On Tuesday, Jun 15th, Ottawa Public Health (OPH) launched the Ottawa Community Action Plan (OCAP) website, together with the OCAP core sponsors: The Community Addictions Peer Support Association (CAPSA), The Royal, The Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), and The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA). OCAP is a collaborative, network-based strategy with an overarching goal of reducing…
Mental Health Videos Launch To celebrate Mental Health Week, OPH has unveiled the first have THAT talk About Racism and Allyship videos. The haveTHATtalk (hTt) mental health education series and videos have received more than 1.6 million views worldwide. Based on feedback from the community and data from the Mental Health of Ottawa’s Black Community research…
On May 4, 2021– The City’s Finance and Economic Development Committee received a presentation from the Ottawa Hospital outlining development plans for its new Civic Campus. The Ottawa Hospital has completed the next stage of planning for the campus and plans to open in 2028 as one of the largest and most advanced hospitals in Canada.…
An alarming number of overdoses continue in Ottawa For information on the prevention of overdoses stopoverdoseottawa.ca For statistics of Drug Use and Overdose The Ottawa Police Service and its partners continue to see a high number of overdoses in the city. This year, police have responded to 91 calls for service involving drug overdoses. Tragically,…
The Canadian Institute for Health Information reports that unpaid caregivers of people living with dementia are more likely (45%) to experience distress than caregivers of other seniors (26%). The Ottawa and Renfrew County support organization for people living with dementia, and for people caring for people diagnosed with dementia, know that caregiver distress is at…
As the holidays approach, it’s so important to check in with ourselves and our loved ones to see how things are going and to make sure we are using good coping skills to support our mental health. For some, this can mean getting back to good habits like getting enough sleep, being more active and…
There is no doubt that this past year has been challenging for everyone. So it is important that we stop every now and again to take a deep breath and know that yes we are all in this together but we are also dealing with different levels of stress and anxiety. I once heard someone…
Photo courtesy of CTV Ottawa I am please with the cooperation City Council showed in passing this motion supporting the direction that Ottawa Police Services is moving to include more mental health resources in their responses to persons in mental health crisis and distress. Persons with mental illness need to get the help they require…
Photo courtesy of CTV News Ottawa This week’s verdict on the Montsion Trial was deeply emotional and my heart goes out to Abdirahman Abdi’s family and supporters. The death was tragic and it is clear that Ottawa Police Services needs to take a different direction on handling calls involving mental health episodes There needs to…
Ontario Implementing Additional Public Health Measures in Ottawa Effective Saturday, October 10, 2020 at 12:01 a.m., these targeted measures are being implemented in Ottawa, Peel, and Toronto as a result of their higher than average rates of transmission. Measures under a modified Stage 2 include: Reducing limits for all social gatherings and organized public events…