Ruby Ng, the CEO of Canadian Mental Health Fraser Branch, gave an informative presentation on the Canadian Mental Health Association and the programs and services that the Fraser Branch specifically offers to the community.

The national Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) helps people access the community resources they need to build resilience and support recovery from mental illness or addiction, by building capacity, influencing policy, providing services, and developing resources.

BC has 13 CMHA branches that focus on community delivery.

The Fraser Branch covers the geographic area of UBC to Abbotsford, and programs can include anything from mental health literacy to recovery (transition homes).  Ruby stresses that although programs are available, psychological health and safety is a joint responsibility.  Individuals are responsible for their own mental health plan and the employer needs to provide support for that.

Her presentation can be downloaded here.

This presentation was recorded for members to review at a later date.

The next virtual breakfast forum will be a presentation from Kate Baillie of Technical Safety BC on June 20^th.

On June 21^st members will be at a site tour in Victoria, at BC Transit… learn more and register at this link.