Please donate to support our human rights policy work for dignity and respect Seeking help can be scary. Will it change how people treat me? Will it change how I feel about myself? Will I lose my right to make decisions about my own care? For some, seeking help for a mental illness or substance […]Continue readingGive the Gift of Respect
The holidays are the busiest time of the year for long-distance travel. Airports are crowded and chaotic, winter weather conditions can throw us curveballs and unforeseen circumstances can trigger a lot of stress. When leaving your usual routine and surroundings, and adding the overall stress of travel, challenges might come up that trigger symptoms of […]Continue reading10 Tips for Surviving Winter Holiday Travel
Together, we can raise our voices and work with communities, workplaces and schools to build healthier, more inclusive environments. Continue readingGive the building blocks for health
We are seeking a program manager for Confident Parents: Thriving Kids, a telephone-based coaching service that brings helpful skills to parents of young children experiencing behavioural problems. The program manager ensures that the program is successfully meeting its mandate, while overseeing staff, operations and future program growth. This includes leading program implementation and evaluation, ensuring […]Continue readingJob Posting: Program Manager, Confident Parents: Thriving Kids
Thousands of families across British Columbia have suffered the loss of a loved one to overdose, and thousands more struggle to support a child or loved one living with a substance use disorder. Two new handbooks written in collaboration with people who have first-hand experience with substance use and loss aim to help British Columbian […]Continue readingNew resources to support BC families impacted by substance use
I am so thankful to live in a place where everyone has access to health care. But what if you were turned away from your doctor because you were told you weren’t sick enough to be treated? Sadly, this happens all too often to those seeking care for a mental illness or substance use problem. […]Continue readingThis Giving Tuesday, give the gift of mental health
CMHA BC is seeking candidates to help lead the implementation and quality assurance of a new program to support parents and caregivers of children with anxiety problems. The program is an expansion of our Confident Parents: Thriving Kids program. Both positions will be based out of CMHA BC’s Victoria office, located in Victoria, BC. Please […]Continue readingJob Posting: Program Manager and Leader for parent support program
Today, National Philanthropy Day, we’d like to thank and celebrate you for supporting the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division.Continue readingThank you this National Philanthropy Day
Living with a mental illness can make you feel isolated. The stigma associated with mental illness doesn’t help, either. The typical route to recovery can involve counselling and medication. But, there’s a powerful recovery tool that is often left untapped. This tool is peer support. A peer supporter is an individual with experience living with […]Continue readingCelebrating peer support across the globe
As of today, the recreational use of cannabis is now legal in Canada. Canada joins Uruguay, the first country to have legalized cannabis, and several U.S. states in taking a public health approach to manage cannabis production and use. In legalizing cannabis, the Government of Canada is taking a bold step in ending the criminalization […]Continue readingMental Health and Legal Cannabis in Canada