Register now for the Provincial HSJCC 2021 Conference Community Justice: Transforming Practices in a New World, which will be held virtually from November 16 – 17, 2021. The conference is the network’s premiere educational event, bringing together over 400 professionals from across the human services and justice sector to share promising practices, build cross-sector networks […]Continue readingRegistration is Now Open for the Provincial HSJCC 2021 Virtual Conference
Thursday, June 23, 2021 Contact: Caitlin McIntosh, Communications and Community Relations Specialist cmcintosh@cmhahkpr.ca For Immediate Release Subject: CMHA HKPR’s Virtual Ride Don’t Hide Closing Ceremony Date: Sunday, June 27th, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. Location: Virtual via Zoom (link included below) The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (CMHA HKPR) is pleased to invite […]Continue readingMedia Advisory – CMHA HKPR’s Virtual Ride Don’t Hide Closing Ceremony
Date: Thursday, May 13th, 2021 Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: Facebook Live (@cmhahkpr) The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) is pleased to invite media to attend a Facebook Live cheque presentation on Thursday, May 13th at 3:00 p.m. as Herod Financial Services donates $20,000 to C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.’s Journeying Together program. Herod […]Continue readingJoin C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R. for a Facebook Live Cheque Presentation as Herod Financial Services Donates $20K to the Journeying Together Program
New information released by The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN), the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario/Ontario Forensic Pathology Service and Public Health Ontario shows that 2020 was the most tragic year on record in opioid-related deaths, with 249 deaths reported in December 2020 alone. There were 2,426 opioid-related deaths reported in 2020, […]Continue readingOpioid-Related Deaths at All-Time High
CMHA and UBC release data on emotional impact of the pandemic for Mental Health Week The pandemic is taking an emotional toll on people in Canada, as 77% of adults report feeling so-called negative emotions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The five most common responses across Canada were ‘worried or anxious,’ ‘bored,’ ‘stressed,’ […]Continue readingHow Are We Feeling? Canadians are Worried, Bored, Stressed, Lonely and Sad
It is CMHA’s 70th Mental Health Week, and this year we took the pulse of Canada’s emotions and found that the pandemic has taken its toll. This according to the latest round of research from CMHA and UBC researchers, which found that 77% of adults report feeling ‘worried or anxious,’ ‘bored,’ ‘stressed,’ ‘lonely or isolated’ and […]Continue readingCMHA HKPR Celebrates the 70th Annual Mental Health Week
Each year at our Annual General Meeting in September, the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) presents awards honouring the contributions and achievements of people who work to improve the mental health of our community. This includes volunteers, community leaders, individuals with lived experience of mental illness and their family members. C.M.H.A. […]Continue readingCall for Nominations for Community Mental Health Awards and Annual Tam Grant Bursary
With news of this week’s stay-at-home order, the Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) reminds people that they can take some simple and basic steps to help them manage their mental health during these challenging times. It’s normal to feel anxious. Try not to avoid, ignore or suppress anxious thoughts. Instead, […]Continue readingTry Simple, Helpful Methods to Manage Mental Health During this Stay-at-Home Period
The Canadian Mental Health Association Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge (C.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.) is pleased to announce that we have been selected as the recipient of the latest donation from the 100 Women of Kawartha Lakes, receiving $12,925 to go towards our Assertive Outreach for Suicide Prevention (A.O.S.P.) program in Kawartha Lakes. The donation was presented to […]Continue reading100 Women of Kawartha Lakes Donates Nearly $13K to CMHA HKPR’s Assertive Outreach for Suicide Prevention Program
For Immediate Release: April 1, 2021 Release Subject: Fifth Annual (Virtual) Ride Don’t Hide Date: June, 2021 Location: […]Continue readingC.M.H.A. H.K.P.R.’s Fifth Annual (Virtual) Ride Don’t Hide