HRM Family Education & Support Group

Monday, June 13, 2016
7-9pm

To view the webcast from 7 to 8pm
please visit https://ssns.adobeconnect.com/hrmchapter and enter as a Guest. 

Date

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Time
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Place
Room 1243A, Halifax Infirmary
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
1796 Summer Street
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Topic
A Story of Recovery

Guest Speaker
Brad Rowe

Meetings are held the second Monday of each month (except on statutory holidays when meetings are held on the second Monday of the month, and during July and August, when meetings are not held).

Family members & friends who have a loved one experiencing mental health difficulties, including, but not limited to, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, and depression are all welcome to attend and participate.

For further information, please contact Donna Methot at (902) 462-8658, or send an email to hrmchapterssns@accesswave.ca.

The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia - 2011 Annual General Meeting

The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia’s 2011 Annual General Meeting was held in Springhill, Nova Scotia, on Saturday, September 24th, 2011.

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Cecilia McRae, president of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia, delivers her President's Report

Phil Rogers, treasurer of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia, delivers his Treasurer's Report.

Hilary Thorne, the SSNS's project coordinator, speaks about the growth of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.

Frank Allen, president of the Cumberland County Chapter of the SSNS introduces the guest speaker, Dr. Pippa Moss.

Dr. Pippa Moss, Chief of Psychiatry, Cumberland Health District, talks about strategies to reduce the stigma and discrimination so often encountered by people who have experienced mental illness, as well as by those who love them. To view Dr. Moss' PowerPoint slides, please click here (PDF).

Rev. Dr. Roger Cann, president of the Kings County Chapter of the SSNS, speaks about the activities of the Kings County Chapter.

Donna Methot, president of the HRM Chapter of the SSNS, speaks about the activities of the HRM Chapter.

Photographs by Stephen Ayer

Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health, 2010 Grant Recipients, National Launch

Held on September 21st at the Canada Post Halifax Mail Processing Plant:


Dominique Forest, General Manager, Regional Atlantic Operations, Canada Post.


Dominique Forest (left) and Wayne Stremel, Canada Post employee, unveil the 2010 Mental Health Stamp.


Wayne Stremel speaks about the 2010 Out of the Shadows Tour.




Tana Woodward, Member, Grants Advisory Committee, Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health.




Tana Woodward is also a social worker with the Mood Disorders Program in Halifax. Directly over Ms. Woodward's right shoulder is Donna Methot, President, HRM Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.


Myra Donnelly-Gay, Executive Director, Healthy Minds Cooperative.


Stephen Ayer, Executive Director, Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia.


Funding provided to the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia will be used for a project entitled Expansion of Community-Based Volunteer Support Network and Strengthening of Mental Health System Advice/Connection Services. This project will include eight rural communities in Nova Scotia, incuding Cape Breton.


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Also see:

Canada Post delivers $1.5 million to mental health organizations across Canada

Mental health care receives boost from Canada Post, Bell Canada

2010 Road to Recovery Walkathon

Held on Saturday, May 8th, 2010

It's not to late to make a donation!

The Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia’s

2nd Annual Road to Recovery Walkathon

Your participation increased the public’s awareness of schizophrenia and helped raise over $27,500 to support the extensive and crucial work of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia. THANK YOU!

This year, in addition to the regular pledge sheets, we had online pledging! Walkers were able to set up their own pledge website, send e-mails to friends to request that they to make a pledge for them online, track their online pledges, and much more. To view the online pledging, please visit the 2nd Annual Road to Recovery Walkathon website by clicking here.

Stephen Ayer, executive director of the SSNS, welcoming the walkers.

Learning the chants from Cecilia McRae (left) and Donna Methot!

The 2010 Road to Recovery walkers posing for a group photograph.

The start of the five-kilometre Road to Recovery walk.

On the Road to Recovery!

Preparing for the auction!

Please click on any photograph to enlarge it. Photographs Kim Clark and Guy Methot.

The 3rd Annual Road to Recovery Walkathon will be held on Saturday, May 7th, 2011. For further information, please contact Donna Methot at 462-8658 or send an email to hrmchapterssns@accesswave.ca.

SSNS – Recovery is Possible!

2010 Major Sponsors

2010 Gift-In-Kind Sponsors

Randy Ross

Photography

Strengthening Families Together (SFT) Online Project

The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario has posted a series of videos adapted from the Strengthening Families Together (SFT) program developed by the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. To view the videos, please click here.




In-person delivery of SFT by the Halifax Chapter of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia will resume in the fall of 2009 in both Halifax and Windsor. To register for either of these 10-week SFT sessions, please contact contact Donna Methot at (902) 462-8658 or send an email to hrmchapterssns@accesswave.ca.

SSNS - AGM 2008

The 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia (SSNS) was held on Saturday, September 6th.

Two new SSNS Directors were elected during the AGM, Cynthia Crowell and Sharon Murphy. For a complete list of members of SSNS Board of Directors, click here.

Cyril Allan, president of the SSNS (right) with Stephen Ayer, executive director.

Lorraine MacDonald, president of the Cumberland County Chapter of the SSNS

Donna Methot, president of the HRM Chapter of the SSNS

Pat MacLean, Board member of the Kings County Chapter of the SSNS

Stephen Ayer chairs the Round-Table discussion after the AGM

During the SSNS Board meeting after the AGM, Dola AuCoin was elected as the SSNS's representative on the Schizophrenia Society of Canada's Board of Directors

Stephen Ayer, executive director of the SSNS

All photographs by Dachia Joudrey.