[homeles_ot-l] FW: Mental Health Week May 4-6: Suicide Prevention, Prozac Nation Film--please circulate

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne

Coordinator, Alliance to End Homelessness (ATEH)

147 Besserer St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6A7

613-241-7913, ext. 205

HYPERLINK "http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/"www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca

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From: Peter Williams [mailto:Peter_Williams at camh.net] 
Sent: April 30, 2009 1:59 PM
To: Peter Williams
Subject: Mental Health Week May 4-6: Suicide Prevention, Prozac Nation
Film--please circulate
Importance: High

 



 

Mental Health Week, May 4-8, Features Suicide Prevention Workshop, Prozac
Nation film  

 

During Mental Health Week, May 4-8 2009, the Canadian Mental Health
Association, Ottawa Branch, and the Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition will
present a workshop entitled Hope in Action: Solution Focused Suicide
Prevention on May 6. 

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a client-centered approach that builds on
people’s strengths and hopes for the future. The workshop will focus on
using solution-focused methods with individuals at risk for suicide. 

What:               Hope in Action: Solution Focused Suicide Prevention

Featuring Dr. Heather Fiske

Date:                Tuesday, May 6, 9:00: am to 3:00 pm

Where:              Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Downtown Ottawa

111 Cooper Street, Oxford Room

 

The workshop will be particularly useful given the high profile of suicide
in Ottawa in recent months. 

 

Dr. Heather Fiske is a psychologist who has worked in hospitals, community
clinics, schools, and correctional facilities.  She is a member of the
Provincial Advisory Board of the Ontario Suicide Prevention Network and a
past member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Suicide
Prevention (CASP) One of the founders of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Association, she teaches a postgraduate program in solution-focused therapy
at the University of Toronto and also trains service providers to the
homeless. 

 

For further information, contact:

Renee Ouimet

Director, Capacity Building and Education, CMHA Ottawa

Directrice, Division de l'éducation et la mobilisation communautaire, ACSM,
Section Ottawa  

HYPERLINK "mailto:rouimet at cmhaottawa.ca"rouimet at cmhaottawa.ca  (613)
737-7791 ext 135

 

Mad About the Arts, in collaboration with the University of Ottawa Diversity
and Accessibility on Campus Symposium will present the film, Prozac Nation,
on May 8. 

 

What:               Screening of Prozac Nation, an independent film based on
an emotionally charged true story about a journey into excess, existential
crisis and recovery from paralyzing depression, followed by a panel
discussion 

When:               May 8, 7:00 p.m.

Where:              Alumni Auditorium, Jock Turcott University Centre, 

                        85 Université Private, University of Ottawa

Cost:                $10, $6 student, low income, CFI member

 

For further information, contact:

Peter Williams
Program Consultant/ Conseiller en programmes

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health/ Centre de toxicomanie et de santé
mentale
HYPERLINK "mailto:peter_williams at camh.net"peter_williams at camh.net  (613)
569-6024 X 8213

 

 

 

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