VICTORIA, BC – (March 10, 2023): Employers will have access to more free online resources helping them build and maintain psychologically safe and healthy workplaces thanks to a $700,000 provincial grant to the B.C. division of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA-BC). “Everyone deserves to work in a safe and supportive environment” said Sheila Malcolmson, […]Continue readingEnhanced training will create safe and inclusive workplaces
VICTORIA, BC – (February 28, 2023): Mental health and substance use funding announced in today’s B.C. Provincial Government’s 2023 Budget means the Province will add $1 billion in new resources on mental health and substance use care over the next three years. “We are pleased to see such a robust new investment of $1 billion […]Continue readingBC Budget 2023: Another historic investment in mental health and substance use care
Act for Mental Health calls for the promised Canada Mental Health Transfer now FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VANCOUVER, BC (November 18, 2022) – With rising mental health care needs and Emergency Departments stretched past their limits, Canada must act now to cover mental health care, both before and after people are in crisis. So says the […]Continue readingEmergency Departments aren’t the cure for our mental health crisis, but there’s nowhere else to turn
VICTORIA, BC – (October 6, 2022): First piloted in North and West Vancouver in November 2021, with additional investment from the Province of BC, communities in New Westminster and Victoria can expect Peer Assisted Care Teams (PACT) to be a new resource of person-centered trauma-informed crisis support. “Crisis situations that are met with community-based care […]Continue readingMental Health Crisis Call Service Operators Announced for New Westminster and Victoria
This Fall, Beyond the Blues Events will include a Dose of Fun and Games to Educate British Columbians about Depression, Anxiety and Mental Health Vancouver, BC – (September 28, 2022): Entering into the season of fall, families are in the thick of school, adjusting to work schedules and new life challenges. The reduced daylight can […]Continue readingFeeling stressed, low, anxious? Need support and information?
Canadian Mental Health Association offers tips and free wellness programs to help reduce stress for families as they return to school routines VANCOUVER BC (September 23, 2022) – Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC) BounceBack® program is now available to youth 13+. This free skill-building program is designed to help adults and youth […]Continue readingMental health programs are now available to youth in BC aged 13+
September 22, 2022 (Victoria) – People experiencing mental-health challenges, particularly thoughts of suicide and self-harm, will benefit from improved quality of care in mental-health and substance-use treatment settings, such as emergency departments. The Province is investing $2 million to support an initiative that will create provincewide standards and training to improve care in the health-care […]Continue readingCare enhanced for people at risk of suicide, facing mental-health crisis
July 26, 2022 (Victoria) – Indigenous families with children three to 12 who are experiencing big worries and fears will have access to free, culturally grounded wellness practices through a virtual parent and caregiver coaching program. With the support of the Province, the We Are Indigenous: Big Worries/Fears Parent/Caregiver Support Program was developed with the […]Continue readingNew culturally informed mental-wellness supports will help Indigenous families
Dr. Jean Moore was a lifetime advocate, educator and community volunteer leader who passed away on June 6, 2022. Since 1967 she gave over 50 years of service with the Canadian Mental Health Association in BC, Alberta and nationally. Dr. Moore also lent her skills to First Call: BC’s Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition, to […]Continue readingA tribute to Dr. Jean Moore: Outstanding community volunteer leader
June 2, 2022 – The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) BC Division and National offices welcome the decision from the federal government to grant a request from the Province of British Columbia to provide an exemption under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act that will, beginning January 31, 2023, decriminalize personal possession of small amounts […]Continue readingCMHA welcomes the decriminalization of small amounts of certain illicit substances for personal use in British Columbia, calls for more action