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Work On Track is a program which assists job seekers with psychiatric/mental health issues to identify, access and maintain realistic employment or skills training opportunities. The next group starts July 14, 2008. To attend the group you first need to attend an orientation session. Please see the attached flyer for details.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
I wanted to bring to your attention that the Shelter, Support and Housing Administration Division at the City of Toronto has a number of exciting new job openings to be posted over the coming months which may be of particular interest.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
The attached Toronto Star feature article gives the stories of this year's recipients of CAMH's Transforming Lives awards, who will receive their awards this Thursday.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
With an interest in changing paradigms in mental health practice, the multidisciplinary group of authors analyzes issues affecting women's mental health and illnesses, critically examines literature and current research and suggests practice strategies for mental health professionals.
** Exciting news! Copies of The Last Straw! A Board Game on the Social Determinants of Health (c) are now available for purchase. Visit www.thelaststraw.ca to order a copy today!
This article by family issues reporter Andrea Gordon highlights the problems due to long waiting lists and lack of services for youth with addictions issues. It includes a helpful sidebar of current resources and services.
Please read the attached Toronto Star article for information about this new exhibit. It has been produced by the Ryerson University School of Disability Studies, and runs until July 13th at the ROM.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
The reformed human rights sytem will allow people to take their complaints directly to a tribunal for adjudication, rather than first having to go to the commission first. Please see the attached Toronto Star article for full information.
This Toronto Star article discusses the results of a study newly published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Follow the accompanying link for publisher's information about this new book.
Follow the attached link for publisher's information about this new bestseller.
Program goal 1) Enabling students to develop the knowledge and skills required to build their own research agenda designed to help make sense of how mental health and addiction affect individuals and communities. 2) Enabling students to translate their findings to researchers, clinicians, policy makers and other stakeholders.
Every two years the Self-Help Resource Centre publishes a new edition of our Directory of Mutual Aid/Self Help Groups. We need your help to expand the number and type of groups listed in our directory.
With the addition of new Sunday hours as of April 1, 2007, the Sound Times program is now open seven days a week (holidays and special closings excepted). For their complete schedule, program description and contact information, please visit their web site.
The Expanding Horizons Conference is scheduled for April 2008 in Toronto.
The Bulletin is a 10-page newsletter issued twice each month. It contains summaries of mental health-related news, announcements, job postings, and free and inexpensive things to do.
Please see the attached flyer in Adobe Acrobat pdf format for information about these programs.
Read the attached article by Toronto Star columnist Helen Henderson, to find out the latest word from federal Health Minister Tony Clement's office on acting on this recommendation from the "Out of the Shadows At Last" report.
Network explores consumer and family involvement The fall 2006 issue of CMHA Ontario's Network magazine, featuring articles about consumer and family involvement in the mental health system, is now available online.
Recently the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ordered inquests into the deaths of two persons who were involuntary psychiatric patients in Toronto institutions when they died. This overruled the Coroner's Act, which allowed inquests into the deaths of persons in psychiatric facilities under involuntary detention to be up to the discretion of the coroner. However, now the Attorney General and Chief Coroner have filed a notice of appeal. ("Province appeals ruling allowing two inquests", by Heba Aly, Staff Reporter, Toronto Star, Monday, June 26, 2006, page B4)
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