Over the past five years, the MHCC has led a pan-Canadian research program to assess the impact of cannabis legalization...

This report shares the Mental Health Commission of Canada’s exploration of how to reduce opioid-related stigma in the context of...

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Since 2018, communities across Canada have successfully used the Roots of Hope model to reduce the impact of suicide in...

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Be a part of the solution and join our council, The Hallway Group, which advises the MHCC on its work...

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It can be challenging to talk about mental health with friends and loved ones, as there is often a fear...

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I had admitted something was off. I received the referral, got the appointment, and did the screening questionnaires and interviews,...

If you’ve ever seen a news article about mental health and mental illness, you can probably still picture the stock...

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I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996. I struggled because I couldn’t find stable employment until four years ago. This...

COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the poor management of long-term care homes across Canada....

We discussed identifying and engaging stakeholder in an earlier post, but how do you move beyond that initial contact and...

Since COVID-19, there have been some changes and rebooking in meetups, which have all been quite manageable. I was already...

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It is certainly safe to say that COVID-19 has definitely added things to my life and taken some other things...

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Because of the virtual nature of our project, and the way we were already used to working, we have been...