Canadian Mental Health Association introduces BounceBack® National expansion supported with funds from Bell Let’s Talk Toronto, November 18, 2020 – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) today announced the introduction of CMHA’s BounceBack® program to residents in the Atlantic provinces, Québec, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Yukon, and further expansion of the program in Manitoba thanks […]Continue readingCMHA expands BounceBack® nationwide with funds from Bell Let’s Talk

By Margaret Eaton, National CEO, Canadian Mental Health Association When COVID-19 forced us all to shut down our way of life as we knew it last spring, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) warned that Canada must act quickly to prevent an echo pandemic of mental illness. That echo pandemic is already reverberating. Read the […]Continue readingOPINION: Mental health key to economic recovery, but we’re running out of time

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mental health leaders gather to confront despair and injustice Toronto (ONTARIO) October 20, 2020 – Today, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) hosts its fifth annual Mental Health for All Conference (#MH4A), held virtually for the first time. This unique, national gathering brings together over 800 mental health leaders, providers, front-line workers, […]Continue readingMental health leaders gather to confront despair and injustice

Each October, people across Canada speak up for Mental Illness Awareness Week. This year, it is being marked from October 4 –10. It’s a week of public education and awareness that encourages Canadians to learn about mental illness and share their experiences with it. This year’s theme for Mental Illness Awareness Week is There is […]Continue reading#MIAW20: There is no health without mental health

The community-based research project, Muslim Women’s Mental Health, asked Muslim women in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) to describe their first-hand experiences of mental health and mental health services. This kind of qualitative research is based on the wisdom that if you want to know how – and if – services and supports […]Continue readingMuslim women’s mental health: a study

The idea of a Universal Basic Income is to provide a no strings attached payment to all Canadians of working age to cover their basic needs. It would be a minimum income provided to everyone, rich or poor, employed or not, and funded by our progressive tax system.Continue readingThe Universal Basic Income: an idea whose time has come?

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extreme national anxiety with mental health effects like nothing we have seen before. Research suggests that Canadians will still be struggling with their mental health long after a vaccine is available. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has made the case to the federal government that it must act now to respond to an “echo pandemic”. A healthy population and a healthy workforce will only be possible with the right […]Continue readingCMHA calls on government to respond to “echo pandemic”