Changing Minds

Learn about mental illness from people who live with mental illness.

Changing Minds is a workshop that combines the experience of people living with mental illness with clinical research to help you improve your understanding of mental health and mental illness.

Delivered to hundreds of Canadians each year, this powerful and engaging workshop empowers you to better support those with mental illness and break down stigma.

What you will learn:

• The difference between mental health and mental illness;
• Basic information about specific illnesses, including depression, anxiety and psychosis;
• The impact of stigma.

Details:

Date: Saturday, November 30 & Sunday, December 1, 2024

Time: 9am-5pm each day

Location: NSCC Akerley

Cost: $26.02

Who should take this workshop?

Changing Minds is for anyone and is open to all Nova Scotians. This workshop is a helpful tool for those who are supporting someone who lives with a mental illness, have someone in their life who lives with a mental illness or anyone who wants to increase their understanding of mental health and mental illness.

We are able to offer Changing Minds at a subsidized rather thanks to the generosity of our funder, the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia.

As a non-profit, non-government organization CMHA NS relies on grant funding and donations to deliver community-based mental health programs, free of cost to anyone who needs them. Those who choose to support CMHA NS understand that ensuring individuals experience good mental health is good for entire communities. If you would like to help us keep these programs barrier free, there are many ways for you to donate.

Donate online HERE

Donate by Mail: To make a donation by mail, please send a cheque payable to Canadian Mental Health Association, Nova Scotia Division at Suite 201, 3-644 Portland Street, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2W 6C4. Donations made to CMHA NS Division will be used for the area of greatest need. You are always welcome to contact us with any questions at [email protected]

Donate by E-Transfer: To make a donation by e-transfer, send to [email protected] [If you would like to receive a receipt for your donation, please contact Shobha Gashus at [email protected]]

Our Charity Number: 133465609RR0001

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

NSCC - Akerley Campus, 21 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth, Canada