Mental Health Strategy Blog
Keep up to date on the regional consultations
Mar19
Whitehorse - February 27.  This was the first of three meetings planned in each of the three territories.  We met in a sunny community room on the second floor of the local bakery/vegetarian restaurant, with a good mix of service providers, people ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-19-09

Mar13
On February 20th, we held a half-day meeting with officials from federal government departments in Ottawa.  At least 17 departments were represented, including: several branches and agencies of Health Canada; departments with direct service respon ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-13-09

Mar06
A happy coincidence led us to be in Vancouver for our regional dialogue on the MHCC’s draft framework at the same time as the government of BC was launching its own consultations about the 10 Year Plan to Address Mental Health and Substance Misu ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-06-09

Mar06
February 24, 2009   From the moment people entered the room, we felt a real buzz of excitement, positive energy and welcome in Regina. There were many diverse viewpoints in the room, including people living with mental health problems and illn ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-06-09

Mar02
February 18th, 2009 It was a day of lively, stimulating discussion at our regional stakeholder meeting in Toronto where many challenging issues were raised. During the first plenary we were strongly urged to push beyond the “outer edge of po ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-02-09