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Forza Real Estate Windsor holds Cash Back & Donation Fundraiser for First Responders
Rose-Marie Beaudoin & Rocco Muscedere return to help promote mental health and awareness for Windsor-Essex first responders and frontline...
CMHA celebrates volunteer firefighters across Ontario
As we celebrate Volunteer Week, CMHA recognizes that the majority of firefighters in our province are volunteers. According to the National Fire...
Resilient Minds – An effective, sustainable approach to psychological health training.
Firefighters are exposed to some of the greatest psychosocial risks of any profession. Research has shown that the risks and responsibilities they...
Canadian Nurses Association Unveils Massive 28-storey Mural to Celebrate Nurses Nation-wide
While COVID-19 continues its assault on healthcare systems across the country, CNA reminds people across Canada that nurses keep answering the call...
East Windsor hill officially named ‘Hope Hill’ with council approval
City Council approved new name presented by Canadian Mental Health Association A popular tobogganing hill in Little River Park has officially been...
How a first responder’s creative process healed his professional trauma
By Kathy Sullivan, Expressive Arts Consultant, MAAT, R.E.A.C.E. at Ashes2Art Have you checked out Dan Sun’s artwork? No!? Then let us have the...
Understanding Suicide Prevention and Substance Abuse
Suicide is the act of causing one’s own death intentionally and is often related to complex mental health issues, stressors, and substance abuse....
CMHA Windsor-Essex celebrates 50 years, launches Million Dollar fundraising campaign
Published Monday, January 18, 2021, 7:32 PM EST The Canadian Mental Health Association Windsor-Essex Branch in Windsor, Ont. on Friday, May 29, 2020...
The Road to Mental Readiness for First Responders
Mental Health We know that mental health is just as important as our physical health, but why do we often overlook mental health? Mental health is...
Vintage Windsor Police cruiser stuffed in support of Kids First food bank
Author of the article Julie Kotsis | Windsor Star Publishing Date: December 6, 2020 | 1 Minute Read A steady stream of shoppers helped...
Essex-Windsor EMS to test a mental health and addictions response team
Rich Garton | CTV Windsor News Reporter | @RichGartonCTV | Contact Published Thursday, December 3, 2020, 2:41 PM EST WINDSOR, ONT. -- There’s no...
How PTSD Can Affect You
First responders, or public safety professionals, play a crucial role in keeping communities safe. This often means that first responders are put in...
Men, Mental Health and Suicide
Men are more likely to die by suicide than any other groupBY DR. JENNIFER SULLIVAN The statistics pertaining to men’s mental health and suicide...
Nurses union produces short PTSD film
For nurses like Susan Sommerdyk, dealing with injury, illness and death on a daily basis is part of the job. And like many frontline health care...