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The Future Ready Initiative and the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division collaborate to promote mental health resources

September 8, 2023 – The past few years have been an unprecedented time of change and challenge. Through difficult times, it is common to feel stressed, anxious and overwhelmed. The Future Ready Initiative (FRI) and the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC) are excited to collaborate in building awareness of mental health challenges, […]Continue readingThe Future Ready Initiative and the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division collaborate to promote mental health resources

Expressions of Interest: Peer Assisted Care Teams 2023

The Canadian Mental Health Association – BC Division will be administering the request for expression of interest “REOI” for community-based organizations to lead Peer Assisted Care Teams in three communities: Comox Valley, Kamloops, and Prince George. In 2022, the Province of BC committed $10 million for new and existing Peer Assisted Care Teams. These […]Continue readingExpressions of Interest: Peer Assisted Care Teams 2023

New teams will help people in mental-health, substance-use crisis in Prince George, Kamloops and the Comox Valley

VANCOUVER, BC – (July 7, 2023): People experiencing a mental-health or substance-use crisis in Prince George, Kamloops and the Comox Valley will soon have access to a new community-led crisis response team. The team will be made up of peers with lived experience and mental-health professionals who will serve people aged 13 and above in […]Continue readingNew teams will help people in mental-health, substance-use crisis in Prince George, Kamloops and the Comox Valley

Get moving this June in support of mental health in BC

June 1, 2023 – Victoria, BC – The Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC) is proud to announce two annual fundraisers occurring this June: Ride Don’t Hide and the Shoppers Drug Mart Run for Women. Get moving for mental health and join us to show your community they are not alone. “CMHA BC […]Continue readingGet moving this June in support of mental health in BC

New supportive employment services help people in recovery

Centres selected to participate in the pilot are Turning Points Collaborative Society, Connective, ASK Wellness Society, Penticton Recovery Resource Society and 333 Recovery Homes VERNON, BC – (May 19, 2023): People recovering from mental-health and addiction challenges will benefit from a new pilot program that integrates employment services within treatment and recovery centres. “We all […]Continue readingNew supportive employment services help people in recovery

New data reveals that 87% of people living in Canada want universal mental health care

Research found that almost all Canadians would like access to free, publicly funded mental health care TORONTO, ON – (May 1, 2023): People living in Canada believe that we are in a mental health crisis and that governments are not doing enough about it. A recent survey conducted for the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) found […]Continue readingNew data reveals that 87% of people living in Canada want universal mental health care

Enhanced training will create safe and inclusive workplaces

VICTORIA, BC – (March 10, 2023): Employers will have access to more free online resources helping them build and maintain psychologically safe and healthy workplaces thanks to a $700,000 provincial grant to the B.C. division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA-BC). “Everyone deserves to work in a safe and supportive environment” said Sheila Malcolmson, […]Continue readingEnhanced training will create safe and inclusive workplaces

BC Budget 2023: Another historic investment in mental health and substance use care

VICTORIA, BC – (February 28, 2023): Mental health and substance use funding announced in today’s B.C. Provincial Government’s 2023 Budget means the Province will add $1 billion in new resources on mental health and substance use care over the next three years. “We are pleased to see such a robust new investment of $1 billion […]Continue readingBC Budget 2023: Another historic investment in mental health and substance use care

Emergency Departments aren’t the cure for our mental health crisis, but there’s nowhere else to turn

Act for Mental Health calls for the promised Canada Mental Health Transfer now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, BC (November 18, 2022) – With rising mental health care needs and Emergency Departments stretched past their limits, Canada must act now to cover mental health care, both before and after people are in crisis. So says the […]Continue readingEmergency Departments aren’t the cure for our mental health crisis, but there’s nowhere else to turn

Mental Health Crisis Call Service Operators Announced for New Westminster and Victoria

VICTORIA, BC – (October 6, 2022): First piloted in North and West Vancouver in November 2021, with additional investment from the Province of BC, communities in New Westminster and Victoria can expect Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACT) to be a new resource of person-centered trauma-informed crisis support. “Crisis situations that are met with community-based care […]Continue readingMental Health Crisis Call Service Operators Announced for New Westminster and Victoria