This Holiday Season Give the Gift of Mental Health No Images? Click here This Holiday Season Give the Gift of Mental HealthGiving feels good. Your generous support helps us continue to advocate for a better system of care that helps people throughout British Columbia at every stage of mental wellness or illness. Donate today. 10 Tips for Surviving Winter Holiday Travel When leaving your usual routine and surroundings, and adding the overall stress of travel, challenges might come up that trigger symptoms of a pre-existing mental health condition to flare or new issues to surface for the first time. Check out these practical ways to prevent travel anxiety from ruining your winter vacation! New Resources to Support BC families Impacted by Substance UseTwo new handbooks, written in collaboration with people who have first-hand experience with substance use and loss, have been launched to help British Columbian families manage the day-to-day challenges of having a child or loved one with a substance use disorder. Find out more about these new resources. WorkSafe BC Impairment ResourcesWorkSafe BC has created two new resources aimed at increasing awareness of workplace impairment issues in seven different languages. The resources include a Guide to managing workplace impairment and developing an impairment policy and a Toolbox Meeting Guide: Substance use and workplace impairment. New Updates to DrugCocktails.caA major content update was recently completed on the Drugcocktails.ca site. This site helps youth, parents, and professionals 'get the facts' about the risk of mixing medications with other substances like alcohol, cannabis, or street drugs. Find out what's new on the website. CMHA Certified Psychological Health and Safety Advisor Training - Jan 21-22 (Victoria) Gain practical expertise to help employers improve psychological health and safety or implement the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace in their workplaces. Find out more and register. Registration Now Open: 8th Annual e-Mental Health Conference - Feb 1-2 This year's theme is New Generations, New Services: Shifting Mental Health to the Digital Age and keynote speakers will include Tom Insel, co-founder and President of Mindstrong Health, and Maree Teeson, Professorial Fellow at the Black Dog Institute. Register before December 31, 2018 to take advantage of early bird pricing. Healthy Minds | Healthy Campuses Summit - March 7-9 Summit 2019, Building Connection At All Levels: A Socio-Ecological Approach to Well-being on Campus, will feature an array of inspiring speakers, engaging co-learning and collaboration, and immersive workshops aimed to inspire innovation and action on campus and beyond campus. Find out more. Bottom Line Conference 2019 - March 11-12 The keynote speaker at the 2019 Conference will be Jorgen Gullestrup, the founding CEO of MATES in Construction, Australia’s ground-breaking mental health campaign in the construction industry. MATES in Construction has reduced suicide deaths in the construction industry from over two times the national average. Find out more about this year's speakers. Webinar: The Role of Co-Production in Recovery-Oriented Approaches to Mental Health - Jan 8 This facilitated discussion will feature an incredible panel of international speakers who will discuss the ways co-production and centering lived experience can transform practice and policies in mental health settings and inform advocacy for systems-level reform. Register for this free webinar. Program Manager, Confident Parents: Thriving Kids (CMHA BC Division)We are seeking a program manager for Confident Parents: Thriving Kids, a telephone-based coaching service that brings helpful skills to parents of young children experiencing behavioural problems. Read the job posting and find out how to apply. With your help, we can make a difference. Your donation provides hope and help to those affected by mental illness. MIND MATTERS is completely free and your e-mail address is not shared with any third party. If you would like to know more about our efforts to ensure your privacy is maintained, please contact us. Mind Matters wouldn't be possible without support from donors like you. If your BC agency has news or events you would like to promote in Mind Matters, please e-mail a short paragraph to mindmatters@cmha.bc.ca. If you no longer wish to receive Mind Matters, you may unsubscribe. DISCLAIMER
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