Canadian Mental Health Associate North Bay and District
We are an integrated Adult Mental Health, Addiction's and Peer Support organization.
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222 Main Street East
North Bay, ON P1B1B1 - 705-476-4088
- 1-844-476-4088
- contactus@nbd.cmha.ca
Canadian Mental Health Associate North Bay and District Peer Support Services
Peer Support Services works to ensure that our members' voices are heard by those who influence change, and to provide participants with information about the range of available community services and how to access these. Our services include: peer support, life skills, education, awareness, and social and recreational programs. Some highlights of these programs are: Empowering Yourself, Journaling, Coping Skills, Anxiety & Depression Support Group, Computer Fundamentals, Peer-led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Peer Support Group, Arts and Craft, Painting and Colouring group, Therapy Dog, exercise equipment and fitness classes. Series of virtual programs are being offered every day via zoom.
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222 Main Street East
North Bay, ON P1B 1B1 - 705-491-0974
- 705-476-4088
- amajeed@nbd.cmha.ca
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150 Water Street
Mattawa, ON P0H 1V0 - 249-358-3562
- cmichaud@nmhhss.ca
Canadian Mental Health Organization Muskoka- Parry Sound
Canadian Mental Health Association, Muskoka-Parry Sound Branch is committed to hope and recovery through integrated mental health and addiction services. Using effective, innovative partnerships and practices, we provide the highest quality treatment, support, education and advocacy for the people of Muskoka-Parry Sound.
The CMHA Muskoka Parry-Sound Branch offers a number of programs and services- please visit www.cmhamps.ca for detail of services we provide within the Muskoka Parry-Sound District.
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173-202 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1S3 - 1-705-645-2262 extension 1246
- dbrown-demarco@cmhamps.ca
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87 Main Street
Sundridge , ON P0A 1Z0 - 17053845392
- dbrown-demarco@cmhamps.ca
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8 Crescent Rd Unit B3
Huntsville, ON P1H 0B3 - 1-705-789-8891
- dbrown-demarco@cmhamps.ca
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60 James Street, Suite 201
Parry Sound, ON P2A 1T5 - 705-746-4264
- dbrown-demarco@cmhamps.ca
CMHA Fort Frances Branch, District Peer Support Program
Drop in Centres
Individual Outreach
Family Support
Forensic Peer Support
Groups (Virtual and Face to Face)
Conferences
Activities in the community
Advocacy, systemic and individual
Daily support on the Schedule 1
Weekly support at the recovery homes
Access to a safe & accessible shower, laundry facilities, computer, internet, kitchen (all at no cost)
Meal Programs
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Box 492
Kenora, ON P9N3X5 - 8074684699 ext205
- 1-866-872-0408
- mmarchant@cmhaff.ca
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21 Wolsley Street Box 492
KENORA, ON P9N3X5 - 8074684699 ext205
- mmarchant@cmhaff.ca
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52 Van Horne Ave - Box 525
Dryden, ON P8N2Z2 - 8072238841 ext225
- mmarchant@cmhaff.ca
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612 Portage Ave Box 446
Fort Frances, ON P9A3M8 - 8072742347
- mmarchant@cmhaff.ca
Council of Consumer/Survivor and Family Initiatives Program (C.O.I.)
C.O.I. currently through the pandemic has been providing one on one/ virtual services to individuals we support within the community.
C.O.I provides advocacy, navigation of services, goal setting, life skills and social support.
Prior to Covid 19 C.O.I. provided groups within the Muskoka Parry Sound district which focused on personal wellness, regaining basic life skills, reintegration within the community, social support, hope, recovery based programming and education.
C.O.I. currently has a Peer Road to Recovery home within the Parry Sound district which is supported by peer staff
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173-202 Manitoba Street
Bracebridge, ON P1L 1S3 - 1-705-205-0635
- kstevenson@cmhamps.ca
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87 Main Street
Sundridge , ON P0A 1Z0 - 705-384-5392
- kstevenson@cmhamps.ca
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8 Crescent Road unit #B3
Hunstville , ON P1H 0B3 - 1-705-789-3002
- kstevenson@cmhamps.ca
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60 James Street Suite 201
Parry Sound , ON P2A 1T5 - 705-746-4264
- kstevenson@cmhamps.ca
Lived Experience & Recovery Network (LERN)
LERN is a networking body that links, supports and educates all consumer & family peer run initiatives in the North East of Ontario. Our mission is to empower peer communities towards wellness and recovery.
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9 Stevens Rd PO Box 518
Temagami, Ontario Canada, ON P0H 2H0 - 1-705-840-1818
- rd@livedexperience.org
NFN TrueSelf Debwewendizwin Program
THE PROGRAM
True Self – Debwewendizwin strives to promote the safety, self-sufficiency and well-being of individuals that have suffered trauma and abuse. Delivered by Nipissing First Nation and its community partners, True Self uses a wholistic approach to healing, employment and training supports, working to support individuals and their families living in the Nipissing District to “debwewendizwin”— “reconnect with your true self, your spirit fire.”
To accomplish its goals, True Self provides a warm and welcoming setting and offers a range of flexible supports, from workshops and talking circles to one-on-one support. Together, these supports provide individuals with the tools and knowledge needed to reduce their vulnerability to poverty and abuse, including gender-based violence, ultimately breaking the cycle for themselves and their children, and leading to holistic mental wellness. The program encourages participants in their pursuit of education, training and employment, on their journey to economic autonomy.
Merging an Indigenous world view, Healing Centered Engagement and Peer Support Values has led to the success of the True Self Debwewendizwin Program. Some of the oldest methodologies that equate to Peer Support come from our Indigenous people in the form of talking circles and sweat lodges. This model incorporates that understanding of wholistic healing and the power of peer support well recognizing the importance of individual differences and meeting participants where they are at and making the program fit their needs rather then trying to make them fit a pre-set program criteria.
PEER SUPPORT
• One on One (currently available on phone and through TEAMS or Zoom)
• Women’s talking/healing circle weekly
• Co-dependency Group weekly
• Men’s talking/healing circle weekly
WORKSHOPS
• ABC’s to Heal Your Life Workshop is a culturally based, psychosocial behaviour modification program that focuses on essential soft skills as we encourage participants to acknowledge their past, believe they can take responsibility for their lives and create the life they dream of having.
• Women’s healing workshops online. The Healing Workshop Series is a modified version of our ABC’s to Heal Your Life Workshop.
• WRAP offered periodically throughout the year.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
• ODSP Employment Support Service Provider - True Self provides a myriad of services to persons with disabilities seeking employment.
• Needs Determination / Assessment
• In-House Employment Specific Workshops
• Referrals and Assistance in Accessing Community Resources
• Development and Implementation of a Return to Work / Training Action Plan
• Connecting Individuals with Potential Employers
• Supporting successful employment maintenance and stability
• A One Year Follow-Up with Individuals and Employers
OUTREACH
• North Bay street outreach several times a week
• Mobile community street outreach in the following locations:
• Eldee and Redbridge in a bi-weekly basis (every other week)
• Mattawa, Bonfield and Rutherglenn on a weekly basis
• Sturgeon Falls on a weekly basis
IN-REACH
• Workshops facilitated for community partners as requested on a large range of topics including but not limited to:
o Defining Domestic Violence
o Great Attitude…Great Future
o Lateral Violence
o Healing Through Forgiveness
o Financial Literacy
o Practicing Cultural Humility - Steppingstones to Cultural Safety
• Facilitate Men’s weekly workshops in the North Bay Jail to support men transitioning back to community
• Facilitate Women’s monthly workshops in the North Bay Jail to support women transitioning back to community
MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS PEER SUPPORT (MAPS) PROBATION & PAROLE
• Provide reintegration and recovery supports in 1:1 and/or group peer support.
• Establish rapport, trust and mutual understanding with individuals based on shared lived experience;
• Explore with the individual their recovery goals and identify ways to help them feel more connected with supports;
• Share with the individual, experiences related to the theme, emphasize an educational component and/or provide creative experiences that foster healing and recovery
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201-239 Main Street East
NORTH BAY, ON P1B 1B2 - 705-474-4058
- donnaf@trueself.ca
NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action
NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action is an organization run by and for consumers of mental health services. We develop occupational skills, nurture self-confidence and provide resources for recovery by creating opportunities for participants to contribute to their own well-being and that of their community. All staff, volunteers and members are people with lived experience of mental health challenges/illness. We are a member-driven initiative, offering meaningful and useful programs, providing a setting for active social recovery rather than passive dependence on community services. Our involvement at NISA allows us to liberate ourselves from the stigma and discrimination we often face as a result of our mental health diagnoses.
Being, belonging, becoming, for all mental health consumers.
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36 Elgin Street, Second Floor
Greater Sudbury, ON P3C 5B4 - 705-222-6472
- mboucher@nisa.on.ca
Outloud North Bay
OUTLoud North Bay supports the health and wellbeing of the 2SLGBTQA+ youth and allies of North Bay and surrounding communities, through workshops, professional services, collaborations, and a safe space.
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123 Delaware Ave
North Bay, ON P0H1H0 - 905-906-6106
- outloudnorthbay@gmail.com
People Advocating for Change Through Empowerment Inc.
We are a Consumer Survivor Initiative AKA “CSI” , meaning we are different from traditional Mental Health and Addiction Services. PACE is run by and for people with lived experience of a mental health issue or addiction issues; in a non clinical, drop-in, social environment. We provide a wide range of services and activities in the community.
Our organization works closely with local mental health system tables to bring the consumer voice to service planning, evaluation, and coordination, and provide direct informal or formal peer support and self-advocacy support to individuals. Our services are centered on Education, Advocacy, Peer Support, Social Inclusion, Personal Empowerment and connecting people with other services in the community.
Use of computers, TV, Stereo, DVD and videos, members’ phone and free use of PACE washer/dryer, and showers
Quarterly Newsletter Regularly Updated job postings and rental listings
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510 Victoria Ave. E.
Thunder Bay, ON P7C 1A7 - 807-624-3343
- peoplechange@tbaytel.net
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301 Main Street
Geraldton, ON P0T 1Mo - 8078542649
- pacegeraldton@bellnet.ca
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Manitouwadge Health Care Centre, 1 Health Care Cres.
Manitouwadge , ON P0T 2C0 - 807-826-4442
- pacemanitouwadge@shaw.ca
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312 Manitoba Street
Schreiber, ON P0T 2S0 - 8078241362
- paceschreiber@shaw.ca
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110 - 52 Peninsula Rd
Marathon, ON P0T 2E0 - 807-229-0357
- pacemarathon@shaw.ca
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10 Front Street
Nipigon, ON P0T 2J0 - 8076319732
- pacenipigon@tbaytel.net
St Joseph's Care Group Peer Connections Program
PROGRAM GOAL
To offer emotional, social, and informational support to people who share similar experiences and challenges with Mental Health, Chronic Pain, Addictions or Concurrent Disorders. Assisting individuals to find a healthy balance in their recovery and to create meaningful connections.
With a PSR focus and best practices in peer support we offer a wide variety of supports from socialization to structured information sessions for our members. Providing one on one as well as group peer support to our members across the city and the region.
We work in collaboration with our community partners to connect our members to the resources best suited to their needs with dignity of risk and self directed decision making being the basis for all services and resources provided.
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19-125 Syndicate Ave S
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6H8 - 807-624-3400 ext 3363
- quaidk@tbh.net