CMHA Ottawa CEO's statement on the province's decision to end funding for CTS sites:

Drop and give me 2,000! Ottawa: You're invited to push for better mental health this February - CMHA Ottawa The Push-Up Challenge is a free, inclusive fitness challenge raising funds for CMHAs from coast to coast to coast, strengthening mental health in communities across Canada [Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026...

Let's #pushforbetter mental health outcomes in #Ottawa.

Join The Push-Up Challenge: Go solo, join a team, or cheer others on. All fitness levels and abilities are welcome. Participation is free.

Support CMHA Ottawa’s peer-based programs and services. Sign up now: ottawa.cmha.ca/the-push-up-...

CMHA Ottawa launches new strategic plan: Many Voices: Innovation in Community Mental Health Care - CMHA Ottawa Plan outlines eight goals that will advance community-based mental health, housing and substance use healthcare in the nation’s capital ‘All hands on deck’ or ‘many voices’? We’re mixing our metaphors...

Our new Strategic Plan is here! Many Voices: Innovation in Community Mental Health Care.

Built with input from clients, peers, staff, partners and our Board of Directors, it reflects who we are and where we’re going.

Read the plan: ottawa.cmha.ca/many-voices/

L’ACSM Ottawa lance son nouveau plan stratégique : Une multitude de voix : innovation dans les soins communautaires de santé mentale - CMHA Ottawa Le plan énonce huit buts qui feront progresser les soins communautaires liés à la santé mentale, au logement et à l’usage de substances psychoactives dans la capitale nationale « Tout...

Notre nouveau plan stratégique est arrivé ! Une multitude de voix : innovation dans les soins de santé mentale communautaires.

Consultez le plan : ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/une-multi...

Rapport annuel 2024-2025 de l'ACSM Ottawa : une année de collaboration et d'engagement communautaire - CMHA Ottawa À l’Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, succursale d’Ottawa (ACSM Ottawa), aider les gens à apporter des changements positifs est au cœur de toutes nos activités. Notre rapport annuel 2024-2...

Le rapport annuel 2024-2025 de l'ACSM Ottawa est arrivé !

Une année d'innovation, d'inclusion et d'impact : de notre premier appartement en copropriété entièrement accessible #Logementdabord à un protocole d'accord historique avec @uottawa.ca et bien plus encore :

ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/rapport-a...

CMHA Ottawa's Annual Report 2024–2025: A Year of Collaboration and Community - CMHA Ottawa At the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch (CMHA Ottawa), helping people achieve positive change is at the heart of everything we do. Our 2024–2025 Annual Report highlights a year...

The CMHA Ottawa 2024–2025 Annual Report is here!

A year of innovation, inclusion, and impact: from our first fully accessible #HousingFirst condo unit to a landmark research MOU with @uottawa.ca and much more.

Read the highlights: ottawa.cmha.ca/annual-report-2024-2025

#CommunityMentalHealth

Sunday Sober Showdown — SommWise A creative cocktail competition shaking up the way we drink. Lets raise a glass and raise the bar for zero proof cocktails!

This weekend: Join SommWise Inc. and some of Ottawa's top bartenders at Bayview Yards for the first-ever Sunday Sober Showdown: a non-alcoholic cocktail competition where creativity wins and everyone can partake!

Proceeds support CMHA Ottawa’s Recovery College. 🍸

Tickets: sommwiseinc.com/sss

Célébration de la Journée mondiale du soutien par les pairs à l'ACSM Ottawa - CMHA Ottawa Aujourd’hui, c’est la Journée mondiale de la célébration du soutien par les pairs, un moment pour reconnaître les contributions extraordinaires des pairs aidants partout dans le monde. Ici, à l’ACSM.....

Découvrez comment le leadership, l'expertise, la perspicacité et l'authenticité de nos pairs renforcent l'ACSM Ottawa à tous les niveaux : ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/global-pe...

C’est la Journée mondiale de la célébration du soutien par les pairs, un moment pour reconnaître les contributions extraordinaires des pairs aidants partout dans le monde.

Ici, à l’ACSM Ottawa, les pairs apportent des qualités uniques et essentielles aux soins de santé mentale que nous offrons.

Recognizing Global Peer Support Celebration Day at CMHA Ottawa - CMHA Ottawa Celebrated every year on the third Thursday of October, Global Peer Support Celebration Day is a moment to recognize the extraordinary contributions of peer supporters everywhere. Here at CMHA Ottawa,...

Learn about how peers' leadership, expertise, insight, and authenticity make CMHA Ottawa stronger in every way: ottawa.cmha.ca/global-peer-...

It's #GlobalPeerSupportCelebrationDay, a moment to recognize the extraordinary contributions of peer supporters everywhere.

Here at CMHA Ottawa, peers bring qualities that are unique and essential to the community-based mental health care we deliver: lived experience, expertise, and empathy.

It was awesome to meet @lainejohnson.bsky.social and talk #HousingFirst and ending homelessness with a councillor who leads with compassion and a focus on solutions. We're looking forward to chatting more in depth. Keep up the great work, Councillor Johnson!

Welcome to my new video series: Who To Call. The first edition features ANCHOR, Centretown’s 24/7 response team for people experiencing mental health and substance use crises.

Environ 4,500 décès par suicide chaque année. Ce la représente 12 personnes décès par suicide chaque jour.

Ces décès sont évitables.

Si vous pensez au suicide, demandez de l'aide. Faites le 9-8-8 ou contactez un ami de confiance.

Visitez 988.ca

Around 4,500 people die by suicide in Canada every year. That’s 12 people dying by suicide each day.

These deaths are preventable.

If you’re thinking about suicide, reach out for help. Call 9-8-8 or reach out to a trusted friend.

Visit 988.ca

Septembre est le #MoiDuRétablissement.

Le rétablissement est possible pour ceux qui le recherchent, mais la stigmatisation peut souvent constituer un obstacle.

Pour en savoir plus : ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/lacsm-ott...

September is #RecoveryMonth.

Recovery is possible for those who are seeking it, but oftentimes stigma can be the barrier.

Learn more:
ottawa.cmha.ca/cmha-ottawa-...

#HopeHealingCommunity

Au cours de cette semaine de la fierté, nous mettons l'accent sur certaines des voix des membres de la communauté 2SLGBTQIA+ que nous servons, en partageant trois histoires de clients qui ont navigué entre identité, santé mentale et rétablissement : ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/pride-wee...

This Pride week, we're focusing on just some of the voices of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community members we serve, sharing three stories of clients who have navigated the intersections of identity, mental health, and recovery: ottawa.cmha.ca/pride-week-2...

@fiertecappride.bsky.social

Curious what the law says and why it matters? Check out this explainer: ontario.cmha.ca/bill-10/

#Bill10 #CMHAOntario #PolicyWatch #SupportiveHousing

Bill 10 is here, and with it comes a new law that increases landlord responsibility for drug-related activity in rentals.

We’re watching closely to see how this plays out, especially for housing providers and tenants navigating complex challenges.

CMHA Ottawa honours National Indigenous Peoples Day - CMHA Ottawa Join us on June 21 to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. It’s an opportunity to honour the rich cultures and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada....

It's National Indigenous Peoples Day. It's a day to honour the rich cultures, languages, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across Turtle Island. Today, we will celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Learn more: ottawa.cmha.ca/nipd/

Joyeux solstice d'été de la part de toute l'équipe de l'ACSM Ottawa !

Nous espérons que votre été sera rempli de chaleur, de clarté et de liens.

Happy Summer Solstice from all of us at CMHA Ottawa!

We are honoured to live and work on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation; today, let's take a moment to honour the land, and celebrate the season of energy, vitality and most importantly, gathering together.

La crise silencieuse : pourquoi tant d'hommes se sentent seuls - CMHA Ottawa Pendant des années, la solitude a été considérée comme un problème personnel, comme un sentiment passager dont on pouvait facilement se débarrasser. Mais aujourd’hui, elle est reconnue pour ce qu’elle...

L'ACSM Ottawa est fière de soutenir les hommes de tous horizons, car les liens sociaux sauvent des vies. Pour en savoir plus : ottawa.cmha.ca/fr/the-quiet...

#SanteMentale #ACSM #SantéMentaleDesHommes #MensMHDay

C'est la Journée de sensibilisation à la santé mentale des hommes. 67 % des hommes n'ont jamais consulté un professionnel. La moitié d'entre eux déclarent ne pas bénéficier d'un soutien social suffisant. Un homme sur quatre est exposé au risque de dépression.

The quiet crisis: why so many men feel alone - CMHA Ottawa For years, loneliness was dismissed as a personal issue, like a fleeting feeling that could be easily shrugged off. But today, it’s being recognized for what it truly is: a...

Learn more: ottawa.cmha.ca/the-quiet-cr...

#MensMHDay #NeverAlone #CMHA #MentalHealth

It’s Men’s Mental Health Awareness Day. 67% of men have never talked to a professional. Half say they don’t have enough social support. 1 in 4 are at risk of depression. CMHA Ottawa is proud to support men of all backgrounds, because connection saves lives.

Pride Month: CMHA Ottawa focuses on 2SLGBTQIA+ mental health this June - CMHA Ottawa Happy Pride Month from all of us at CMHA Ottawa. This June, we’re proud to stand with Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) communiti...

Visibility isn’t enough. We need systems that actually support people. All of them.

This Pride (and beyond), CMHA is all in. Learn more: ottawa.cmha.ca/pride-month-...

#PrideMonth #AllInForPride #MentalHealth #2SLGBTQIA #AllInPride

2SLGBTQIA+ folks face higher rates of mental health issues, substance use and suicide because of rejection, isolation and discrimination.