The residents of the Shuswap are celebrating the Canadian Mental Health Association’s annual Mental Health Week by unveiling an Innovation Wall in the lobby to the Hudson Thrift Shoppe. Stop in, we want to hear from you. We are asking people to share their thoughts on how people are courageous with their mental health? On […]Continue readingMay 6-12th Shuswap Revelstoke celebrates CMHA Mental Health Week
We will keep you posted on this years 100 years in the making celebrations! A message from Patrick Smith CMHA National CEO CMHA 100. What will it be? Well, here’s what it’s not likely to be: like us, it won’t be a flash in the pan. It won’t be a celebration for its own sake. […]Continue readingCelebrating 100 years of CMHA
Why “Words Matter” with substance use and addiction Words have a powerful impact on the way we see the world, and can perpetuate the stigma of substance use. The words we use can have a negative impact, even if we have no intention of causing harm. What is stigma? Stigma marks a person as different […]Continue readingNational Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW), November 12-18, 2017.
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) joins the National Eating Disorders Information Centre (NEDIC) and National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED) in observing Eating Disorders Awareness Week, February 1-7, 2018 The theme for EDAW 2018, “One Size Doesn’t Fit All” emphasizes that Eating Disorders can affect any individual regardless of gender, age, ability, race and […]Continue readingEating Disorders Awareness Week, “One Size Doesn’t Fit All”