In this edition of our Mental Health Check-up with the Mike Farwell show on 570 News, our Director of Strategy and Community Engagement Alison DeMuy talks about our #ShowYourSole campaign launching November 22nd. The campaign aims to raise awareness about mental health, people will paint the bottom of the shoes teal (the colour of mental […]Continue readingNovember Mental health Check-up Mike Farwell Show
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Innovations in Care: Ethics Framework and Committee
Since 2016, the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington has had an ethics committee and formal process to discuss ethical dilemmas. Why does a community mental health organization need an ethics committee? Anytime and anywhere, an organization is involved in the health and well-being of others, there will always be a need for an ethics […]Continue readingInnovations in Care: Ethics Framework and Committee
Join us for An Evening of Sole: Featuring Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida
Celebrate the launch of our Show Your Sole Campaign! NOV.22.2019, 6PM to 9PM Catalyst137 | Kitchener, ON Click here to learn more and purchase tickets Continue readingJoin us for An Evening of Sole: Featuring Chantal Kreviazuk and Raine Maida
Here4Hope 2019 Event Featuring Cheryl Pounder, Gold Medal Champion
Join the Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington, the County of Wellington, Wellington OPP, and community partners as we continue the conversation about mental health and suicide. Here4Hope brings you Cheryl Pounder two-time Olympic gold medalist to the Centre Wellington Sportsplex on Tuesday December 3rd – 6:30pm. Please register below: Cheryl Pounder, Gold Medal Champion […]Continue readingHere4Hope 2019 Event Featuring Cheryl Pounder, Gold Medal Champion
Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington to Participate in Accreditation Process November 18-21st
The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington is committed to improving client care. From November 18-21st, CMHA WW will be participating in the Accreditation Canada evaluation. Accreditation is a process that enables us to elevate and improve the quality and safety of our services through peer review and self-assessment. Accreditation is a key tool to […]Continue readingCanadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington to Participate in Accreditation Process November 18-21st
Faces of CMHA: Monique Lizon, Occupational Therapist with 1st Step Program
It’s Occupational Therapy month! We have OT’s working on many different teams CMHA Waterloo Wellington. OT’s help people across the lifespan participate in the things they want and need to do through the therapeutic use of everyday activities. Following completion of a student practicum with the 1st Step program in January 2015, I became inspired […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA: Monique Lizon, Occupational Therapist with 1st Step Program
Faces of CMHA: Paul Pakeman, Peer Navigator Cambridge Memorial Hospital
I wanted to help people through their recovery. Recovery as a therapeutic medium, wellness based focus, allowing people to see themselves through a different lens – that they are more than their illness. The Peer role adds value to that recovery, enhancing the recovery principles. 1. What is involved in your role? The focus of […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA: Paul Pakeman, Peer Navigator Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Innovations in Care: Celebrating Global Peer Support Day by Recognizing Self Help & Peer Support at CMHA WW
Peer workers are individuals with experience living with a mental illness or addiction issues, who are trained to act as a guide through the mental health system, but they are so much more, a peer worker is living breathing proof that recovery happens. Peer workers share experiences – something that a counsellor or medical professional […]Continue readingInnovations in Care: Celebrating Global Peer Support Day by Recognizing Self Help & Peer Support at CMHA WW
Faces of CMHA: Tonya Evans, Peer Navigator Self Help
I feel it in my core that this is where I need to be, that I am doing something purposeful and meaningful. I know what it feels like to suffer and support people who are suffering. I am motivated to help the many people who are suffering and struggling and if I can be a […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA: Tonya Evans, Peer Navigator Self Help
Faces of CMHA: Anson Liu, Psychiatrist
I support people in the agency in a variety of ways including treatment planning, supporting ongoing patient care (medication and psychotherapy), working with clinicians for psychotherapy supervision, as well as working with management on assessing, improving and expanding the quality of our services. We work with patients on social and recreational aspects of their life […]Continue readingFaces of CMHA: Anson Liu, Psychiatrist