We send What's on the MOVES on the first and third Friday of the month. Our goal is to share information about upcoming events, agency news and relevant announcements with the DC MOVES mailing list. If you have information to share through this bulletin, please email your information in text and an attached image or logo OR pdf AD/Flyer to the DC MOVES Coordinator Elaine Capes.
DC MOVES ZOOM Room
All resources for the event are now available for review Dec 10, 2020

Please check out other valuable content on our DC MOVES website. All PowerPoint presentations for DC MOVES events and DCEC meetings are available.

NEW EVENTS
Please save the dates:
Mar 23, June 23, Sept 23 for our 2021 FORUMs
COVID-19 Helpful Links and Resources
You can get up-to-date information and advice on the coronavirus at these trusted links:
Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
Our DCEC equity lens shapes our vision that every resident of Dufferin County will have the opportunity to realize their potential.  
Indigenous Perspectives on Poverty Reduction. This webinar features Leah Gazan (MP Winnipeg Centre), Leslie Varley (BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres), Natasha Beedie (Assembly of First Nations), and Niigaan Sinclair, (Anishinaabe Writer, Associate Professor - University of Manitoba) sharing different perspectives on what it will take to end poverty in Indigenous communities across Canada. 
The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, and Ryerson University’s Institute for Change Leaders have teamed up to offer Community and Campaign Organizing for the Housing Sector, an eight-week online course on community and political organizing designed to help you learn how to engage in the political process.
Employee Mental Health Guide
The Mental Health Commission of Canada's new workplace resource, a Mini-guide to help employee's mental health through winter (PDF), is designed to help organizations provide employees with specific mental health tools and resources during the winter guide link
We Want to Hear From Health Care Employers
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Mental Health Commission of Canada launches free online crisis training for essential workers during COVID-19

Crisis Response training - Caring for Yourself (2 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum and the Big 4 Coping Strategies, to help learn how to better understand their own mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, and know when to reach out to get professional help.

Crisis Response training - Caring for your Team (3 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum, the Big 4 Coping Strategies, and Ad Hoc Incident Review to help learn how to better understand their own and their team's mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, know when to reach out to get professional help and learn tips to support team members

Crisis Response Training - Caring for Others (2 hours) - will focus on how to create a safe space to have conversations about mental health and/or substance use problems. This training will prepare participants to have conversations confidently about mental health during a crisis, with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces. Participants will also be taught the skills required to respond to a mental health crisis until professional help arrives.
Registration for these courses will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be available at no-cost for essential workers as defined by the Government of Canada here.