Peer Support is the process of disclosing personal experience with mental illness/ addictions and a personal recovery journey to inspire hope and recovery for others. CMHA PEI recognizes the need for formal training and support for peer workers to effectively do this meaningful work. The Specialized Peer Support Worker Training is a 119-hour program that […]Continue readingSpecialized Peer Support Worker Training Applications and Details
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
May 3-9 is CMHA’s 70th Mental Health Week. The MHW 2021 campaign’s core objective is mental health promotion. The “#GetReal about how you feel” campaign started in 2020 and will continue again this year. For 2021, the Mental Health Week theme will focus on understanding our emotions – Recognizing, labelling and accepting our feelings are […]Continue readingCMHA-PEI Virtual Mental Health Week 2021
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… CMHA-MRSB Prince County Needs Analysis_2021Continue 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