VIMentalHealth @VIMentalHealth
VIMHS is a non-profit organization. We provide recovery, housing, and hope to adults experiencing mental health issues. vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org Nanaimo, BC, Canada Joined November 2012-
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Join us on May 16th for @Moose_Hide Campaign Day! We'll be joining the Walk to End Violence Against Women and Children in Victoria. A full list of the day's events can be found here: moosehidecampaign.ca/victoria/
"Studies from the [UK and USA] on opiate initiation...concluded that the spread of drug abuse is contagious, like an infective illness. In one study...the origins of drug use [was traced] to two index users who came from outside the community" #comment timescolonist.com/opinion/commen…
"Medicine...follows the experiences of John and the yearly “drama therapy” he goes through under the guidance of local artists, who help him re-enact parts of his past & his trauma. [It premieres] on June 14 at @TheCultch Vancity Culture Lab." #Vancouver straight.com/arts/medicine-…
Less expensive generic version of #Narcan for #California..."The goal is to expand the distribution beyond schools and public health departments and into places including restaurants, entertainment centers and ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft." toronto.citynews.ca/2024/04/29/cal…
"APTN [launches] Warrior Up! on May 11 & streaming on APTN lumi starting May 4. Each week a new 30-minute episode will feature young #Indigenous changemakers across the country...positive things that Indigenous youth...do that will inspire people" @APTNtv windspeaker.com/news/windspeak…
"#Parksville council has appointed Coun. Mary Beil as the new liaison to the Oceanside Task Force on #Homelessness. Beil was previously a liaison to the task force several years ago when she sat on a previous council." pqbnews.com/local-news/par…
"Nanoose Community Services...provides support in the form of grocery gift cards to help...with at least one week’s worth of food per month; culinary skill sharing; referrals...; emergency dental & optical care & Christmas gifts for families & seniors." pqbnews.com/community/100-…
"The City [of #Nanaimo] is eyeing the expansion of its ambitious [downtown] safety plans...however the cost of potential upgrades remains to be seen. Councillors [heard about] the effectiveness of ...patrolling downtown & working with those on the street." nanaimonewsnow.com/2024/04/29/try…
"CSOs...made a "notable impact on the perception of safety & cleanliness of downtown areas" [& it's] "widely recognized" that social disorder downtown would be worse without the measures...[but no evidence of] tangible decrease of social disorder" #Nanaimo cbc.ca/news/canada/br…
"[#BC premier David] Eby said arresting someone struggling with addiction & taking them to court does not deal with #addiction or saving lives. “It is a significant use of time, energy & money that could be better put towards #treatment or rehabilitation”" timescolonist.com/local-news/dru…
"Research highlights the urgent need to develop a robust surveillance system for #eatingdisorders in Canada to ensure we are adequately capturing shifting needs in services & costs so that we can better manage #eatingdisorder care" #children #youth @CHEO ottawa.ctvnews.ca/costs-associat…
"Poverty among children living in single-parent households headed by women [is] on the rise...According to the [report], 28.2% of children in such households were living below the poverty line in 2022... That figure marked a jump of 52.4% compared to 2021" campbellrivermirror.com/news/child-pov…
“This council has [worked] well above its usual capacity or the expectations of traditional governments at a local level in stepping into the spaces that have been traditional responsibilities of the provincial & sometimes the federal governments as well” cheknews.ca/victoria-tells…
“We have three police officers and two amazing psych nurses on our unit, and we respond to calls of people in crisis or any kind of #mentalhealth-related call for service.” #WestShore #policing #healthcare @WestshoreRCMP cheknews.ca/west-shore-rcm…
- @WestshoreRCMP Mental Health Unit works in partnership with @VanIslandHealth bringing together Nurses with extensive background and training in mental health and substance use care with specially trained officers. Together, this Mobile Integrated Crisis Response team has…
#At the time Canada’s health minister said it would serve as a template for other jurisdictions and the province’s health officer said it would “make a difference” in the the spiraling overdose crisis that had engulfed British Columbia" theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
Singing and songwriting have helped Parksville-Qualicum’s Amarii express things he’s struggled to talk about. Now, they’ve also helped him sign with a new label, Kolossal Records. vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/qualic… @VIMentalHealth
"The...meals are prepared by a team of up to 50 volunteers...menu changes every week, based on what food was donated the week before...Those in need can order up to 7 items per week [and] all items are available at no charge" Red Cedar Cafe #Victoria timescolonist.com/life/cafe-turn…
"The #Parksville #QualicumBeach community overwhelmingly welcomed the inaugural #Oceanside Repair Café on Saturday... 126 people brought...items for 14 skilled volunteers to repair... small appliances, computers & electronics, lamps, furniture & bicycles" pqbnews.com/community/firs…
"As a parent of two elementary school-age children in #OakBay, I am deeply concerned about the potential cuts to funding ...for school counsellors... The proposed cuts...come at a time when our children need support more than ever" #mentalhealth #comment sookenewsmirror.com/opinion/letter…
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Ten months after being shot in the line of duty and having her leg amputated in 1998, Laurie White was able to return to full unrestricted duties with the RCMP. Listen to the full interview: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/steppi… @VIMentalHealth
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This week, 150 employment and housing program clients attended our first Client-Focused #CareerFair. Hosted by our #TransitionalEmployment Program, clients engaged with employers and discovered work and flexible training opportunities. We hope to host another fair in the future!
#NewsRelease: 51 new supportive homes are coming to Nanaimo 🏘️ Residents of Cornerstone will benefit from on-site staff support, life-skills training, counselling, employment assistance, and more. Learn more: news.bchousing.org/fifty-one-new-… #Nanaimo #SupportiveHousing
"We have every reason to believe that if you increase the demand and increase the risk, that that's going to increase the propensity for injury, which means we're going to need to provide more support." - Dr. Nick Carleton, University of Regina cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…
Memorial University professor Gillian Kolla says we're normalizing high levels of deaths from drug poisoning. "It didn't used to be this way." Listen to the full interview: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/the-em… @VIMentalHealth
Gillian Kolla recently studied the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers. One takeaway-workers feel many supports are designed to address past trauma, but what they experience is ongoing. Listen to the full interview: vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/the-em… @VIMentalHealth
“While people really, really find doing harm reduction work and doing service provision for people who use drugs to be valuable and rewarding work, it has been emotionally devastating as the drug toxicity crisis has escalated.” vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/the-em… @VIMentalHealth
We are not a drug using organization but we do support Harm reduction safe supply and all pathways to recovery. Every employee and volunteer is in recovery from substance use , poverty & homelessness . All of our programs are written from a lived experience perspective. 🪶
Join us for a virtual author talk by Gitxsan award-winning and bestselling author, Angela Sterritt, as she walks us through her experiences and investigations into missing Indigenous women. 👉WHEN: Tuesday April 30 5:30-7:30PM 👉WHERE: ZOOM REGISTER AT virl.bc.ca/angela-sterritt
The Town at the Center of a U.S. Supreme Court Battle Over #Homelessness. A lawsuit by a group of homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon could reshape the way cities across the country deal with homelessness. by @AbbieVanSickle nytimes.com/2024/04/20/us/… via @nytimes
Thank you to HEAL NS & supprters for a wonderful Red Gala evening! @dbournetyson @JonTHFX
The wonderful Dr Kate Millerand Dr.@GowerMD starting @SRPCanada #SRPC2024 day 3 with “Self care for rural docs who prefer swearing to yoga” Terrific,evidence informed strategies we should all know about napping, swearing, writing…
Moms Stop The Harm co-founder Leslie McBain reflected on the eight year anniversary of a public health emergency being declared in B.C. due to drug toxicity. “The deaths are piling up and they are people, they’re not just a number.” vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/8-year… @VIMentalHealth