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CMHA-S/M joins organizations across the country this week in celebrating National Volunteer Week.   Volunteer Canada’s theme for this year’s National Volunteer Week is Volunteering Weaves us Together. The intent behind this year’s theme is to celebrate individual and collective actions in creating strong, interconnected and vibrant communities. The CMHA-S/M board of directors exemplifies this […]Continue readingCMHA-S/M Thanks the Board of Directors in celebration of National Volunteer Week 2023

Join us at The Happy Show on April 22nd, 2023Continue readingThe Happy Show

The first full week of October invites Canadians to share the realities of living with mental health issues through Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW). CMHA-S/M will commemorate MIAW by hosting two FREE lunch-and-learn virtual presentations and by amplifying voices of those who have lived experience on our social media platforms. We are working to normalize […]Continue readingMental Illness Awareness Week highlights the need for timely access to mental health care

The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) are proud to announce the launch of Agriculture Wellness Ontario, a suite of programs designed to ensure farmers are getting mental health support when and where they need it. Living in rural areas, and the stigma surrounding mental health, can make […]Continue readingAgriculture Wellness Ontario launches with three free farming mental health programs

MEDIA RELEASE ‘Hope through Action’ the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day Event in Sudbury Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 – The Suicide Safer Network (SSN) is hosting a family friendly memorial event on September 10th for World Suicide Prevention Day from 1pm to 4pm at the Elizabeth St. Gazebo in Bell Park. The purpose of […]Continue reading‘Hope through Action’ the theme for World Suicide Prevention Day Event in Sudbury

The Canadian Mental Health Association-Sudbury/Manitoulin (CMHA-S/M) is actively seeking new dynamic individuals to compliment the Board of Directors. CMHA-S/M supports healthy people and communities through advocacy and the provision of safe, inclusive, and accessible community-based mental health and addictions services. The Board has a responsibility to all the communities within the Sudbury/Manitoulin District and oversees […]Continue readingCurrently seeking new board members!

Join us for the 71st annual CMHA Mental Health Week May 2-8, 2022. When someone is struggling, you don’t have to fix their pain. Tune in and see through their eyes. This is empathy. We may be different but we’re not on different sides. See the world as others do. This is empathy. You can […]Continue readingMental Health Week | May 2nd-8th, 2022

By Canadian Mental Health Association’s Centre for Suicide Prevention September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, a day to remember those we’ve lost to suicide and raise awareness about how suicide can be prevented. People who are considering suicide describe feeling hopeless, burdensome, overwhelmed, stuck, and unable to see a way out of their deep, […]Continue readingHow to help someone thinking about suicide