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The Centre for Innovation in Peer Support is pleased to announce the virtual expansion of our popular communities of practice!

(This is open to any peer support staff or peer support supervisors across Ontario). We recognize that the COVID-19 Pandemic has brought with it the need to adapt to a changing landscape within our workplaces. This is an ongoing opportunity to stay connected and supported by each other in a time of uncertainty. Your attendance is self-determined, attend as your need and schedule allows. The Centre values hearing from you in order to be more responsive to your needs during this time. We look forward to connecting with you and navigating this period of time together!

Introducing: Weekly Virtual Lunch Breaks!

Please see the attached documents:

  • Peer Position Network (PPN) Virtual Lunch Break information and  invitation, for peer staff
  • Peer Position Supervisor Network (PPSN) Virtual Lunch Break information and invitation, for supervisors of peer positions
  • A how-to guide for Zoom, our virtual meeting platform
  • Information about the Center for Innovation in Peer Support; Our system/partner and direct service offerings, virtual training opportunities; and FREE virtual/remote peer groups and services (this includes info on our VALIDATED Peer Support Integrity, Quality & Impact Survey)

The Centre continues to be available to support the system, our partners and our communities.  We are all in this together!

TWO OPTIONS-One for Peer Support Workers and one for Peer Support Supervisors (see attached PDFs)

Peer Staff Invitation Virtual Lunch BreaksSupervisors of Peer Staff Invitation Virtual Lunch Breaks

The Center for Innovation in Peer Support housed at Support & Housing – Halton, is mandated to ensure active engagement & empowerment of lived experience and/or family expertise, and integration of effective peer support services in the mental health and substance use/addictions system (MH&A). The Centre is funded to support 12 formal HSP partners that include hospital psychiatric inpatient units, addictions residential treatment, supportive housing programs, central access, employment support programs, community mental health and addiction providers, and self-help education and support groups. This includes engaging in regional and provincial system planning tables and building meaningful relationships with peer initiatives regionally, provincially, nationally and internationally.

TEACH ( The Direct Service Stream of the Centre) is the recognized Consumer Survivor Initiative (CSI) for Mississauga Halton LHIN Region. TEACH has been providing peer support since 1997, offering quality regional programs that are designed, developed, implemented and evaluated by People with Lived Experience. However, TEACH has always been more than a set of regional programs; it is about building community and connection through creating safe spaces to heal and grow for people navigating mental health and substance use/addiction challenges, as well as the supporters/families.

See EENet Promising  Practice feature 

Centre for Innovation in Peer Support: A Promising Practice

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