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September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day. It is also a day of resolve – a call to action for the whole world to join together and take action to…

International Overdose Awareness Day – A Day of Reflection and Action 

August 31st marks International Overdose Awareness Day (IAOD), a day that signifies lives profoundly affected by the global overdose epidemic.  The data for July 2023 stands as a stark reminder:…

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Santé mentale et toxicomanie: Connex Ontario: services gratuits et confidentiels d’information sur la santé pour les gens qui éprouvent des difficultés avec l’alcool et les drogues, la maladie mentale ou…

CMHA SCB observes Prisoners’ Justice Day 

CMHA SCB observes Prisoners’ Justice Day on August 10 to honour individuals who died unnaturally or violently while incarcerated in correctional institutions.   The Ontario Chief Coroner’s Expert Panel’s report examined…

Help support a consumption and treatment services site in Barrie

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Simcoe County Branch, (CMHA SCB) has applied to secure provincial approval and funding to implement a consumption and treatment service site (CTS) in Barrie. This…

Consumption and treatment service sites offer wraparound supports

While consumption and treatment services may be known for ensuring safer drug usepractices and preventing overdose, it’s important to know that these sites also serve aspathways to treatment and wraparound…

People with Lived and Living Experience Capacity Building Workshop

This workshop will help individuals to broaden mindsets regarding poverty, to help form relationships beyond comfort zones and learn what hidden rules and language barriers need to shift to help communities thrive. Kelly…

Consumption and Treatment Services save taxpayer money

With the rate of opioid deaths in Barrie at about double the provincial average, research suggests that consumption and treatment services (CTS) in the community would help save lives and…