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As a community changemaker, have you ever stopped to wonder where the power lies in your project? What are you trying to achieve, and for whom? How does your place of power (as a creator and an individual) hinder your ability to relate to those you are trying to help? We often use power…

Most of us recognize the need for and importance of engaging the communities we serve. Working to uphold the slogan, “nothing about us without us”, we might try to engage communities as much as possible. But engagement is a two-way street, and people who work in institutions and…

Many social innovators and leading edge evaluators are embracing the ideas and practice of Principles-Focused Evaluation (PFE), an approach to assessment that aims to assist would-be change-makers who are guided by principles and values as much as logic models and theories of change. In this…

Community Changemakers are called upon to manage from a middle space. That place where the future is uncertain, but the pressure to act is intense. It is the space between the unknown and the known which colleagues are looking to you to provide the answers and yet even as the work gets underway…

The Change Foundation and OHA will be co-hosting a webinar for those who want to learn more about this research on family presence and open visiting policies, and how Caregiver ID initiatives can play an important role in a family presence culture.

You will also hear from a healthcare…

A recently released study looked at different modes of CBT administration among adults with symptoms of depression. They compared the effectiveness of CBT delivered individually, by telephone, in a group, or by guided or unguided self-help. The researchers looked at randomized…

 Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Join EPION for our bi-annual two-day conference in Toronto on November 19+20, 2019. The theme of this year’s conference is Partners in Practice and Progress.

For the past 14 years, the Early Psychosis Intervention Ontario Network (EPION) has been the voice of early psychosis…

Le Centre canadien sur les dépendances et l’usage de substances (CCDUS) s’est associé à l’

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

We are currently building out our 2020/2021 Training Calendar and we would love to hear from you. Thanks to our focus groups and advisory committee we have a fantastic starting point for new training opportunities to include in our up…