Interested in sharing valuable feedback from your experiences to help CMHA improve its services? Willing to share in a group setting? If you are a family member of someone who has had experience with CMHA Waterloo Wellington services, we welcome you to consider joining our Family Council. What do we mean by family? Family refers […]Continue readingCMHA WW recruiting new members for Family Council
All CMHA WW Staff will be Required to be Fully Vaccinated by December 16, 2021 After consultation with our staff, our health care partners, and our community, the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington (CMHAWW) will require all of our employees, volunteers, students, board members and external contractors to be fully vaccinated to ensure the […]Continue readingCMHA WW Protects Employees & Clients With New Vaccine Requirements
In this edition of our Mental Health Check-up with the Mike Farwell show on 570 News, CEO Helen Fishburn talks about World Homelessness Day and the recent Ontario government throne speech. The Ontario government recently laid out its priorities during the throne speech, which included pandemic response, increasing vaccination rates of Ontarians, expanding and improving […]Continue readingOctober Mental Health Check-up with Mike Farwell
As individuals and organizations recognize World Homelessness Day and World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, CMHA Waterloo Wellington is reminding the community that housing is key to the recovery for many people with mental health issues. Individuals with serious mental health conditions frequently identify income and housing as the most important factors in achieving […]Continue readingImportance of housing for mental health highlighted on October 10
A CMHA WW IMPACT worker will be stationed on campus to help those who may need support afterhours during a mental health crisis A pilot project is launching October 21st between The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington and the University of Guelph that will see an IMPACT (Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team) worker […]Continue readingCMHA WW Partnering with University Of Guelph To Station An IMPACT (Integrated Mobile Police And Crisis) Worker On Campus
What is involved in your role? As the Manager in Adult Intensive Services, I oversee the Cambridge Flexible Assertive Community Treatment Team (FACTT) and Cambridge Specialized Outreach Service team. I mainly provide support and consult to the amazing and skillful staff that are on these teams and collaborate with community partners. Why did you become […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA WW: Tania Resendes, Manager of Intensive Services
Hockey’s back! As players across the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) lace up for another season, CMHA Waterloo Wellington is proud to support the Guelph Storm and the Kitchener Rangers with Talk Today, a suicide-prevention and mental health awareness program, for the 2021-22 season. Talk Today was created in 2014 in partnership with the OHL and […]Continue readingTalk Today is back!
CMHA Waterloo Wellington joins Canadians across the country in observing the country’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30. The day was established by the federal government to honour survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a […]Continue readingCMHA commemorates Truth and Reconciliation Day
What is involved in your role? I am the Peer Navigator with the Support After Suicide team along with a Mental Health Clinician and an OPP officer. We serve the rural population of Wellington County. Together we reach out to those impacted by a suicide and provide support and guidance as they cope with their […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA WW: Jane Brown, Peer Navigator with the Support After Suicide Team
In this edition of our Mental Health Check-up with the Mike Farwell show on 570 News, CEO Helen Fishburn talks about World Suicide Prevention Day. Fishburn speaks about how suicide is a difficult topic to talk about, but how important it is to open up the conversation and reach in to help those in pain. […]Continue readingSeptember Mental Health Check-up with Mike Farwell