rae -
https://notimetowaitontario.ca/
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) has launched an election website to promote engagement on the challenges facing the addiction and mental health sector. Visit AMHOs website to learn more about the issues, download our social media assets, and send a letter directly to your local candidates calling for a better mental health and addiction system: https://notimetowaitontario.ca/
OASW -
May 31, 2022 @ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET
Presented by: Aruna Boodram, Paralegal - Community Legal Worker
April 20, 2022
The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support (embedded in Support House) broke new ground in 2021 with the introduction of several new programs and opportunities for both our community and provincial partners.
In this session, you will learn about Advocacy Strategies directed at changing attitudes and policies.
Janet Butler McPhee, Co-Executive Director of the HIV Legal Network will share advocacy strategies to utilize with provincial and political decision makers.
Kween, the Executive Director of the Black Heritage Society of Guelph, will outline grass roots advocacy strategies to generate local awareness and change.
Please see bios of these speakers attached.
Bill -
This interview with Dr. Kwame McKenzie of the Wellesley Institute, https://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/ sharpens the future plan for mental health system reform. Good medicine, a balm, for those of us who experienced a languishing of our mental health system before, Covid as well.
Angela -
Drug prohibition (i.e., the banning of drugs) and criminalization (i.e., making using, selling or having drugs illegal) is costly and ineffective. It is time for these failed policies to end and to invest in the most heavily affected racialized communities.
My son Pete died on Dec 23 2021 to an accidental Opioid Overdose. It will be TWENTY YEARS this year that he died. I shake my head in absolute despair about this escalating crisis/epidemic.
From Jan 2020 to the end of November 2020…2167 people have died
59% increase over the same period in 2019
Angela -
2021 Ontario Psychiatric Association Expert Series: IMPROVING INEQUITIES IN CARE
Session I: Transcending Barriers: Improving Access to Care for Trans-Identified Individuals
Monday, May 31, 2021 – 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm EST
Dr. Albina Veltman (McMaster)
Session II: Opportunities for Antiracism Advocacy in Mental Health Policy & Practice
Monday, June 14, 2021 – 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm EST
Dr. Jessica Isom (Yale)
Sign up for 1 session or both!
The Excellence through Quality Improvement Project (E-QIP) is hosting an amazing free virtual conference, QI Innovations: Understand-Pivot-Change, set for Tuesday, April 13. I am going to attempt to do the keynote. LOL.
Keynote Presentation: Listen. REALLY Listen. (The Cornerstone of QI).
