As a teen, navigating today’s world for youth can be complicated and challenging.  

Let’s Chat About Mental Health invites teens to join us each month to interact, share and exchange.

A chance to chat in a safe space.

Each month teens will have one-stop access to mental health navigators, youth council representatives, traditional knowledge keepers and specialists.

THIS MONTH:

Monday, November 22, 2021

7:30 - 8:30 PM EST

The YMCA of Greater Toronto’s Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP) is running a Digital Media Contest and we need the help of youth ages 16-24, who are currently residing in Canada, to help determine a winner. The contest challenged youth from across Canada to create a poster and/or video discussing how cannabis use affects youth brain development.

Creative interventions to assess and treat school refusal

Presented by SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

Live webinar: December 9, 2021 | Time: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST

Facilitator: Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S

Registration fee for this highly sought after training is only $80!

For our 10th Ask The Expert, we are hosting an in-depth conversation on the importance of effective cannabis education.

Highlighting key individuals in the cannabis education sphere discussing meaningful youth engagement.

This panel highlights the expertise of Emma Hébert, Sylvia Clarke, and Heath D’alessio.

Ask the Expert is a monthly Facebook Livestream where we find reputable sources to provide evidence-based answers to your questions, live!

Join us!

The Exploring the Link Team

What you need to know

In the Ontario child and youth mental health sector, there are no consistent strategies, frameworks or guidelines for organizational practices to improve racial equity for clients, family members and staff.

The Mathison Centre, CAN-BIND, and Mental Health Literacy are organizing a talk for youth about their mental health. Join the discussion about mental health and stress as youth share their experiences. Interested in a career in brain science or mental health? Meet neuroscientists, social workers, and psychiatrists who are sharing their stories! And come along as a neuroscientist leads you through a voyage through the normal and stressed human brain, with vivid brain imaging.

You are invited!

What: Webinar to launch a free online treatment tool for youth depression  

When: Tuesday, October 26, 2021

11:00AM – 12:00PM EST

ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health
Three-Part Special Interest ECHO Sessions

Gender Diversity: Information for Primary Care Providers

ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health
Three-Part Special Interest ECHO Sessions

Gender Diversity: Information for Primary Care Providers

ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health
Three-Part Special Interest ECHO Sessions

Gender Diversity: Information for Primary Care Providers

Direct Registration Link: https://is.gd/OctoberTERLA1

Treatment Designed for Youth: A Look into Our Online Teen Program

With Lanie Schachter-Snipper, Registered Psychotherapist, National Director of Outpatient Services, EHN Canada

And Dayna Browne, MSW, Clinical Lead for Healthy Minds Comprehensive Teen Program, EHN Outpatient Services

This workshop will discuss and interrogate the power of transformational relationships, the need for boundaries and the importance of employing a strategic, trauma-informed and anti-oppression lens in working with youth.

Have you read the news lately and wondered what all this talk of Robinhood is about? Or maybe you've asked yourself if cryptocurrency can be used in an online casino, and if so how? Perhaps you've even wondered what happens to gambling debts during bankruptcy?

Hello!

I'm a cannabis education outreach worker for the Six Nations Reserve. I'm toying around with a workshop idea that will essentially keep idle hands busy and away from cannabis, while also educating about cannabis. The target audience would be children and youth. I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas on activities for this?

Thanks in advance,

This  workshop is ideal for anyone who interacts with children ages 5 - 15. There are special considerations when assessing the risk of suicide for children  that are not normally part of adult suicide risk assessments.

Stress Lessons from Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada is a comprehensive resource designed for educators, social service workers, caregivers, and parents who want to help youth develop resilience. Full of psychologically-sound strategies and tools, this resource will help teens develop resilience and positive coping skills.

This training includes:
• 1.5 hour recording on the fundamentals of stress management

Has COVID-19 affected youth gambling behavior? Are youth using video games differently during the pandemic? Given current restrictions how does a program effectively discuss gambling awareness with youth?

The YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP) is currently looking for youth jurors to help evaluate posters and videos that were created for the YCAP-Y4Y Digital Media Contest.

The contest challenged youth from across Canada to create a video or poster discussing the effects cannabis use can have on youth brain development.