Mental Health Explorer: Navigating Mental Health Services CMHA Calgary understands that through raising mental health awareness, busting stigma, and encouraging help-seeking in youth, we must also provide relevant navigation tools, resources, and supports so youth feel [...]
For some young people, a combination of mental health concerns, lack of protective factors, and the absence of family-based resiliency can lead to higher rates of delinquency, violence, and crime-related activities. We are aiming [...]
Mental Health Matters: A 2SLGBTQ+ Course At CMHA Calgary, we believe in ‘Mental Health for All’, and this includes the gender, sexual, and romantically diverse community. We are excited to announce that we have expanded [...]
Introducing...KidSMART! We are extremely excited to introduce KidSMART to our community! KidSMART is a continuation of CMHA Calgary’s youth-focused, mental health programming. View KidSMART! Specifically targeting a middle school population for students Grades [...]
Skills for Being There We are excited to announce that we have expanded our EQUIPPED program with a third course offering called “Skills for Being There.” Check out EQUIPPED! If you haven't heard [...]
There are many different types of mental illnesses and they affect everyone in different ways. With each type of mental illness, people may have unique experiences and challenges. Health professionals divide mental illnesses into groups [...]
Have you ever heard someone say, “Put yourself in someone else’s shoes?” This phrase is often related to empathy. Empathy is defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. Practicing [...]
Body image is a person's feelings and perception of the look of their own body. A person's view of their body image can change from day-to-day, but the only true thing that changes is how [...]
Being a positive person is not a bad thing, however, responding to other people's negative emotions and feelings with responses such as, 'Look at the bright side,' 'Everything happens for a reason,' or 'Just be [...]
The Origin of Pink Shirt Day On his first day of 9th grade, a Canadian male student wore a pink shirt to school causing some of his fellow classmates to bully and harass him for [...]
