National Network for Mental Health

The National Network for Mental Health (NNMH) acts to advocate, to educate, and to offer expertise and resources to increase the health and well being of the community of Canadians with the lived experience of mental health issues. The NNMH will provide a framework of communications to serve as inclusive and collective voices across Canada, to dispel the stigma and myth of mental illness through, education, health promotion!

Telling Our Own Story: Canadian DPOs Apply Nothing About Us Without Us Principle to UN Review of Canada’s Record on Human Rights

Steven Estey

Canadian history will be made at the UN in Geneva on April 3 and 4 2017. For the first time, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will review Canada’s implementation of the CRPD. During a country review, the CRPD Committee studies written submissions and dialogues with both government representatives and members of civil society. At the review’s conclusion, the Committee will issue recommendations (referred to as ‘concluding observations’ or COs ) for strengthened implementation of the CRPD in Canada. Since 2015, Canadian disability organizations have been working together, sharing information, grounded in a disability rights analysis, with the Committee. Our goal has been to expand upon what has been submitted by the federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada. I have observed that, while Canada’s report to the Committee tells the truth, it is not necessarily the whole truth, and we have worked hard to paint a more detailed picture of what it is like to be a person with a disability in Canada. […]

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  November 13, 20172017 / AGM / Events / Organization NewsNotice of Annual General Meeting NNMH is Celebrating our 25th Anniversary 2017-2018 Via teleconference Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 Board of Directors and the Staff invite you to attend The National Network for Mental Health’s Annual General Meeting. Celebrating 25 years as the only national non-diagnostic consumer driven mental health organization in Canada. The National Network for Mental Health plays a pivotal role in bridging the Mental Health Community to the larger Consumer Disability Movement. We are committed to networking and capacity building to cultivate, strong leadership, effective networks, strong partnerships, and inclusive collaborations. It is only through strong leadership, commitment and membership, that we can affect change for the mental health and disability community and Canadians across the Pan Canadian landscape. CALL FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS: In accordance with our bylaws, NNMH is looking for board members to represent each of the following provinces and territories: British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Prince Edward Island. Nomination for any of the above positions must be received by December 1, 2017 by 11:59 pm Pacific time and can be forwarded by email to; [email protected] or regular mail to; National Network for Mental Health PO Box 1539 Station Main St. Catharines, ON. L2R 7J9 Individuals seeking nomination as Directors must supply the following: A paragraph why you seek election to the board of directors? A biography outlining your personal experience or a resume. A photograph (optional). The agenda, for the AGM and other related document will be sent via email and posted on line by December 4, 2017 at [email protected] Hope you can join us !... Read more...