CMHA Waterloo Wellington is encouraging Ontarians to take a stand for equitable access to mental health and addictions care for Zero Discrimination Day. Held annually on March 1, Zero Discrimination Day is an annual campaign which aims to celebrate diversity and reject discrimination in all its forms. CMHA recognizes that stigma and discrimination is a […]Continue readingCMHA takes a stand for Zero Discrimination Day
On February 28, individuals and organizations across the country will come together to celebrate Pink Shirt Day, an annual anti-bullying campaign. Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and online. Pink Shirt Day aims to raise awareness of these issues, as well as raise funds to support programs that foster children’s healthy […]Continue readingCMHA supports Pink Shirt Day
I’d like to introduce ED. ED has been with me for as long as I can remember. At some point, ED moved in permanently and we become so intertwined that you couldn’t tell where ED began and I ended. I didn’t realize ED was always with me until about a year ago when I was […]Continue readingRecovery Blog: “I am good enough” — one woman’s recovery journey from an eating disorder
Addictions and Mental Health Ontario (AMHO) and Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario (CMHA Ontario) are joining forces to call on political parties to commit to urgently-needed investments in mental health and addictions care. To help influence the June 7, 2018 provincial election, AMHO has released Where Change Happens, an action plan that calls for new […]Continue readingChampions call for increased funding for mental health and addictions care
High school and middle school students from across Waterloo Region gathered at the Victoria Park Pavilion for WAYVE’s 2018 Conference, Healthy Minds & Healthy Hearts. Students shared reasons to be thankful on a Gratitude Wall and heard from speakers about the importance of supporting one another, the benefits of mindfulness, believing in oneself, and recovery […]Continue readingWAYVE Conference draws crowd to Victoria Park
CMHA Waterloo Wellington is thrilled to have author, speaker and mental health advocate Jeff Emmerson join the 2018 Ride Don’t Hide as an Ambassador. A native of Waterloo, Ontario, Emmerson has amassed over a million social media followers through sharing his mental health journey and co-authoring Beyond ADHD. He continues to advocate passionately for mental […]Continue readingRide Don’t Hide Ambassador Spotlight: Jeff Emmerson
Two years after the launch of IMPACT, the Guelph Police Service and CMHA Waterloo Wellington continue to see encouraging results. Since 2015, the joint venture – short for Integrated Mobile Police and Crisis Team – has transformed the way mental health, addiction and crisis-related calls are handled, enabling specially-trained Mental Health Clinicians to attend calls […]Continue readingGuelph Police and CMHA WW seeing progress through continued IMPACT partnership
Mental health affects us all. This February, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Waterloo Wellington branch is teaming up with the Guelph Storm and Kitchener Rangers to raise awareness about the issue in their fourth annual Talk Today awareness games, presented by Teachers Life. The campaign is part of an ongoing partnership between the Kitchener […]Continue readingCMHA Waterloo Wellington teams up with Storm, Rangers to shine spotlight on mental health through Talk Today
This year, people in Waterloo Region, Guelph, and Wellington County have an opportunity to push for lasting change on Bell Let’s Talk Day. Sign the petition at erasethedifference.ca and send a strong message to provincial election candidates that mental health and addictions care in Ontario should be funded the same as physical health care. The […]Continue readingBell Let’s Talk Day a reminder of Ontario’s lack of mental health and addictions funding
Emily’s first brush with her son’s psychosis happened in the middle of the night. “Kellen was pounding on the bedroom door,” she says. “The lights were all on, and I knew something was clearly wrong. He was agitated, and pacing, and having a difficult time.” Kellen, home from university, had begun spending more and more […]Continue reading“You’re not in it all alone”: A mother’s story of her son’s psychosis