Yup. Me. And 7 other provincial peer support & lived experience (patient)/family (caregiver) advisers/advocates on Monday April 8th 2019. It was very exciting to have a full 90 minutes with Hon.
caregivers and family
Guess who met with Health Minister Christine Elliot and has the pic to prove it! LOL Forum topic
Amazing New Resource/Toolkit-Supervising Peer Workers: A Toolkit for Non-Peer Supervisors Forum topic
Supervising Peer Workers: A Toolkit for Implementing and Supporting Successful Peer Staff Roles in Mainstream Mental Health and Substance
Use/Addiction Organizations
Introduction to Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Events
Education and Training for Mental Health Professionals
Peer Support Research & Evaluation in Canada led by Centre for Innovation in Peer Support, Wilfred Laurier University & Robyn Priest Live Your Truth Forum topic
Development of Community of Practice (CoP) for Peer Support Research and Evaluation in Canada being led by The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support (embedded in Support & Housing-Halton) and Simon Coulombe (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Robyn Priest (Robyn Priest Live Your Truth)
Peer Support STAFF Values in Action Interactive On-line Training Forum topic
Another exciting training opportunity being offered by the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support and Robyn Priest Live Your Truth.
INTERACTIVE ONLINE TRAINING
A 6 hour Training split into two 3 hour sessions!
February 27 & 28 2019 from 12 noon until 3 pm ET

Changing CARE: Made-in-Ontario approaches to improving the caregiver experience Events
Register now! Attend in-person or via webcast
Join The Change Foundation and the Changing CARE projects, other caregivers, system leaders, policy makers, and influencers and be the first to learn about the change ideas, innovations and resources.
The Change Foundation and our Changing CARE partners have created to better recognize, support and integrate family caregivers in their health and community care organizations.

Cannabis info sheet for for parents/guardians and caregivers Forum topic
In collaboration with the Provincial System Support Program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), and the Ministry of Education, School Mental Health ASSIST has developed an info sheet for parents/guardians and caregivers on the topic of cannabis.
The info sheet contains facts on cannabis, information on cannabis legalization, the health and social effects of cannabis use on children and youth, as well as where to find support and additional information.