Part of the LOVE YOU by Shoppers Drug Mart™ program May 17, 2022, LONDON – My Sisters’ Place and Shoppers Drug Mart are proud to announce the 10th annual LOVE YOU by Shoppers Drug Mart™ Run for Women. This will be the fifth year My Sisters’ Place has partnered with Shoppers Drug Mart for the Run for Women program. The…
CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services joins organizations across the country this week in celebrating National Volunteer Week. The theme this year, Volunteering is Empathy in Action, affirms the strong connection between volunteerism and empathy. This profoundly human connection is at the heart of healthier individuals and stronger communities. Empathy is a quality that can help people relate…
New CMHA research shows chronic stress taking toll on individuals and organizations Far from feeling the pandemic is over, most people in Ontario are stressed about what’s next, with 64% worried about new variants and 56% worried about COVID-19 circulating in the population for years to come. Two years of pandemic-related stressors, including grief and trauma, are likely to lead…
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month, an annual event to increase public awareness of problem gambling and the availability of prevention, treatment and recovery services. Gambling is a leisure activity that may occur over a continuum, ranging from casual social gambling, with no harm caused, to pathological gambling, with serious harmful consequences for the individual gambling and their loved ones….
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Wednesday, January 26 and CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services is joining in to help drive meaningful progress in mental health. COVID-19 has affected every aspect of our lives, including our mental health. However, tools are available to support ourselves and each other. Since 2010, Canadians and people around the globe have joined…
From November 21 – 27, CMHA Thames Valley Addiction and Mental Health Services will join with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA) and addiction prevention, treatment and recovery organizations across the country to mark National Addictions Awareness Week. This years’ theme for National Addictions Awareness Week is Driving Change Together, emphasizing how Canadians can collaborate as a…
As individuals and organizations recognize World Homelessness Day and World Mental Health Day on Oct 10, we are reminding the community that housing is key to the recovery for many people with mental health and/or addiction issues. Individuals with serious mental health conditions or struggles with addiction frequently identify income and housing as the most important factors in achieving and…
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