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ABOUT At Home/Chez Soi Celebrates A Year of Milestones THE MHCC

The Mental Health Commission of works towards its goals by focusing on five major initiatives:

Mental Health Strategy for Canada At Home/Chez Soi: A national research project on mental health and homelessness Opening Minds: An anti‑stigma initiative Knowledge Exchange Centre More than 600 homeless Partners for Mental Health: A social movement participants are now housed thanks to the project. Mario Lopes, landlord involved in Eight Advisory Committees Since its official five-city launch one year ago, the the At Home Winnipeg project. provide insight to the Commission on important Mental Health Commission of Canada’s (MHCC) mental health issues: national research project on mental health and homelessness has much to celebrate. At Home/Chez Soi participant update as Family/Caregivers of January 7, 2011: Child and Youth The five sites of the At Home/Chez Soi project — Moncton, Montréal, , Winnipeg, and Vancouver Science — are investigating the best ways to help homeless Vancouver 428 First Nations, Inuit and Métis people living with a mental illness. Over the past 12 Winnipeg 343 Service Systems months there have been many positive signs. Mental Health and the Law Site coordinators report stories of participants settling Toronto 409 Seniors into their new homes and pursuing job opportunities. Montreal 350 Workforce Others notice a renewed stability within participants’ lives, some of whom are forming fresh relationships Moncton 148 and making use of new support systems. Follow us on: The project’s host cities have been holding their own Total number of participants: 1,678 informal anniversary events to provide public updates and to celebrate successes with the many partners central to the project’s operation. For more information about The views represented herein solely Over the next three years, 2,285 people who are the At Home/Chez Soi represent the views of the Mental Health homeless and living with a mental illness will take initiative, click here. Commission of Canada. part in the project. Of those, 1,325 will receive new Production of this document is made possible through a financial contribution homes and support. The remaining participants will from Health Canada. receive the services and supports already available in their communities. 1 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 WINTER 2011 Access Team at the York Support Services Services York Support Teamthe at Peer Access Streamlined the for full-time Facilitator a Support Nastic, Constantin providers. healthcare by perpetuated sometimes illness mental with associated discrimination and stigma reducing at aimed workshops delivers that program Stigma of Impact the practitioners. anti-stigma Understanding its healthcare for program evaluate to (LHIN) Network Integration Health Local Central Ontario’s with partnered Minds Opening initiative MHCC’s anti-stigma the 2010, In programs across Canada. adoption ofpromising Minds encourages The MHCC’s Opening In Ontario Attitude Shifts Results Show Early Anti-Stigma problems, early intervention, treatment and sustainability. sustainability. and treatment of intervention, early prevention problems, on focus a with problems, health use mental substance with and people for services of accessibility quality and the at looks also It population. the of health mental well-being and the improving for framework B.C. a in provides Abuse plan Substance and Health Mental Address Columbia British of released Government the November, past This health. mental provincial in developments major recent two applauds MHCC The Making MentalHealthaPriority Provinces ofOntario andBC Healthy Minds, Healthy People: A 10-year Plan to to Plan 10-year A People: Healthy Minds, Healthy

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3 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 WINTER 2011 Times Colonist (Victoria). Colonist Times the and (Regina) Post (Vancouver), Leader- The Star, Windsor Province The Sun, The The Post, Sun, Brandon The including National The papers of number a in featured was letter her and report the to responded Bradley Louise CEO and President MHCC adults. young for death of cause leading second the as listed was Suicide country. the in death of causes leading the as werelisted disease heart and cancer Canada, across newspapers in featured was that report Canada Statistics recent a In Responds Report toStatisticsCanada MHCC President andCEO Mental Health Commission of Canada Canada of Commission Health Mental CEO & President Bradley Louise real hopefortreatmentandrecovery. and friends. By doing so, they will be helping to give all living with mental illness discrimination and talking openly about mental health issues with their colleagues, family Every Canadian can make a significant difference by taking action to eliminate stigma and the importanceoftalkingaboutitandseekingearlytreatment. this work is to find the best strategies to sensitize children and youth about mental illness, of part A illness. mental experiencing people toward behaviours and attitudes negative change to ways effective most the out seeking is Minds, Opening initiative, anti-stigma from talking about it and receiving treatment. The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s illness mental a with living people preventing barriers major still are discrimination and could be your son or daughter, brother or sister, father or mother, friend or colleague. Stigma This year alone, more than seven million Canadians will experience a mental illness. They focus attentiononyouthmentalhealth. March has sparked a national campaign – The Jack Project ( like 18-year-old Jack Windeler, a first-year student at Queen’s University whose suicide last were people suffering from forms of mental illness that led them to suicide. They are people What your news story did not mention is that behind these two important statistics, there of thetop10leadingcausesdeathoverall. that suicide is the second leading cause of death for young adults in this country and one Canada’sStatistics week the this about report concerned very be should Canadian Every Dear Editor, MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION OF

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To learn more, more, Tolearn click here click . 5 VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 WINTER 2011 Planning aMentalHealthStrategy forCanada these strategic directions. of each for determined be will action for course of 2011, a small number of priorities capacity to enable transformation. Over the while the remaining three focus on building first five set out an agenda for transformation, strategic directions have been identified. The Eight action. for priorities into framework Commission’sthe of goals and vision the health strategy for Canada that will translate Work is now underway to develop a mental health transformation. mental system for goals and broad vision seven a out set MHCC the 2009, Canada for Strategy Health Mental a for Framework A Well-Being: of release the With supportofmental health. Inaddition, Bell investmentCanadiana bycorporation in acrossCanada. It’s thelargest charitable support mental health research and services a$50-million investment over five years to workplace. Bell Canada recently announced access,research, and mental health and in the care community stigma, including which are at the heart of the MHCC’s work, Day theirsmile and posting itonline. the silence by texting or taking a picture of 2011,Canadians areencouraged tobreak first annual The MHCC is proud to support Bell for their JointheConversation forBell will focus national attention on issues Let’sTalk Day Toward Recovery and and Recovery Toward . OnFebruary. 9, in December December in Let’sTalk 3. 3. 2. 1. Three strategic directions to enabletransformation: 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. the mentalhealthsystem: Five strategic directions to transform MHCC is encouraged by this unprecedented show of supportTalk andDay hopes that people will feel will contribute 5¢ for every long distance call and text message its customers make on confident to talk about mental health issues MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION OF

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