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Communication and acceptance – June 2023 Press Release – Welland (Ontario) May 30, 2023 Salem witches, immigrants, transgendered people, feminists, First Nations, religious minorities and queer people. These groups have all fallen victim to the phenomenon known as moral panic. This concept, coined by sociologist Stanley Cohen 51 years ago, refers to the media’s amplification of the threat posed by stigmatized […] https://www.cschn.ca/communication-and-acceptance-press-release-june-2023/?lang=en International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – May 17 Press Release – Welland (Ontario) Today, May 17, is International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. On this occasion, it is important to not only reinforce the fight against all forms of discrimination, but also to celebrate every action taken to protect the rights of people in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. The Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara […] https://www.cschn.ca/international-day-against-homophobia-and-transphobia-may-17/?lang=en Sexual Assault Prevention Month in Ontario: A Time to Raise Awareness Press release – Welland (Ontario), May 1st 2023 May is Sexual Assault Prevention Month in Ontario. The Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara is taking this opportunity to emphasize the importance of raising awareness of the devastating impact of crime and mobilizing in support of victims and survivors. Sexual violence affects one in three Canadian women. […] https://www.cschn.ca/sexual-assault-prevention-month-in-ontario-a-time-to-raise-awareness/?lang=en Social Prescribing for Better Mental Health Project April 5, 2023, Welland, ON We could not be prouder to announce that we have received funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) for the Social Prescribing for Better Mental Health Project. This is part of the recently announced funding of 28 Ontario-based, Community Health Centres, Indigenous Primary Healthcare Organizations, Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics […] https://www.cschn.ca/social-prescribing-for-better-mental-health-project/?lang=en Human Trafficking Awareness Day Press release – Hamilton (Ontario), February 23 2023 Human Trafficking Awareness Day is a national event to raise awareness of the issue of human trafficking and to promote action to prevent and combat it. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking involves the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of […] https://www.cschn.ca/human-trafficking-awareness-day-2/?lang=en Catalyst to change Press release – Welland (Ontario), February 2nd 2023 The Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara joins the rest of Canada, the United States and more recently Ireland and the United Kingdom, in celebrating Black History Month. In partnership with the Centre Francophone Hamilton and so throughout the month, we will hold numerous activities culminating in the […] https://www.cschn.ca/catalyst-to-change/?lang=en Let’s create positive change – Bell Let’s Talk Day 2023 Press release – Welland (Ontario), January 25th 2023 Today, January 25, on Bell Let’s Talk Day, the CSCHN family joins the conversation and commits to taking meaningful action to create positive change. Since 2011, people here and around the globe have been participating in the world’s largest conversation about mental health on Bell Let’s Talk […] https://www.cschn.ca/lets-create-positive-change-bell-lets-talk-day-2023/?lang=en 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based; the CSCHN takes action! Press Release – Welland, Ontario, November 25 2022 Today, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, kicks off 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence. Around the world, women are still victims of violence because they are women. Gender-based or sex-based violence is an act of violence because of a person’s gender, gender […] https://www.cschn.ca/16-days-of-activism-against-gender-based-the-cschn-takes-action/?lang=en Together in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for the generations to come Press release – Welland (Ontario), September 28th 2022 We would like to acknowledge that the lands on which we are gathered are part of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabe traditional territory, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties, is part of the lands protected […] https://www.cschn.ca/together-in-the-spirit-of-reconciliation-and-hope-for-the-generations-to-come-2/?lang=en National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21st Press release – Welland (Ontario), June 21st 2022 We would like to begin by acknowledging that the lands on which we are gathered are part of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe traditional territory. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties, is part of the lands protected by the Wampum Belt Agreement called Dish With […] https://www.cschn.ca/national-indigenous-peoples-day-june-21st/?lang=en