At the Centre Winter 2004
At the Centre
Letter from Gail Czukar
Executive Vice President of Policy and Planning
As the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health approached its fifth anniversary last year, the Board of Trustees felt it was
an appropriate time to review and reflect on its progress and consider where the organization should be heading in the future.
When CAMH developed its first strategic directions in 1998, four different organizations were just starting out on this journey
together.
Supporting Others
It's early Tuesday evening. John's alone in his house because his wife and young son recently left him. He starts to drink...
again, and then decides to call a new service he heard about. He tells the person on the other end of the line about his situation.
He says he really wants to make positive changes in his life, like going to AA...
News Highlights at the Centre
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The Krembil Family Epigenetics Lab Opens
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Pilot Treatment Program Established in Sault Ste. Marie
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New Municipal Alcohol Policy Guide
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International Development Grant
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Work and Substance Use Seminars
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PREGNETS - a Toolkit
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Dual Diagnosis Program Clinical Director Recognized
Site Speak
Over the past several months, CAMH has been proceeding with the plans and consultations for the Queen Street site redevelopment.
An exercise looking at the day-in-the life of clients, family members and staff was used to look at the relationship between
the programming activities and the facility layout for the six- storey core bed buildings.
A New Look for CAMH
Having just celebrated our fifth anniversary, we felt it was the right time to do a review of CAMH's identity -- specifically
the way CAMH portrays itself as an organization. The review has resulted in an updated logo/wordmark and tagline -- Transforming
Lives -- which is reflective of the updated strategic directions of the organization.
To help us with this, CAMH has been working with the international advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi on a mostly pro bono
basis. They have been applying their talent and skills to update CAMH's brand, and to create a major marketing campaign.
CAMH is looking forward to continuing our work with Saatchi & Saatchi to increase the profile of CAMH and tranform the way
society views addiction and mental illness. A more comprehensive update on our branding initiative will be outlined in an
upcoming issue of At the Centre.
Upcoming Events
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Youth, Drugs and Alcohol: Helping Parents Manage the Risks
Inaugural Pamela Fralick Community Information Forum on Addiction
Free Admission. Wednesday, Febreuary 18, 7-9 p.m. London, On. - Best Western Lamplighter Inn and Conference Centre, 591 Wellington
Rd. S. Further information: 519 433-3171, ext. 8106.
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Joint Conference: Making Gains in Mental Health & Addictions: Knowledge, Integration, Action
October 3-6, 2004. Hilton Toronto Hotel
Canada's most important mental health and addictions conference. Hosted by four leading organizations in mental health, addictions
and substance abuse in Ontario - Alcohol and Drug Recovery Association of Ontario (ADRAO), Canadian Mental Health Association
- Ontario Division, CAMH and the Ontario Federation of Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs. Check
www.makinggains.ca for the Call for Papers & Presentations and program updates. For general information, call Rachel Gillooly, conference planner,
705 454-8107 or toll-free at 877 372-2435, or email
rachel@haliburtonhighlands.com.
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Community Information Forum: There is Help... There is Hope
Free Admission. Location: Meeting Centre, (Room 2029),
33 Russell Street, E corner of College and Spadina.
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Tuesday, March 9
Suffering in Silence: The Secret World of Postpartum Depression, Anxiety and Psychosis
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Tuesday, April 13
You May Think You Know Me: Someone With Invisible Disabilities
Location (for this forum, only): Queen Street site cafeteria
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Tuesday, May 4
Balancing Medications with a Healthy Lifestyle in Schizophrenia
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For the final schedule, visit
www.camh.net or call 416 535-8501, ext. 4553
At the Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health's external newsletter, is published four times a year to inform our stakeholders
about current issues and events at CAMH.
Editor Deborah Etsten
Published by the Communications, Education and Commmunity Health Department
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health 33 Russell Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 2S1
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