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Hello everyone!

 

As a Masters student, at Carleton University in Neuroscience, and a sibling of someone with mental illness I am conducting research on the sibling experince. I am currently working with Drs. Kim Matheson and Hymie Anisman on the online project 'Siblings of Those With and Without Mental Illness – A Life Course Perspective' (http://bit.ly/1BeJgp4).

 

 I look forward to connecting with others here about the different areas of mental health and knowledge mobilization of it.

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Hi Everyone,

After 27 years in education I switched gears and earned an M.A. in Counselling Psychology, trained for 2 years in Bereavement Education and Grief and Trauma Counselling, opened a private practice and became a member of the Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario. I am a facilitator with Bereaved Families of Ontario and love working with groups.  My practice is designed for cultural diversity and the more I learn, the happier I am.

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Welcome to the forum!

I am a mother who lost her 25 year old son to Oxycontin overdose. It will be 15 years this x-mas season. I devote my time to systems level advocacy.  I too have worked with Bereaved Families of Ontario. I was a board director for Bereaved Families of Ontario-Halton/Peel for three years and also did extensive training to be a peer bereavement facilitator through BFO and also through VON Halton for their hospice/palliative care programs.

I loved doing group work at BFO and I also provided one on one when possible for those whose loss was complicated do to mental health/ suicide and/or accidental overdose and addiction issues.

I also have a significant childhood trauma history living with parents struggling with mental health and addiction issues and a very toxic marriage.

I think grief/loss whether through a bereavement or 'life loss cycles' is an area that is so pervasive in terms of risk but the dots are not connected to that yet. Then of course trauma which is finally being connected to peoples wellness.

Betty-Lou Kristy

Lived Experience/‘Family’ Advocate- Mental Health, Addiction, Trauma & Bereavement

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Hi everyone,

I am a new Knowledge Broker with EENet, and I am looking forward to connecting with all of the diverse people on this platform. I have both a health policy/stakeholder engagement background, and lived experience with mental illness, so I look forward to hearing the different perspectives and ideas shared on EENetConnect.

I am passionate about reducing the stigma of mental illness and addictions, and I try and create space for conversations whenever I can. It is still amazing to me how quiet people get when you talk about mental illness or about struggling with your mental health. I hope that one day things will change and people will feel as comfortable talking about mental illness as they do about diabetes (which I was diagnosed with when I was 11 )

If you ever want to talk about your experience, struggles, successes or anything else, feel free to message me!

Thanks,

Rebecca

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 Hello to the EEnet Connect Community!

I am Jewel - a knowledge Broker with CAMH Health Promotion Resource Centre(HPRC). I am really passionate about health promotion, moreover, mental health promotion and have a keen interest in how where we live, work, learn and play impact our mental well-being. I firmly believe in HPRC's work since  we are working at the upstream/systems level to make significant impacts at the individual level.

I am excited to be part of this community and look forward to engaging and exchanging knowledge on mental health promotion and substance misuse prevention.

JB

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Welcome Welcome Welcome!!

I am the purple haired, heavily tattooed, EENet Connect Super Ninja who aspires to be the EENet Connect Yoda Master (Hint again Jason...I have more than enough points LOL),  who actually identifies as Princess Willow (depending on where I am) AND who just celebrated her 60th birthday (so also a dinosaur)

Betty-Lou Kristy

Lived Experience/‘Family’ Advocate- Mental Health, Addiction, Trauma & Bereavement

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Hi Everyone!

I'm Colin, an analyst for the federal government.  I work in insolvency, and I'm interested in the role that addiction, gambling, and mental health can play in forcing people to file bankruptcy.

Part of my organization's mandate is the financial rehabilitation of people who use our services here, and I'm passionate about finding new, more emphatic ways to accomplish that goal, where these types of struggles are involved;  It's not something that I'm certain the insolvency system does well at the moment, but I want to work to change that.

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Welcome Colin!

DART 1-800-565-8603 could define front line agencies in Ontario that provide support for Gambling, as well as the OLG to give you front line insight where a starting place might be.

Issues relating to substance use and financial issues will likely be tied to stigma of mental health and addiction.  Perhaps that is a way to stir the pot to increase compassion.

 

Penny

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Hi, I m Lawrence originally from Hong Kong.  Since coming to live in Toronto a few years ago, I have been an active Volunteer at the Schizophtenia Society of Ontario.  On a regular basis, I facilitate a 4-session family education course on coping with Psychosis.  I also participate in family support groups both at SSO (multicultural) and at Hong Fook Association (Chinese).  At this juncture, I am keen to learn as much insights as I could, about the Cognitive-Psychological elements underlying symptoms and behaviours, so that they could be shared with Families coping in their daily caregiving.  I believe apart from basic comprehensive knowledge about Psychosis, Families also need skills to empower them to cope with caregiving, and play meaningful roles as Partners of Recovery.  I am keen to learn and sharing with Families.  My background has been divided into public service, including policing, and business innovation for small and medium size entreprises.  I would like to devote my post-retirement career reincarnation to service in the MH circles.  It is an entirely new horizon for me.

 

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Hi everyone,

My name is Julie, I've been working as the Knowledge Exchange Lead for CAMH's PSSP in the Northwest region (Thunder Bay office) for just over a month now. I've been steadily climbing the KE learning curve and this forum has been very helpful so far - I'm looking forward to engaging with everyone! My background is in health policy and research (mostly midwifery and maternity care, Indigenous health care, and health regulation) but I am already seeing the connections in mental health and addiction issues. Happy to be here and looking forward to some fruitful discussions!

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Hi I'm David! I've just joined the Provincial System Support Program as a Knowledge Exchange Lead with the Toronto (GTA) team. I've been working at CAMH for a few years now in a clinical role and am excited about being able to start addressing some system issues through our community projects.

In particular I'm passionate about incorporating health equity considerations into our work in ways that are concrete, actionable, and informed by intersectionality. Looking forward to chatting with you all!

David

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I am Joe M.,a facilitator with Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous (O.C.A.) First Toronto.We meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month ,6:30-8:00 p.m.,followed by informal socializing ,in room 634 of the C.A.M.H.Building,250 College St.Toronto.

Meetings are open to those with OCD,as well as their supporters.There are no dues or fees,and no registration is necessary. We  are affiliated with OCA World Services(obsessivecompulsiveanonymous.org).

CONTACTS-

Jennifer-416-389-5289,jennshenouda@gmail.com

Marilyn-mjsturino@yahoo.ca

Joe-905-683-9914,jj14@rogers.com

YOU ARE NO LONGER ALONE!

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