Vancouver Island Mental Health Society Annual General Meeting — Tuesday June 25, 2019
Please join us at our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday June 25th, 2019. VIMHS is sustained by community involvement and interest. Our members are community advocates and help guide our efforts to support adults in our community with mental health and substance use...
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Police officers find ways to cope with PTSD through group-therapy
Patricia Davies’s Toronto living room has become a refuge for police officers across Ontario. Every Wednesday, a cluster of officers settles in for an exclusive police-only group-therapy session; as far as Ms. Davies knows, the lone one of its kind in Canada. Read the...
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Traumatic brain injury and its links to homelessness
AUDIO | Homelessness and poverty are significant social problems across Canada and the United States and there is growing evidence suggesting that Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the complex issues leading an individual to homelessness. It’s also becoming...
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Boundary Crescent, housing with supports, marks 3 successful years in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Supportive housing assists people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the goal of promoting long-term health and well-being for both the residents and the overall community. Boundary Crescent is one of several housing facilities with supports in...
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Working to make housing affordable in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Affordable housing is a major issue across Canada. Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society is growing its stock of housing, from social housing to family housing to housing for single adults and various types of supportive housing. The organization builds...
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Vancouver Island Mental Health Society Annual General Meeting — Tuesday June 25, 2019
Please join us at our Annual General Meeting on Tuesday June 25th, 2019. VIMHS is sustained by community involvement and interest. Our members are community advocates and help guide our efforts to support adults in our community with mental health and substance use...
read moreVIMHS is hiring casual Mental Health Rehabilitation, Tenant Support and Sobering and Assessment Workers
VIMHS provides continuous support for individuals with mental health, addiction, and/or cognitive challenges. Our philosophy of care is grounded in psycho-social rehabilitation. We are currently hiring casual Mental Health Rehabilitation Workers, Tenant Support...
read moreWorld Bipolar Day aims to build awareness and eliminate social stigma
World Bipolar Day -- an initiative of the Asian Network of Bipolar Disorder, the International Bipolar Foundation, and the International Society for Bipolar Disorders -- will be celebrated each year on March 30th, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously...
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Police officers find ways to cope with PTSD through group-therapy
Patricia Davies’s Toronto living room has become a refuge for police officers across Ontario. Every Wednesday, a cluster of officers settles in for an exclusive police-only group-therapy session; as far as Ms. Davies knows, the lone one of its kind in Canada. Read the...
read moreB.C.’s social housing projects are facing delays
Housing projects are known for delays, but the problem has gotten much worse recently for both private and non-profit projects, as builders struggle with labour shortages, delays in getting materials, increasingly inexperienced work crews and more in what was a very...
read moreMy on-again, off-again relationship with anxiety has taught me a lot
Dear Anxiety, We’ve been together for a long time now. I’m 40 and we’ve dated on and off for years – since my twenties. We even played together occasionally as kids. To be honest, I never saw relationship material coming from you. I thought we’d long outgrown each...
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Traumatic brain injury and its links to homelessness
AUDIO | Homelessness and poverty are significant social problems across Canada and the United States and there is growing evidence suggesting that Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the complex issues leading an individual to homelessness. It’s also becoming...
read moreBoundary Crescent, housing with supports, marks 3 successful years in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Supportive housing assists people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, with the goal of promoting long-term health and well-being for both the residents and the overall community. Boundary Crescent is one of several housing facilities with supports in...
read moreWorking to make housing affordable in Nanaimo
AUDIO | Affordable housing is a major issue across Canada. Nanaimo Affordable Housing Society is growing its stock of housing, from social housing to family housing to housing for single adults and various types of supportive housing. The organization builds...
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