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Leading the way in mental health training and education

This free webinar being conducted by the YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Gambling Awareness Program is designed for service providers and parents of youth, we will explore the dangers of the blurred lines between gaming and gambling and provide tools to understand and support youth.

To register visit: https://attendee.gotowebinar.c.../2123305797702304013

In recent years, service providers in Ontario’s child and youth mental health sector have been exploring how best to integrate virtual care options into service delivery as a complement to providing in-person supports. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, has accelerated these efforts. To continue to meet the needs of children, youth and families, many service-providing agencies are rapidly moving to deliver care using a range of telecommunication technologies.

Frayme's Learning Institute is one of Canada’s only nation-wide conferences solely dedicated to youth mental health and substance use (YMHSU) system transformation. It provides a unique opportunity to bring together different players in the sector across diverse disciplines, backgrounds and experiences to drive knowledge into action.

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.

This webinar will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted mental health and substance use in young people. It will also discuss the challenges that youth continue to face during the pandemic and how youth allies, including educators, parents and counsellors can provide support.

Speakers:

Alexa Bol, Manager, Knowledge Mobilization, Opening Minds

Sabrina Jouniaux-Romano, Supervisor, Kids Help Phone

Join this free virtual conference, hosted by the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH and the SickKids Centre for Brain & Mental Health.

See the full details and register: http://www.cvent.com/events/co...32e2767d5d82a27.aspx

Speakers

Join a free Facebook live event for parents and family members, featuring a panel discussion among youth, family members and CAMH clinician scientists.

The event will include an hourlong panel discussion, followed by 30-minute Q&A session to answer questions. Hosted by the Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression at CAMH.

This is a Facebook live event - anyone with Internet access can view and join; you don't need a Facebook account.

Leading the way in mental health training and education

Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Racialized Young People

In partnership with award-winning filmmaker Noemi Weis, Frayme is pleased to invite you to an international screening of a new feature documentary Connecting the Dots on November 19, 2020. The free virtual screening will be followed by an online group discussion and Q&A hosted by Frayme’s Youth Leader Representative Jimmy Tan and feature international youth panelists. Together we will debrief the film and discuss the power of harnessing lived experience to demand systemic change for supporting youth mental health. #RaiseYourHand

About this webinar:
The current overdose crisis and the new reality of cannabis legalization are underpinning a drive to re-examine the range of practices around substance use and their implications for YMHSU services. Given the acute extent of the overdose crisis, some stakeholders, including people with lived and living experience, have highlighted the critical need to increase community capacity to provide compassionate, non-judgemental harm reduction services.

Youth and Cannabis Use Speaker Series

Part 3: How to engage youth in a conversation about cannabis

PRESENTERS:

• Allison Potts (she/her), School Mental Health Ontario
• Heather D’Alessio (they/them), Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

This is a free webinar conducted by the YMCA's Youth Gambling Awareness Program (YCAP) that will discuss the topic of budgeting, saving and credit. Additionally, it explores the financial risks and implications of gambling, dispels myths about money/credit and gambling, explores the concepts of needs vs. wants as well as odds and probability and provides resources and money saving strategies. The webinar's content is designed for parents/guardians, teachers, counselors, college/university students and adults involved in young people’s lives.

Overview

The YMCA of Greater Toronto's Youth Cannabis Awareness Program (YCAP) is presently running a Digital Media Contest that challenges youth (ages 18 – 25) to create a video or poster discussing how cannabis use affects youth brain development, and we were wondering if you’d be willing to help us choose a winner by joining the Contest Organizer’s Jury (CO Jury).

Details:

The Youth Gambling Awareness Program recently completed an informative article that outlines the basics of youth brain development and how this development impacts risk taking behaviors. This information is useful for parents and professionals who work with youth!

What is this research about?

Canada is one of the most ethnically diverse countries with Black people representing the third-largest population of racialized people in Canada. Research shows that Black children and youth in Canada experience more challenges to accessing mental healthcare. Evidence also shows that Black youth who do not access treatment are likely to face difficulty in school, family conflict and increased contact with the justice system. This review looks at literature on the barriers and facilitators to mental healthcare for Black youth in Canada.

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WELCOME TO THE OLC

OASW is pleased to offer a limited series of free OLC webinars for Registered Social Workers and Registered Social Service Workers with support from the Ontario Government from October 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021.

Don’t delay, our first events are less than a week away!

What are ways you connect with the land? How does connection to land improve your holistic health? How can those who work in the youth sector start connecting to the land as part of their practice?