Upcoming Events

Keep an eye on our calendar to know what workshops/groups we’ve got coming up!

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Dec
2
to Dec 3

Mental Health First Aid: Adults Who Interact With Youth

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth was developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25).

In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the young people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities.

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Nov
25
to Nov 26

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Attending this two-day course will train you to intervene with an individual who is thinking about suicide.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an interactive workshop in suicide first aid develop by LivingWorks Education. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. This course will certify you for 3 years in suicide intervention.

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Oct
27

safeTalk Workshop

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) is a 3.5 hour workshop, developed by LivingWorks Education. It alerts one to warning signs indicating risk of suicide. The workshop emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs, communicating and getting help or resources for the person with thoughts of suicide.

Participants can include but not limited to: parents and caregivers; family and friends; youth aged 16 or older; natural helpers; educators and ministers; health practitioners; justice, law enforcers, emergency workers, and community volunteers. All participants will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

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Oct
14
to Oct 15

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Attending this two-day course will train you to intervene with an individual who is thinking about suicide.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an interactive workshop in suicide first aid develop by LivingWorks Education. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. This course will certify you for 3 years in suicide intervention.

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Oct
7
to Dec 2

Whispers of Wellness - Coffee Group

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A coffee group for people living with mental health concerns. This is an open group, which means you can join at any time and you are not required to attend every group. WOW provides opportunities to learn more about coping with mental health issues while meeting people who have similar experiences.

Twice a month: The first Thursday of the month from 6:00pm - 7:00pm and the last Friday of the month from 10:00am-11:00am.

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Sep
29

SafeTalk Workshop

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) is a 3.5 hour workshop, developed by LivingWorks Education. It alerts one to warning signs indicating risk of suicide. The workshop emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs, communicating and getting help or resources for the person with thoughts of suicide.

Participants can include but not limited to: parents and caregivers; family and friends; youth aged 16 or older; natural helpers; educators and ministers; health practitioners; justice, law enforcers, emergency workers, and community volunteers. All participants will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

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Sep
16
to Sep 17

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Attending this two-day course will train you to intervene with an individual who is thinking about suicide.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an interactive workshop in suicide first aid develop by LivingWorks Education. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. This course will certify you for 3 years in suicide intervention.

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Sep
10
to Sep 29

LivingWorks START

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

LivingWorks Start is an online, skills-based suicide prevention training program that anyone can learn in as little as one hour. Accessible from any computer or mobile device, the program features realistic audiovisuals and powerful e-learning technology. It also offers customizable elements based on users’ profiles and needs, and provides quick access to support and safety resources. Trainees learn life-saving skills to keep their family members, friends, co-workers, and others safe from suicide.

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Sep
10

Framing A Pathway Forward

  • Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

We’ve moved this event online!
Check out the live stream at the link below.

Supporting our community's mental health through shared experience and messages of HOPE from brave individuals who have triumphed through education, resiliency and support.

The date for this edition of Framing A Pathway Forward was selected because it is World Suicide Prevention Day. We will be hearing from a wide variety of individuals from various backgrounds.

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Aug
18

SafeTalk Workshop

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

SafeTALK (Suicide Alertness for Everyone) is a 3.5 hour workshop, developed by LivingWorks Education. It alerts one to warning signs indicating risk of suicide. The workshop emphasizes the importance of recognizing the signs, communicating and getting help or resources for the person with thoughts of suicide.

Participants can include but not limited to: parents and caregivers; family and friends; youth aged 16 or older; natural helpers; educators and ministers; health practitioners; justice, law enforcers, emergency workers, and community volunteers. All participants will receive a certificate at the end of the course.

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Aug
12

CMHA Golf Tournament

  • Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The annual CMHA ASER Golf Tournament is a fun, local event that serves as a fundraiser for CMHA ASER in order to support mental health services and programs in our Alberta Southeast Region.

The cost is $600/team or $150/player. You can enter as a team or as an individual, and we will match you up with other solo entries to form a team.

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Aug
3
to Aug 17

Community Helpers Program Training

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Community Helper Program helps identify and train Alberta youth and young adults (ages 12–30) as well as adults who support this age group (teachers, coaches, employers, etc.)

The program provides opportunities to strengthen support skills, learn about mental health issues and suicide prevention. It enhances programs that reduce the risk of suicide and encourages youth and young adults to ask for help when they need it.

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Jul
20
to Aug 3

Recovery College: Confront the Discomfort

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Whether we like it or not, anxiety and stress are a normal part of life, but they can also get in the way of us enjoying life. In this 3-session course, you will learn how to value, recognize, and respond with awareness to emotions by learning positive coping strategies through meditation and grounding techniques in order to support healing and growth.

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Jul
15
to Jul 16

Mental Health First Aid: Adults who interact with youth

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

MHFA Adults who Interact with Youth was developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25).

In addition to the four most common disorders discussed in MHFA BASIC, this course includes instruction about eating disorders and deliberate self-injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the young people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities.

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Jul
14
to Aug 4

Recovery College: Road to Recovery

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The road to recovery is not an easy path. It is a journey of re-inventing how you think about yourself, your mental health, or substance use. Your recovery can be challenging!

Throughout this course, you will explore how to think and act in ways that move you towards a more meaningful life.

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Jul
7
to Jul 21

Community Helpers Program Training

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Community Helper Program helps identify and train Alberta youth and young adults (ages 12–30) as well as adults who support this age group (teachers, coaches, employers, etc.)

The program provides opportunities to strengthen support skills, learn about mental health issues and suicide prevention. It enhances programs that reduce the risk of suicide and encourages youth and young adults to ask for help when they need it.

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Jun
29
to Jul 13

Recovery College: Confront the Discomfort

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Whether we like it or not, anxiety and stress are a normal part of life, but they can also get in the way of us enjoying life. In this 3-session course, you will learn how to value, recognize, and respond with awareness to emotions by learning positive coping strategies through meditation and grounding techniques in order to support healing and growth.

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Jun
28
to Aug 2

Recovery College: Art of Friendship

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Strong friendships give us the power to be our true selves; when we have strong friendships, we feel respected and valued and we work hard to find ways to show our friends that we respect and value them. Strong friendships take work!

This 8-week course will help you learn about yourself, what you say, the way you act, and how all of your actions can affect relationships with others. Focusing on these aspects helps us gain confidence in our relationships and we will be more likely to achieve our friendship goals.

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Jun
24
to Jun 25

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Attending this two-day course will train you to intervene with an individual who is thinking about suicide.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is an interactive workshop in suicide first aid develop by LivingWorks Education. ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. It is by far the most widely used, acclaimed and researched suicide intervention training workshop in the world. This course will certify you for 3 years in suicide intervention.

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Jun
16
to Jul 7

Recovery College: Road to Recovery

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The road to recovery is not an easy path. It is a journey of re-inventing how you think about yourself, your mental health, or substance use. Your recovery can be challenging!

Throughout this course, you will explore how to think and act in ways that move you towards a more meaningful life.

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Jun
8
to Jun 22

Recovery College: Confront the Discomfort

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Whether we like it or not, anxiety and stress are a normal part of life, but they can also get in the way of us enjoying life. In this 3-session course, you will learn how to value, recognize, and respond with awareness to emotions by learning positive coping strategies through meditation and grounding techniques in order to support healing and growth.

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Jun
1
to Jun 30

Ride Don't Hide

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Ride Don’t Hide South East (Medicine Hat) is a way to take care of your mental health and take care of your community.

This June, join thousands of riders—and walkers, runners, yogis, spinners, dancers, families, rope-jumpers, HIIT trainers and more—in communities across Canada as we bring mental health into the open. We come together to ride outside, ride inside or ride in spirit to raise funds for mental health in the Alberta Southeast Region. Funds will support local programs and services, like our Addictions Crisis and Outreach Program.

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May
25
to Jun 8

AHS Community Helpers Program Training

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn skills to support youth in our community.

The AHS Community Helpers Program helps train Alberta youth (ages 12-30) as well as adults who support this age group (teachers, coaches, employers, etc.) The program provides opportunities to strengthen support skills, learn about mental health issues and suicide prevention, and encourages youth and young adults to ask for help when they need it.

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May
19
to Jun 9

Recovery College: Road to Recovery

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The road to recovery is not an easy path. It is a journey of re-inventing how you think about yourself, your mental health, or substance use. Your recovery can be challenging!

Throughout this course, you will explore how to think and act in ways that move you towards a more meaningful life.

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May
18
to Jun 1

Recovery College: Confront the Discomfort

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Whether we like it or not, anxiety and stress are a normal part of life, but they can also get in the way of us enjoying life. In this 3-session course, you will learn how to value, recognize, and respond with awareness to emotions by learning positive coping strategies through meditation and grounding techniques in order to support healing and growth.

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May
18
to May 20

AHS Community Helpers Program Training

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn skills to support youth in our community.

The AHS Community Helpers Program helps train Alberta youth (ages 12-30) as well as adults who support this age group (teachers, coaches, employers, etc.) The program provides opportunities to strengthen support skills, learn about mental health issues and suicide prevention, and encourages youth and young adults to ask for help when they need it.

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May
6

Stress and Self Care

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This year's theme of Mental Health Week is understanding our emotions. Let's talk about how stress and self-care can impact our emotions.

Good mental health is not about being happy all the time. Stress is a natural part of life, but how you care for yourself and manage your emotions will help transform your life and positively impact your mental health.

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May
4
to May 6

AHS Community Helpers Program Training

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn skills to support youth in our community.

The AHS Community Helpers Program helps train Alberta youth (ages 12-30) as well as adults who support this age group (teachers, coaches, employers, etc.) The program provides opportunities to strengthen support skills, learn about mental health issues and suicide prevention, and encourages youth and young adults to ask for help when they need it.

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May
3
to May 7

Wellness Treasure Hunt

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

During CMHA Mental Health Week this year, we’re excited to be able to offer our community a Wellness Treasure Hunt Contest!!

To participate, watch for our live videos to be posted on Facebook and Instagram each morning from Monday–Friday for clues to where various wellness items will be hidden around Medicine Hat.

The draw for the grand prize of a wellness basket (valued over $500) will be LIVE on May 10th!

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May
3
to May 9

CMHA Mental Health Week

  • Canadian Mental Health Alberta Southeast Region (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Even in times of extreme anxiety and stress, mental health is something we can protect, not just something we can lose. This CMHA Mental Health Week, we focus on how naming, expressing, and dealing with our emotions — the ones we like and the ones we don’t — is important for our mental health.

This Mental Health Week, don’t be uncomfortably numb. #GetReal about how you feel. And name it, don’t numb it.

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