Mood Walks is a provincewide initiative that promotes physical activity in nature, or “green exercise,” as a way to improve both physical and mental health. Mood Walks provides training and support for community mental health agencies, social service organizations and other community partners to launch educational hiking programs, connect with local resources, find volunteers, and explore nearby trails and green spaces.

Mental Health Works delivers educational workshops on mental health in the workplace to government, corporations, and non-profit partners across the province to enhance workplace psychological health and safety. Workshops are available in person or virtually on a variety of topics. This includes stress management, burnout prevention, workplace wellness strategies, hybrid work models, and more. Mental Health Works is also now offering Psychological Health & Safety Professional Certification Training.

A mental health literacy program designed specifically for farmers, their families and those who are involved and/or support the agriculture sector. Through this free, four-hour training program, participants will cover the topics of stress, depression, anxiety, substance use disorder and how to start a conversation around mental well-being. The workshops are facilitated by one of CMHA’s mental health professionals using ‘real-life’ examples from agriculture.

The Farmer Wellness Initiative is a Telehealth line offering free mental health support for farmers, farm families and employees (including international agricultural employees and their families who live in Ontario). Individuals can call this line to receive unlimited free counselling.

The Guardian Network is a volunteer suicide prevention network which supports Ontario’s farming community. A Guardian is an individual, over the age of 18, who is likely to be in contact with farmers through their work, volunteer activities, or their place in their community and has successfully completed The Guardian Network training program. Guardians are equipped with strategies and tools to identify the signs of mental distress, react to farmers at-risk, and connect individuals with appropriate mental health and crisis resources.

Resilient Minds is an evidence-informed, peer-to-peer, skill-building program designed by and for firefighters to develop strategies to manage occupational stress and enhance personal resilience. Various adaptations of the program are also available for Indigenous firefighters, wildland firefighters, Emergency Communications Operators, and community workers.

Talk Today promotes the mental health of young athletes and spreads awareness about the benefits of positive mental health in local communities.

Promotes the mental health of all individuals and communities in Ontario through knowledge enhancement, policy development, advocacy and the advancement of best practices in service delivery.