FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Backgrounder included* June 23, 2021 Community Housing Fund applications now open Charlottetown, PEI – Islanders in need of affordable housing, assisted living or additional housing supports will have increased options through a continued community-led housing initiative. Read Full Press Release Here. For More Information & To Download An Application Click Here. Continue readingCommunity Housing Fund Applications Now Open
June 16, 2021 Funds to support innovative new approach to improving mental health in communities TORONTO, June 16, 2021 – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) today welcomes a donation of more than $500,000 made by Shoppers Drug Mart Inc on behalf of the company and its Associate owners. The donation will enhance and expand […]Continue readingShoppers Drug Mart donates more than $500,000 to Canadian Mental Health Association
May 3, 2021, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, CMHA’s 70th National Mental Health Week is May 3-9 The theme this year focuses on our emotions. Charlottetown—The Canadian Mental Health Association’s (CMHA) 70th National Mental Health Week is May 3-9, 2021. The theme this year will focus on understanding our emotions – recognizing, labelling and accepting our feelings […]Continue readingCMHA’s 70th National Mental Health Week is May 3-9
April 30, 2021, FOR RELEASE MAY 3, My Island Run launches during Mental Health Week The campaign’s goal is to raise $50,000 for Atlantic CMHA’s Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – My Island Run, a mental health awareness campaign, created by Dom Dib of Nova Scotia, is being launched today to coincide with the beginning of […]Continue readingMy Island Run launches during Mental Health Week
The following is distributed by the Government of Prince Edward Island. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2021 Province funds 24 affordable housing units for individuals and families Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – Another 24 affordable housing units will be available for individuals and families in need of housing in PEI. The Province is partnering with […]Continue readingProvince funds 24 affordable housing units for individuals and families
April 14, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CMHA PEI Launches PEI’s First Specialized Peer Support Worker Training Training equips individuals with lived experience of mental illness to support others Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – The Canadian Mental Health Association – PEI Division (CMHA PEI), in partnership with the Quebec Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and in collaboration […]Continue readingCMHA PEI Launches PEI’s First Specialized Peer Support Worker Training
March 17, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CMHA PEI releases a new report on housing supports in Prince County Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), has just released a new report titled, Needs Analysis of Housing Supports in the Prince County Region. Read more…Press Release Full Report- CMHA-MRSB Prince County Needs […]Continue readingCMHA PEI releases a new report on housing supports in Prince County
March 11, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4th ANNUAL MOO LET’S TALK DAY IS COMING UP FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Charlottetown – The Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division (CMHA-PEI) is pleased to announce that COWS Inc. will host the fourth annual Moo Let’s Talk Day on Friday, March 19. In compliance with public health guidelines due […]Continue reading4th ANNUAL MOO LET’S TALK DAY IS COMING UP FRIDAY, MARCH 19
February 4, 2021 (Toronto) – Now more than ever, people in need of immediate mental health support are turning to distress centres for help. People living in Canada need an easy way to ask for assistance during their time of greatest need. … READ MOREContinue readingCAMH, CMHA and CSC Partner to Implement Pan-Canadian Suicide Prevention Service
The second wave of the pandemic has intensified feelings of stress and anxiety, causing alarming levels of despair, suicidal thoughts and hopelessness in the Canadian population. This, according to the newest wave of data collected through a nationwide monitoring survey on the mental health impacts of COVID-19, released today by the Canadian Mental Health Association […]Continue readingMental health impacts of COVID 19: Wave 2 Survey results