It’s CMHA Mental Health Week. Let’s #GetReal about how to help.
It's CMHA Mental Health Week. Let's #GetReal about how to help. Every May for the last 71 years, Canadians in communities, schools, workplaces and the House of Commons have rallied around CMHA Mental Health Week. Just as Canadians are experiencing pandemic fatigue...
VIMHS is hiring casual mental health support workers
Mental Health Support Worker (Casual), Nanaimo -- The Mental Health Support Worker (MHSW), under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides support to adult residents with mental health and addiction issues. The MHSW facilitates life skill development using the...
Who is homeless? Why? What is being done to help? What can I do?
AUDIO | Homelessness is a huge problem in North America – and all over the world. But who is homeless? Why? What is being done to address the situation? What can I do? These questions and many more are addressed in Shelter, a book for readers aged nine to 12 and the...
Bell Let’s Talk: A catalyst for support and self-disclosure, or corporate greed?
AUDIO | For years, the stigma around depression has caused many to suffer in silence. Since its launch by Canadian telecommunications giant Bell Canada in 2010, the Bell Let’s Talk campaign has aimed to change the narrative around mental health. But Bell itself has...
The toxic illicit drug supply claimed the lives of at least 2,224 British Columbians in 2021
AUDIO | The toxic illicit drug supply claimed the lives of at least 2,224 British Columbians in 2021, according to preliminary data released by the BC Coroners Service. “Over the past seven years, our province has experienced a devastating loss of life due to a toxic...
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VIMHS is hiring casual mental health support workers
Mental Health Support Worker (Casual), Nanaimo -- The Mental Health Support Worker (MHSW), under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides support to adult residents with mental health and addiction issues. The MHSW facilitates life skill development using the...
Q’waxsem Place in Campbell River one year later
Residents at the VIMHS Q’waxsem Place supportive housing facility in Campbell River celebrated their first anniversary in the building last month. A 50 unit apartment supportive housing complex on Dogwood Street, Q’waxsem Place was opened officially in February, 2021....
VIMHS is hiring staff for a sobering and assessment centre in Nanaimo
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society is hiring a Sobering and Assessment Centre coordinator and workers for a new program in Nanaimo. The Sobering and Assessment Centre Coordinator oversees the day-to-day operations of the centre by providing supervision of staff...
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Month over month, people in BC continue to lose their lives to the poisoned drug supply in record numbers
Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has released the following statement regarding the BC Coroners Service’s report on illicit drug toxicity deaths for April 2021: “Month over month, people in British Columbia continue to lose their lives to...
Solving the problems in mental health care
Dealing with a mental illness is challenging enough, but more often the biggest challenge is in accessing timely help and getting the right treatment. Veteran mental-health leader Dr. David Goldbloom knows this problem well and addresses the solutions in his new book,...
Campbell River students welcome homeless to the neighbourhood
When a $10.4 million supportive housing project for the homeless was announced in Campbell River, it wasn’t completely popular with local residents. “Neighbours were concerned, businesses in the area too, and a lot was mentioned about the neighbouring schools in the...
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Finding the right door to knock on: Mental health support
AUDIO | "When it comes to reaching out, it often is about finding the right door to knock on," according to Jonny Morris, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division. Jonny Morris spoke with People First Radio about navigating the public system for...
Growing concerns about seniors in Campbell River losing homes, fearing the loss of homes
The John Howard Society of North Island offers a range of programs and services including homeless outreach and prevention, a program that connects people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with housing and community-based support services. Almost 50 per cent...
Aboriginal Youth Navigators work to help youth aging out of Ministry care
Youth homelessness refers to young people between the ages of 13 and 24 who are living independently of parents and/or caregivers, and importantly, lack many of the social supports deemed necessary for the transition from childhood to adulthood. In such circumstances,...
