CSCHN celebrates $266,400 in funding from the Government of Ontario Press Release  Welland, ON – Last Friday, Jeff Burch, MPP for Niagara Centre, met with the team at the Centre de santé communautaire Hamilton/Niagara (CSCHN) to celebrate $266,400 from the Government of Ontario through two Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grants. “I remain a strong supporter of the staff and volunteers of the Centre de santé […] https://www.cschn.ca/cschn-celebrates-266400-in-funding-from-the-government-of-ontario/?lang=en National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Press release For immediate release   On National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, we reaffirm our commitment to raising awareness and addressing this plague that continues to affect millions of people around the world. This year, as we mark this important day, we pay particular attention to the need to support not only women and young […] https://www.cschn.ca/national-human-trafficking-awareness-day/?lang=en Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence : An Epidemic in Hamilton and the Niagara region PR - CVFF Oct 2023 Epidemic https://www.cschn.ca/intimate-partner-violence-and-gender-based-violence-an-epidemic-in-the-city-of-hamilton/?lang=en 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