Early research results show the potential of our pan-Canadian network to transform youth mental health care. A national network connecting youth, families/carers, researchers, service providers, and policy makers to improve youth mental health care across Canada. Our sites can be found in urban, rural, remote, First Nations and Inuit communities across Canada - from Nova Scotia to Alberta, all the way up to the Northwest Territories.
Leading patient oriented research in real-world youth mental health service contexts across Canada. Check out our practical guides, reports, academic publications, and infographics designed for anyone and everyone interested in youth mental health. Here it is, the full visual of our discussion of what we need to consider in youth mental health research.
Leading patient oriented research in real-world youth mental health service contexts across Canada. Check out our practical guides, reports, academic publications, and infographics designed for anyone and everyone interested in youth mental health. Here it is, the full visual of our discussion of what we need to consider in youth mental health research.
Services
ACCESS Open Minds service sites provide an easy, quick and welcoming place for youth aged 11 to 25( and their families/carers) to get the help they need. All sites provide culturally relevant mental health services and as well as access to physical health and sexual health services, traditional Indigenous programming/support, and other social services, all under one roof.
Our network is comprised of diverse councils and committees to ensure that we are taking the best steps forward in improving youth mental health care services across Canada. Mandate: Monitors the progress and ensures established milestones and objectives are achieved. Mandate: Promotes and facilitate ACCESS Open Minds' mission and vision, provides strategic advice and identifies possibilities for co-operation with other initiatives.
Indigenous Council members lead ACCESS Open Minds' efforts to shift youth mental health service delivery towards more culturally competent care that is anchored in youth's resiliency.
The Council provides a unique space for Elders, youth, and site leads from Elsipogtog First Nation (New Brunswick), Eskasoni First Nation (Nova Scotia), Aaschihkuwaataauch (Mistissini, Qubec), Sturgeon Lake First Nation (Saskatchewan), Purvirnituq (Nunavik, Qubec), and Ulukhaktok (Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories) with the aim of knowledge sharing.
The Council provides a unique space for Elders, youth, and site leads from Elsipogtog First Nation (New Brunswick), Eskasoni First Nation (Nova Scotia), Aaschihkuwaataauch (Mistissini, Qubec), Sturgeon Lake First Nation (Saskatchewan), Purvirnituq (Nunavik, Qubec), and Ulukhaktok (Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories) with the aim of knowledge sharing.
ACCESS Open Minds Family and Carers Council (AFC) represents the voice of family in the ACCESS Open Minds (ACCESS OM) national research and evaluation network, which aims to transform youth mental health services at 16 service sites across Canada. The AFC Council warmly welcomes family and carers of loved ones with mental health concerns.
The National Youth Council contributes to the project by providing their expertise as young people to make sure that what the ACCESS Open Minds Network creates is more youth friendly. This National Youth Council is a community in and of itself. It has connected youth with lived experience with peers from various backgrounds living thousands of kilometres and many provinces apart.
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