The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) believes that every child deserves to feel proud of who they are and to embrace their true selves, no matter who they are, where they are from, or what they look like. We affirm the right of children to express their gender identity and to live, study and play […]Continue readingLet the kids be who they are – without fear
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is profoundly concerned that Budget 2023 did not include the promised Canada Mental Health Transfer. Failing to establish the Transfer is an abdication of responsibility on a long-awaited policy and mandate priority. The Liberal’s 2021 election platform, and subsequent mandate letters to the health ministers, committed to developing a new, […]Continue readingBudget 2023 out of touch with mental health crisis
(Montreal / Toronto, Jan 26, 2023) – A new report by McGill University Faculty of Education researchers shows Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Ontario’s Talk Today program is making a positive impact on athletes in the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). Talk Today in the CJHL: An evaluation of a mental health program in junior hockey […]Continue readingMcGill research reveals positive impact of CMHA Ontario’s Talk Today program in Canadian Junior Hockey League
From: Canadian Institutes of Health Research News release The Integrated Youth Services Network of Networks connects integrated youth service hubs across Canada to create a learning health system to improve health outcomes for youth November 28, 2022 – Toronto, ON – Canadian Institutes of Health Research Research shows that 75% of mental illness begins before age […]Continue readingThe Government of Canada and partners establish a Canada-wide network to support integrated mental health and substance use services for youth
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 FREDERICTON NB (November 14, 2022) – With rising mental health care needs and Emergency Departments stretched past their limits, Canada must act now to cover mental […]Continue readingACT for Mental Health
Health Canada Provides $2M to Support Mental Health Project for Post-Secondary Students May 6, 2022 | Fredericton, NB | Health Canada Post-secondary students are among those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, with social isolation, virtual learning challenges, job insecurity, and financial hardship having a profound impact on their mental health and well-being. Since the […]Continue readingHealth Canada Provides $2M to Support Mental Health Project for Post-Secondary Students
Join us for Exploring Empathy: A Canadian Conversation Join us to kick off CMHA Mental Health Week on May 2 at 1pm AST with a virtual conversation exploring empathy with three very passionate speakers and advocates. Join Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, award-winning humanitarian and CMHA National Volunteer; Michael Landsberg, Mental Health Speaker & Founder of #SickNotWeak; […]Continue readingJoin us for Exploring Empathy: A Canadian Conversation
Sleep Country raises awareness about sleep’s connection to mental health this World Sleep Day A portion of proceeds from all sales on World Sleep Day will be donated to the Canadian Mental Health Association to enable better sleep and wellbeing (TORONTO, ON) – March 14, 2022 – Sleep Country Canada Holdings Inc. (“Sleep Country” or […]Continue readingSleep Country raises awareness about sleep’s connection to mental health this World Sleep Day
Most Canadians worry COVID will never go away New research shows chronic stress taking toll on individuals and organizations Mar. 1, 2022 – Far from feeling the pandemic is over, most people in Canada are stressed about what’s next, with 64% worried about new variants and 57% worried about COVID-19 circulating in the population for […]Continue readingMost Canadians worry COVID will never go away
CMHA welcomes Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as National Volunteer FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO (ONTARIO) February 1, 2022 – We at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) are thrilled to welcome Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as our first National Volunteer. In this role, Sophie will build on her long history as a mental health advocate to help promote […]Continue readingCMHA welcomes Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as National Volunteer