Projects of NNMH

Project Information

Opening Doors

Building Employment Capacity for
Mental Health Consumer/Survivors Nationally

The "Opening Doors" for Mental Health Consumer/Survivors program is an innovative and unique consumer/survivor driven project designed to provide information, advocacy, support, educational opportunities, skills development, and assistance to participants as they develop personal and professional capacity and move toward employment and reduce reliance on income support.

There are currently six project sites across Canada:

St. Catharines, Ontario
North Bay, Ontario
Moncton, New Brunswick
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Calgary, Alberta
New Westminster, BC

This program is available through online delivery for individuals who live in remote or under serviced communities. This cutting edge interactive online project is ideal for individuals who cannot attend one of our project sites and would benefit from our independent learning environment.

Funded by Human Resources and Social Development Canada
Opportunities Fund, since 1997.

www.builtnetwork.ca

BUILT Network (On-Line) Suite 104 - 591 Main St. North Bay, ON, P1B 1B7	Phone: (705) 475-0979 Fax: (705) 475-1641 E-mail: online@builtnetwork.ca
BUILT Network (St. Catharines) Suite 305 - 55 King Street St. Catharines, ON, L2R 3H5	Phone: (905) 688-2545 Fax: (905) 688 - 9608 E-mail: st.catharines@builtnetwork.ca
BUILT Network (Moncton) Terminal Plaza Building 1222 Main Street, Suite 4003 Moncton, NB E1C 1H6	Phone: (506) 383-8337 or 383-7520 Fax: (506) 384-9507 E-mail: moncton@builtnetwork.ca
BUILT Network (Winnipeg) Suite 403 - 83 Garry Street Winnipeg, MB, R3C 4J9	Phone: (204) 942-7459 Fax: (204) 942-7573 E-mail: winnipeg@builtnetwork.ca
BUILT Network (Calgary) 206-7th Avenue S.W. Suite 621, Calgary AB T2P 0W7	Phone: (403) 266-6066 Fax: (403) 266-0976 E-Mail: calgary@builtnetwork.ca
BUILT Network (New Westminster) 779 Carnarvon St. New Westminster, BC V3M 1E6	Phone: (604) 517-5526 Fax: (604) 517-5536 E-Mail: new_westminster@builtnetwork.ca

Consumers In Action (CIA)

The Mental Health Consumers In Action (CIA) project was a 3 phrase project designed to enhance the capacity, advocacy, and leadership skills of mental health consumer/survivors in Canada.

The biggest challenge to the consumer/survivor movement has largely been the inability to sustain the strong consumer/survivor leadership that has come and gone during the last forty years.

The CIA project addressed consumer/survivor leadership issues by identifying past challenges to consumer/survivor leadership, and addressing those challenges by enhancing the capacity, advocacy skills and citizenship rights of mental health consumer/survivors in Canada.

Phase I focused on the development of capacity building workshops and orientation packages to increase the knowledge and leadership skills of consumer/survivors.

Phase II incorporated recruitment and participation of consumer/survivors, in Nova Scotia, in knowledge and skills development activities.

Phase III established two pilot sites in western Canada to generate the same activities, in summer 2001.

ENGLISH:

Consumers in Action I – Maintaining Your Mental Health (1.3 MB)

Consumers in Action II – Policy and Standards Development (1.6 MB)

Consumers in Action III – Consumer Survivor Leadership (1.4 MB)

Consumers in Action IV – Mental Health Consumer Survivor Advocacy (2.1 MB)

Consumers in Action V – Consumer Survivor Self-Help Group Development (3.3 MB)

Consumers in Action VI – Consumer Survivor Community Participation (4.5 MB)

Consumers in Action VII – Tips for Preparing and Delivering Presentations (3.1 MB)

...More to Come

The Nova Scotia site is co-sponsored by the Self-Help Connection