Community Addictions Peer Support Association
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Along with "All People, All Pathways", visiting the Wellness Together Canada portal also gets you access to Breaking Free: Wellness in just 5 easy steps. Discover a set of strategies and tools for folks who are questioning their relationship or experiencing difficulties with alcohol or drugs. Start here: https://ca.portal.gs/

Continuing to spread some holiday cheer, Liz and the CAPSA team dropped off more COVID-19 relief bags full of goodies to folks at one of our community partners this holiday season, including hand sanitizer, face masks, t-shirts, stress balls, and info on #personfirstlanguage Just a small way to help make this time of year a little brighter

People view death differently when it's the result of substance use disorder. There is still so much stigma. If only people knew substance use disorder is a health disorder, and that addiction is not a choice, they might have more compassion for us, the grieving, and for the 60,000 people we lose to substance use each year. We are nearly half-a-million Canadians looking for answers and meaningful action to prevent more deaths. So let's walk together in compassion to honour th...ose we've lost, to help end so much needless suffering, and increase wellness for all. Let's do better together. To help build momentum for better policies, please visit www.capsa.ca #StigmaEndsWithMe #TheOttawaSummit Ottawa Public Health The Royal Mental Health Centre Canadian Centre on Substance Use / Centre canadien sur les dépendances

Great end of the day shot at #StigmaEndsWithMe workshop Canadian Centre on Substance Use / Centre canadien sur les dépendances and CAPSA working with cross sectorial community organizations , family, friends and those directly effected. Thanks The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health for a wonderful welcome and great event space.

"It really is a life-saving intervention at its core."

Big thanks to Dr. Lara Nixon and the rec team at Peter Coyle Place, part of Trinity Place Foundation of Alberta, for sporting the #StigmaEndsWithMe t-shirts from Community Addictions Peer Support Association today. Looking good!

The physical, mental, emotional and spiritual parts of ourselves need to be cared for. Counselling Connect - Counseling on connecte offers in-person or phone Indigenous counselling with Indigenous and Western approaches to healing Learn more at https://www.counsellingconnect.org/

CAPSA's "All People, All Pathways" peer support services are now accessible exclusively through Wellness Together Canada. Access a safe environment free from stigma to ask questions about your relationship with substances and self-guided tools and resources that are right for you. Start here: https://ca.portal.gs/

Ready for Day 2 of the Harm Reduction conference co-organized by Ottawa Harm Reduction and University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics on the challenges and opportunities for innovative harm reduction in Canada See today’s sessions, panels, and speakers - including CAPSA - here: https://www.lessharm.ca/

Thanks to Liz from CAPSA Canada for helping make the holidays a little brighter this year! She dropped off some more #COVID19 safety kits to Shepherds of Good Hope this week, containing face masks, hand sanitizer, t-shirts, stress balls, and more!

The Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health has received funding through Healthy Canadians to develop e-learning modules for physicians and other healthcare providers on the topic of Cannabis and Older Adults. As part of the project they are conducting a survey for: Physicians, other healthcare providers and healthcare students... Older adults (55 years and older) Caregivers to older adults Start here: http://ow.ly/oHI550BTDCp If you're interested, please enter by Monday, October 26th, 2020

Wishing a very happy, healthy, and safe Thanksgiving Day to all those observing today

Eric Costen, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Controlled Substances & Cannabis Branch at Healthy Canadians, joined the Recovery Day Ottawa livestream this year to celebrate people in all stages of their recovery Watch the full RDO 2020 replay here: https://www.facebook.com/CAPSACanada/videos/968937696938373

Dr. Vera Etches of Ottawa Public Health shares a powerful announcement at this year's Recovery Day Ottawa "We are working together to make tangible improvements in mental health and eliminate harms from substance use, with a focus on opioids, across the lifespan through the Ottawa Community Action Plan. As part of this plan, Ottawa Public Health is partnering on a collective impact project with the Canadian Centre on Substance Use / Centre canadien sur les dépendances, the Community Addictions Peer Support Association, and The Royal Mental Health Centre" Watch the full replay of RDO 2020 here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=968937696938373

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and another chance to commit to ending the stigma Visit the CAPSA Resource Centre for more: http://ow.ly/DTNC50BPbVE

Recovery is real. Recovery is attainable. Recovery is sustainable. Recovery is about you.... Rita Notarandrea, CEO of the Canadian Centre on Substance Use / Centre canadien sur les dépendances delivers a powerful message to RDO 2020. Watch the full replay on RDO 2020, including all the guest speakers, community partners, and musical performances here: https://www.facebook.com/CAPSACanada/videos/968937696938373/

Eric Costen, Associate Assistant Deputy Minister of the Controlled Substances & Cannabis Branch at Healthy Canadians, joined the Recovery Day Ottawa livestream this year to celebrate people in all stages of their recovery Watch the full RDO 2020 replay here: https://www.facebook.com/CAPSACanada/videos/968937696938373

Watch Chief Peter Sloly of Ottawa Police Service - Service de police d'Ottawa sit down with CAPSA's Executive Director Gord Garner for this year's Recovery Day Ottawa Watch the replay of the full RDO 2020 livestream here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=968937696938373

Thank you, Mayor Jim Watson for your proclamation making September 25, 2020 Recovery Day in the City of Ottawa Watch the full replay of Recovery Day Ottawa 2020, with dozens of special guests, community partners, and musical performances here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=968937696938373

Happening tonight at 7:30 p.m. Will you join us?

A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in to watch the Recovery Day Ottawa livestream on September 25. The COVID-19 kit bags are packed up and ready to go! Each kit bag includes: A #StigmaEndsWithMe face mask A stress-relief ball... CAPSA wet/dry bag for storage #StigmaEndsWithMe literature Much more Everyone who reached out during the show will be receiving theirs soon. In the meantime, relive RDO 2020's incredible guests, speakers, and performances here: https://www.facebook.com/CAPSACanada/videos/968937696938373

Recovery Day Ottawa was held one week ago today, with a stunning program that celebrated wellness, fostered hope, and engaged the community from ocean to ocean in a dialogue on increased resources for new and existing services Relive the incredible guests, speakers, and musical performances on the special RDO 2020 replay here

Are you a parent or caregiver of someone in grade 7 or up? Join Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services next Thursday, October 7 for this great virtual presentation over Zoom

Join us on Zoom TONIGHT at 7:30 pm for the next virtual All People, All Pathways meeting

After hosting such an incredible time at Recovery Day Ottawa on Friday, it's time to get ready for Recovery Day Toronto. Here's a quick preview of the all-new virtual event, happening TODAY at 5 p.m. right here on Facebook Live Join Families for Addiction Recovery "FAR", along with Inspire By Example, and more for this wonderful program

On Friday, Recovery Day Ottawa hit an incredible milestone, going ocean-to-ocean in its first ever completely digital RDO. We couldn't have done it without the help of all of our great community partners, guest speakers, musical performers, and volunteers. You are what makes Recovery Day Ottawa such a special event In case you missed it, you can watch the full day's events right here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=968937696938373