Talktoday We Do; We Are Competitors on the Ice and Partners Off the Ice
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ABOUT THE BC HOCKEY LEAGUE ABOUT THE CANADIAN MENTAL The BC Hockey League (BCHL), established HEALTH ASSOCIATION in 1961, strives to be recognized as the best As the nation-wide leader and champion for mental Junior A hockey league in North America. health, the Canadian Mental Health Association The League is comprised of 17 teams which (CMHA) helps people access the community compete in the Island, Interior and Mainland resources they need to build resilience and support Divisions. The League is built on the following recovery from mental illness or addiction. Each principles: we always act with the player in year, CMHA BC together with a network of 14 BC mind; we foster partnerships that develop branches provides services and supports to over mutual value; we act with integrity in everything 100,000 British Columbians. #TalkToday we do; we are competitors on the ice and partners off the ice. Junior hockey is open to CMHA BRANCHES IN BC athletes between the ages of 16 to 20. To learn more, visit www.bchl.ca. • Cariboo Chilcotin (Williams Lake) • Cowichan Valley (Duncan) BC HOCKEY LEAGUE TEAMS • Kamloops • Kelowna • Alberni Valley Bulldogs • Kootenays (Cranbrook) • Chilliwack Chiefs • Mid-Island (Nanaimo) • Coquitlam Express • North and West Vancouver • Cowichan Valley Capitals • Port Alberni • Langley Rivermen • Prince George • Merritt Centennials • Shuswap-Revelstoke (Salmon Arm) • Nanaimo Clippers • South Cariboo (100 Mile House) • Penticton Vees • South Okanagan Similkameen (Penticton) • Powell River Kings • Vancouver–Fraser • Prince George Spruce Kings • Vernon • Salmon Arm Silverbacks • Surrey Eagles Visit www.cmha.bc.ca to find a CMHA • Trail Smoke Eaters branch in your community • Vernon Vipers • Victoria Grizzlies • Wenatchee Wild (Wenatchee, Washington) • West Kelowna Warriors Working together to help 1200-1111 Melville Street athletes thrive Vancouver, BC, V6E 3V6 phone: 604-688-3234 or 1-800-555-8222 (toll-free in BC) email: [email protected] www.cmha.bc.ca www.cmha.bc.ca 2015 HOW TALK TODAY HELPS Mental Health and Addictions There are four main components to the Talk Today Awareness Training for Players WHAT IS TALK TODAY? program: and Supporters CMHA branches will offer athletes both a Mental Mental Health Navigators Health and Addictions 101 workshop as well as a For each BCHL team, a local CMHA Mental safeTALK suicide prevention training session that Talk Today is a mental health education program Health Navigator will serve as a liaison to help teaches skills for identifying someone at risk and designed for BC Hockey League (BCHL) players provide referrals to local community mental health linking them to life-saving resources. A separate and their supporters to learn about mental health and addictions support. The Navigator will also safeTALK training session will also be offered and increase their skills in order to help support work closely with their local BCHL team to help to those individuals who provide support to the players who may be struggling or at risk of promote mental health awareness within their local players, such as general managers, coaches, suicide. community. referees, parents and billet parents. Developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), the Talk Today program is Bounce BackTM for Youth Talk Today Community Events one of the most comprehensive mental health Players who are experiencing mild to moderate Each BCHL team will host a Talk Today programs for amateur sports in Canada. It depression or anxiety will be able to access community event at one of their BCHL games to consists of several components including mental Bounce BackTM, a skills-based program that show their support for mental health and raise health and suicide awareness workshops, mental has been shown to help reduce symptoms of awareness and funds for CMHA mental health health coaches, and Talk Today community depression and anxiety by half. The program programs in their community. awareness events at BCHL games. teaches skills for managing low mood, stress and anxiety through an instructional DVD and series of HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED WITH workbooks supported by telephone coaching. TaLK TODAY? 1 in 7 youth will experience a Visit www.bchl.ca to find your local team and watch mental illness at some point for more information on Talk Today community events coming in early 2016. By building relationships between BC Hockey League teams and local CMHA branches, we aim to help young athletes connect with the Join the conversation on social mental health supports and resources they need media using #TalkToday to thrive. Talk Today builds on the success of an initiative of the same name launched in Ontario in 2014 as a partnership between CMHA Ontario and the Ontario Hockey League..