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Become a CMHA Peer Support Group Facilitator
18 May 2021

Build your Leadership Skills  |  Connect with your Community  CMHA NS Division is currently seeking facilitators for our new Peer Support Group.   This group is for individuals identifying as youth…

Ride Don’t Hide is Back
7 May 2021

Move more. Give back. Feel better.  CMHA Nova Scotia is excited to bring Ride Don’t Hide back to the province  – this year with a twist.  After taking a pause…

Get Ready to #GetReal about how you feel
2 May 2021

This CMHA Mental Health Week, we’re diving into how we feel. It’s hard to deal with our emotions when we don’t know what we’re feeling. You may have been taught…

CMHA Nova Scotia celebrates National Volunteer Week 2021
30 April 2021

The power of people working together can bring about monumental changes. That’s why CMHA Nova Scotia Division joins organizations across the country this week in celebrating National Volunteer Week. The…

CMHA NB Mental Health Week | SPEAKER SERIES
30 April 2021

CMHA NS Division is partnering with CMHA New Brunswick to bring a virtual Mental Health Speakers Series to our province. The Series, which kicks off May 2 is one of…

CMHA urges federal government to invest in community-based mental health services for long-term pandemic recovery
30 April 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused extreme national anxiety with mental health effects like nothing we have seen before. Research suggests that Canadians will still be struggling with their mental health long after a vaccine is available. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has made the…

CMHA Standing Committee presentation spurs further action
30 April 2021

The Face of Poverty Consultation (FACE) has made public, their concern with several issues recently raised by the Canadian Mental Health Association-NS Division. In a letter addressed to the Hon….

Nova Scotian plans to run across PEI in support of mental health this summer
30 April 2021

PRESS RELEASE There has never been a more important time to support mental health in Atlantic Canada. That’s why Nova Scotian Dom Dib created My Island Run, a mental health…

How are we feeling? Nova Scotians are anxious, stressed, lonely and sad
30 April 2021

 CMHA and UBC release data on emotional impact of the pandemic for Mental Health Week Fifty-five per cent of adults in Nova Scotia report feeling so-called negative emotions as a…

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