<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">FYI: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are doing a study that is now underway examining the mental health and wellness of direct service providers working with people experiencing homelessness in Canada.<b> We are inviting direct service providers who work in the homeless, supportive housing, and harm reduction service sectors to participate in an online survey</b>. Service providers must be 18 years of age or older and work in Canada to take part.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We kindly ask that you share the information about this study with the service providers across the housing and homelessness sector. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The survey will help to identify the mental health and support needs of service providers working with people experiencing homelessness. <b>The survey can be completed anonymously and all responses are </b></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">confidential</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. The survey takes 30-45 minutes to complete.</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The survey can be filled out here: <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fis.gd%2Fservice_providers&data=04%7C01%7Cdfreiheit%40sghottawa.com%7Cd5d530200d8f45d1b1f508d88a3c5653%7C5c0fb9d45b784c18989a417bdeb611f9%7C0%7C0%7C637411340077073701%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=5X4IfaTtiyGj4561yiXr3nPkIcT0xlfO2g15TcjRwwk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://is.gd/service_providers</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">More information about the study can be found in the attached flyer.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The study is being conducted by Drs. Sean Kidd (primary investigator) and Nick Kerman of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Thank you and please do not hesitate to let us know if you have any questions about the study.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nick<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Nick Kerman, PhD<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Postdoctoral Fellow<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">416-535-8501 x33528<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:3pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:nick.kerman@camh.ca" target="_blank">nick.kerman@camh.ca</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6pt"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><img border="0" width="111" height="56" id="gmail-m_2891911166725451420Picture_x0020_2" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=dbc823d14a&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1683532521309758454&th=175d1be88c7c63f6&view=fimg&sz=s0-l75-ft&attbid=ANGjdJ8w-HM20vQ-OFVXEA7LbYJ8V6BS_adYPxyAHi-TsDrMd3lN1HrzRHx7r_6yJzokNqE6YwnRZ9ytK4GLd6ZRwHWPBBuR0OtVDoNkpCjBWXZxbYGIbk1j_V94i04&disp=emb" alt="LogoDescription automatically generated" class="gmail-CToWUd" style="width: 1.1562in; height: 0.5833in;"></span></p></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature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