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CMHA-ER: Welcoming Prosper Place into the CMHA family
It’s officially been two months since Canadian Mental Health Association-Edmonton Region and Prosper Place joined forces as one organization, to continue under the Canadian Mental Health Association – Edmonton Region (CMHA-ER) banner.
Improving Wellbeing through Social Research and Development
RECOVER Urban Wellbeing works to improve individual and community wellbeing. Here’s a bit about their research and approach.
Celebrating 5 Years for EMCN’s Rainbow Refuge Program
EMCN’s Rainbow Refuge program celebrates 5 years in 2022 and continues to educate, advocate, and serve the LGBTQ+ community.
Get Moving for Mental Health: Ride Don’t Hide
Read on for details about Canadian Mental Health Association Edmonton’s event that runs throughout the month of June!
Addictions Don’t Discriminate: Building Connection through Storytelling
This in-person interactive exhibit that takes participants on the journeys of real people whose lives have been impacted by addiction. It is designed to inspire understanding, empathy and action, and is now available to organizations to host.
The Living Nature of Living Hope – Highlights from the Collaborative Renewal Process
Key insights and highlights from the collaborative process to refresh Living Hope: Edmonton’s community-based plan to prevent suicide.
Brite Line: Bringing Hope to the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
Brite Line creates a safe space where the 2SLGBTQIA+ community can connect with supports free of judgment or stigma. It operates 24/7 and can be reached at 1-844-702-7483.
Love Letter to Men
To say that the inaugural Love Letter to Men Forum on Men's Mental Health was a massive success would be a complete understatement. The amount of collaboration from organizers, presenters and participants was incredible.
What’s Kicking at Kickstand
In 2020, “AB-IYSI” began engaging youth & families in Alberta. Since then, we’ve built: our brand Kickstand, e-mental health interventions & core partnerships for our virtual clinic launching this year.
Red Road Spring Message
In a few more weeks, we will see the lovely crocuses poking their heads out of the prairie grasslands; to once again, reflect the joy and beauty of spring. The MIRACLE and the continued RENEWAL of life!!
Hope to Heal
Spruce Grove's Dochas Psychological Services and Stony Plain's Coordinated Suicide Prevention Program have come together to offer a support group for those who have attempted suicide; the only one of its kind in western Canada.
Living Life to the Full!
Want to know how to feel happier, more confident and worry less right now? Would you like to learn new ways of dealing with life’s challenges? Living Life to the Full is a fun,interactive online course offered by CMHA Edmonton that will leave you with the inspiration and tools to get the most out of life!
Edmonton Suicide Trends Report: Exploring Suicide-Related Injury Rates in Edmonton
Living Hope’s Research and Surveillance Committee is pleased to present the Edmonton Suicide Trends Report, an exploration of Edmonton’s suicide-related injury rates at a local level.
Introducing the Community Engagement Framework
The Community Mental Health Engagement Framework was developed to support people looking to engage their communities in impactful ways around the conversation of mental health.
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Buffering toxic stress to build sturdy brain architecture and promote resilience
Toxic stress can derail brain development and result in poor physical and mental health and addiction. Fortunately, science tells us how to combat toxic stress: build resilience through positive supports.
Imagine Institute for Learning
As Edmontonians continue to navigate the challenges posed by the pandemic, the need for education and compassion around mental wellbeing, both in our personal and professional lives, continues to grow.
Brick Learning Centre Story
The power of love at the BRICK Learning Centre: Transforming students’ lives through caring relationships
How the Distress Centre Calgary implemented Canada’s first peer chat and text service for youth in distress: ConnecTeen
Realizing their telephone-based teen distress line was underutilized, DCC decided to try something new, and became the first organization in Canada to offer an online peer chat and texting service for youth in distress, now known as ConnecTeen.
Institutionalizing Empathy-led Security at Edmonton City Centre, Paladin Security and QuadReal Property Group
This story picks up from where we left off in the Shared Wisdom story, “From enforcement to coffee and compassion: Trauma-informed care at Edmonton City Centre” that described a sea change in how security services are conceived and delivered at Edmonton City Centre (ECC).
Making a difference: When effective training meets people and settings ready for change
What is it about some forms of training that inspire people to put evidence and new ideas into practice? We explored the training provided by the Imagine Institute for Learning under the umbrella of the Community Mental Health Action Plan.