March 23rd 8:30 to 12:00, come for virtual coffee and chatting from 8:30 till 9.

Our line up of fabulous presenters:

The invitation to register will follow next week.

Our DCEC equity lens shapes our vision that every resident of Dufferin County will have the opportunity to realize their potential.  

The Province of British Columbia struck an expert panel to explore the idea of a basic income guarantee in B.C., focusing on studying basic income as a potential policy tool for poverty reduction, assessing its feasibility and its relation to existing income and social supports. The panel's findings are now available in a report and executive summary here. 

Throughout the past challenging year, community mental health services and providers have continued to support and reach out to many people, individuals and families, through caring and creative ways - sometimes meeting in person with masks on, sometimes by phone, by text or virtually. In so many ways, providers have held hope, showed compassion, pointed to possibility, and offered encouragement while also supporting their own families and colleagues. read the newsletter

The Healthy Communities Initiative is a $ 31million investment from the Government of Canada to support communities as they create and adapt public spaces to respond to the new realities of COVID-19. We are proud to work with Community Foundations of Canada, the Government of Canada and other community foundations in the SW Ontario region to support organizations who are showing creativity and resourcefulness in creating solutions that enable people to connect and access public spaces safely while respecting public health measures.

Organizations can apply from February 9^th, 2021 until March 9^th, 2021. A second round of funding will take place starting in May 2021. 

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.