Welcome to the Making Mental Health Matter in Alberta tool kit presented by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Alberta Division. The tool kit has been designed to provide you with materials to support your efforts in advocating for better mental health outcomes in Alberta. In any given year, one in five people will experience […]Continue readingMaking Mental Health Matter in Alberta – A Tool Kit
Reporting to the Manager, Community Engagement, CMHA Edmonton, the Caregiver Connections Peer Support Facilitator provides peer to peer family support to the parents and caregivers of dependents experiencing a mental health concern, mental illness and/or addiction. This position will support early intervention and provide family support through both individual and group meetings as critical elements […]Continue readingCaregiver Connections is Hiring! Part-Time Peer Support Facilitator
This position will work in partnership with the Healthy Campus Alberta Operations Coordinator to engage post-secondary stakeholders in Alberta around the collective priority of student mental health while supporting the development of a dynamic and engaging community of practice. The purpose of this position is two-fold. First, to build relationships with all post-secondary campuses in […]Continue readingHealthy Campus Alberta is Hiring! Knowledge and Relationship Coordinator
The opioid overdose crisis in Canada is real and growing. It claimed 4,460 lives in 2018 alone. And youth are at high risk. This toolkit is for you, whether you are an administrator, a student or a member of the faculty or staff. It is designed to help campus communities create a blueprint (or “protocol”) to […]Continue readingCMHA launches Carry It Campus Toolkit to prevent and respond to overdoses
Canada is a country of small businesses. In December 2017, there were 1.2 million employer businesses across Canada, where almost 12 million people work. Of these, 7.9% were small businesses, while just 1.9% were medium-sized. Across Canada, efforts to support entrepreneurs abound, including special financing products, entrepreneurship hubs, post-secondary programs and a growing number of government investments to encourage the […]Continue readingGoing it Alone: The mental health and wellbeing of Canada’s entrepreneurs
The considerable and growing annual cost of treating mental health problems and mental illness in Canada – $42 billion nationwide and $6.3 billion in workplaces – has brought increased attention to the early and continuous development of positive mental health. Through interventions in communities, workplaces and schools, mental health promotion cultivates positive mental health for […]Continue reading#GetLoud: Advancing Mental Health Promotion in Canada
Calls for system transformation have been issued loudly and repeatedly by youth, families, service providers, and policy makers across service sectors. Currently however, disparate jurisdictions are tackling transformation independently, often investing limited resources to gather and assess knowledge already reviewed by others and implementing initiatives that duplicate instead of leverage existing work. The Alberta Integrated Youth […]Continue readingJob Opportunity: AB-IYSI Project Director
Welcome to the Canadian Mental Health Association Election 2019 Tool Kit. The Tool Kit has been designed to provide you with materials to support your efforts in advocating for better mental health outcomes in Alberta. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Alberta Division is happy to be a voice advocating for the mental health of all Albertans during the provincial […]Continue readingMaking Mental Health Matter in Alberta – 2019 Election Toolkit
Depressive Disorders are among the most commonly diagnosed mental illness. An estimated 1 in every 4 Canadians has a degree of depression severe enough to need treatment at some time in his or her life. Depression may affect someone once or many times in their life, or it may be chronic. There are three major […]Continue reading“Do I want to live like this?”
Mental Health and Legal Cannabis in Canada October 17, 2018 As of today, the recreational use of cannabis is now legal in Canada. Canada joins Uruguay, the first country to have legalized cannabis, and several U.S. states in taking a public health approach to managing cannabis production and use. In legalizing cannabis, the Government of […]Continue readingMental Health and Legal Cannabis in Canada