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Ontario Mental Health & Addictions Virtual Care Collaborative is collecting "Success Stories in Action", highlighting organizations who are working to reduce the digital divide Forum topic
Recovery Webinar Series: Self-Compassion and Self-Care Events
This 2-hour webinar will explore the topic of self-compassion and self-care along with tools to engage in healthy self-compassion and self-care practice. The webinar is a snippet of Managing Your Depression and Anxiety (MYDA) recovery program that can be used for managing daily challenges, especially during COVID-19 pandemic.
OPDI is Seeking Stories from Peer Supporters (paid opportunities) Forum topic
The Ontario Peer Development Initiative is looking for Peer Supporters who would be interested in sharing their personal and/or professional experiences with Peer Support as a part of OPDI's training program.
All participants will be compensated for their work.
The two distinct requests are detailed below.
Call for Written Stories
Deadline for Expressing Interest: 31 March 2021
Proposed Deadline for Completed Story: 31
Volunteer Opportunity: Youth Peer Support Facilitator Forum topic
Hope + Me - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario is seeking youth volunteers ages 15 to 25 to be part of the youth-oriented Peer Support Drop-in Group which will be held online every Saturday.
The role will require the volunteer to work on Saturdays from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The start date is Saturday, April 3, 2021. Applications will be accepted to March 28, 2021 (inclusive).
PLEASE SEE OPPORTUNITY ATTACHMENT
Listen. REALLY Listen. (The Cornerstone of QI). Forum topic
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).

Peer Support: Building Connections Virtual Summit – 12 Insightful and Thought-Provoking Presentations Throughout March 2021 Events
Virtual Youth Peer Mental Health Support Group - 1st & 3rd Saturdays Monthly Events
Our bi-weekly Saturday Peer Mental Health Support groups (Rising Together) seek to improve or support the overall mental well-being of youth through empathetic, holistic and healing-centered conversation. Our groups adopt a person-centered approach to navigating through the circumstances and things that impact our mental health.
Virtual Peer Support Training Events
Hope+Me - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO) is pleased to offer a new cohort of our virtual peer support training program. This four-module training program is unique in the field of mental health peer support. Based on the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s standards, and over thirty-five years of providing exceptional peer support to individuals and families struggling with depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder, our certified training program is unparalleled.

Gender Inclusive Facilitation Skills for Peer Specialists presented by Ari Dennis Events
Creating a safe learning environment for support groups and educational workshops is an important job for peer specialists. In this presentation Ari Dennis introduces attendees to the concept of gender inclusion and how it applies to facilitation for peer specialists. Practical skills will be the core of the talk interwoven with personal narrative and statistics. The skills they will address are categorized broadly into personal inclusive practices, facilitation of groups with mixed gender or sexual orientation, and awareness and deconstruction of gender associations.

OPDI webinar: Parallel Realities: Misunderstood and Untapped Human Potential Events
There is no one way of seeing and experiencing reality. Reality is experienced on a continuum. Those who experience the extreme end of the continuum are often misunderstood, feared and shunned in Western Culture. How it has been responded to has changed and transformed over time. It has been seen as a curse, illness, divine gift, demonic possession, etc. Currently it is seen from a medical model point of view- Psychosis. We will discuss how it has been understood throughout history and in various cultures.

Webinar: Peer Support Integrity, Quality and Impact Survey Events
Learn about the Centre for Innovation in Peer Support’s Peer Support Integrity, Quality and Impact (PSIQI) Survey!
‘Huge crisis’: Halton wants the opioid addiction and overdose emergency addressed now Forum topic
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Mount Sinai Hospital: Interactive Virtual Panel on Youth Mental Health Events
The youth mental health crisis goes well beyond Blue Monday. Toronto’s young people seek out support 365 days a year, often running into barriers in accessing the help they need. And the isolating effects of the pandemic are only making things worse.
RBC Pathway to Peers is an innovative partnership between Stella's Place and Mount Sinai Hospital's Emergency Department created to provide mental health support for individuals 16 - 29 years old through lived experience.

OPDI webinar: Let's Talk About Our Experiences With Pandemic Fatigue and Burnout Events
This presentation and discussion will be facilitated by Barbara Frampton and will be an informative and supportive conversation that will identify:
• Pandemic Fatigue
• Pandemic Burnout
• Why it’s Serious
• Supporting Ourselves
• Supporting Others
• Helpful Strategies

Cultivating (Online) Community for Youth Events
How can we leverage online platforms to facilitate connection, community-building, and peer support among youth?
How can we reach, engage, and support youth who may be experiencing social isolation?
Join us for an engaging and timely conversation that explores how organizations are using new and existing online platforms to engage youth, build communities, and facilitate peer-to-peer support.

Peer Support Strong - A day to celebrate peer support Events
During this time of uncertainty, peer support is more important than ever to maintaining mental wellness.

CAMH Addiction Rounds: "From Patient to Student: Introducing the CAMH Recovery College" Events
Event address for attendees: https://camh.webex.com/camh/on...76fdad373463c3f54a07
Event number: 171 536 1009
Event password: Rounds
For more information, contact Danica Furtado-Fernandes | Addictions Education Coordinator | Acute Care Program Unit | danica.furtado-fernandes@camh.ca

Virtual Art Group: ALTERED TIN DIORAMAS Events
This Monday, July 13th, in the #VIRTUALARTGROUP, we will create
New Toolkit: Our Virtual World: A Toolkit for Implementing Virtual Group Services-Peer Support/Centre for Innovation in Peer Support Forum topic
The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support at Support & Housing-Halton is excited to share our NEW Summer Offerings for our Provincial, System and Partner stream of services!
All offerings are open to peer staff, and supervisors of peer staff, and leaders that have peer staff across Ontario.
As new chair of Ontario’s patient & family council, Betty-Lou Kristy draws on her own story of mental health and addiction Forum topic
https://www.theglobeandmail.co...lou-kristy-draws-on/
Laura Stone,Queen's Park Reporter July 6 2020