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May is Mental Health Awareness Month in Ontario. The first week of May asks us to reflect on child and youth mental health, with May 1-7th being Children’s Mental Health Week. This week is a time to recognize the importance…

The following blog post was written by our outgoing student intern, Marina. To learn more about Marina, her placement with us, and why she chose to write this blog post, you can listen to the accompanying podcast available at: https://dcontario.fireside.fm/276…

It's National Volunteer Week! According to Volunteer Canada, the theme for this year's National Volunteer Week is "Every Moment Matters". Volunteer Canada describes the theme as follows:​ "The theme for National Volunteer Week highlights the importance of every volunteer and each contribution…

Greetings and welcome back to The Ontario Association of Distress Centres’ (operating as Distress and Crisis Ontario) blog! As mentioned in our first post last month, our blog will feature timely topics relevant to current events and/or monthly themes, articles…

February 2024 Every February, people across Canada participate in Black History Month events and festivities that honour the legacy of Black people in Canada and their communities. The 2024 theme for Black History Month is: “Black Excellence: A Heritage to…

Greetings and welcome to the blog of The Ontario Association of Distress Centre, operating as Distress and Crisis Ontario! We're thrilled to introduce this new platform for connecting with our community and sharing valuable information each month. Our blog will…

Winter Conference 2023 - Dr. Rick Csiernik on Hallucinogens and Microdosing Distress and Crisis Ontario invites you to join us virtually for our Winter Conference 2023 on Thursday March 9th, 2023, for a morning of training with Dr. Rick Csiernik.…

Allied with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples of Canada, we seek to support their efforts for Truth and Reconciliation in Social Justice initiatives. If you are unsure of where to start in learning more, we have recently shared four…

September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Allied with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples of Canada we seek to support their efforts for Truth and Reconciliation in Social Justice initiatives. If you are unsure of where to…

On Saturday September 10th, 2022, we hosted a livestream on Facebook to honour World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) 2022. WSPD, observed each year on September 10th, provides the opportunity for people across the globe to raise awareness of suicide and…