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Community Stories: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBChestermere | Coralee McIntosh. Meet Coralee McIntosh Coralee McIntosh is a Rural Mental Health Animator residing in Chestermere, Alberta, located just east of Calgary.

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Who We Are: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBRural mental health is complex. No two communities are identical, so there is no checklist or prescription that will work for everyone. The Rural Mental Health Project and Network is using a principle-driven approach to guide our actions, behaviours, training, and network so that we are congruent in all that we do.

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About: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBAbout. The Rural Mental Health Network connects community Animators, action teams, and other stakeholders across Alberta. Together, communities can learn and share, while drawing on collective experience to identify existing capacity, systemic issues and common themes in the rural mental health and community wellness landscape. There is a clear

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Millet Rita-Anne Fuss

WEBEnvisioning a Healthier Community. Rita-Anne is a dreamer and a do-er – someone who sees a need and dedicates herself to filling that need. Rita-Anne’s motivation to improve her community brought about the creation of a mental health initiative she dreamt up one spring morning in 2019. Rita-Anne explains, “Millet is a great little community.

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Interactive Map: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBFrom our Animators. The action team initially was comprised of mainly helping professionals in the Bow Valley. Historically many of the social initiatives that are developed in the Bow Valley are based on the experiences or learning that these professionals make through their work and the communities they serve.

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Funded Projects: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBViva la Vida: Mental Health Project for Mexicans & Hispanics High River. This was the second year that High River was successful in receiving…

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Animator Training: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBThe aim of the project is to enable rural and remote municipalities to improve mental health outcomes by building local capacity and action teams. The RMHP offers free training and funding to community members across Alberta who want to be a Community Animator and start a conversation about mental health and wellbeing in their community.

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Overview: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBThe Provincial Exchange is a two day in-person event dedicated to sharing knowledge, practices, and resources in support of better mental health across rural Alberta.

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Grande Cache Yvonne Rempel

WEBMeet Yvonne Rempel. Yvonne Rempel is of the Animators in Grande Cache, Aberta. I often get asked what a Rural Animator is. (Generally results in a snigger or a joke about cartoonists). I found that discussing my job title is a great way of starting a conversation, beginning that process of engagement and relationship building.

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Rural Mental Health Project: Home

WEBCommunity Grants. In 2023, we distributed just over $400,000 to rural communities across Alberta.

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Project FAQs: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBThe Rural Mental Health Project and Network does not provide specific mental health related services in communities. Instead, we train community members of rural communities that are passionate about improving mental well-being different skills: like facilitation, design-thinking, and asset-based community development.

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Vermilion Derek Collins

WEBBeginning the Mental Health Conversation. Derek Collins grew up in the Vermillion area and has lived in the town for over 20 years. Derek’s job as a high school teacher and principal presented him with the opportunity to work with students dealing with mental health issues. This led Derek to return to university to take his Master’s in

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Overview: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBOverview. The Rural Mental Health Project Community Grants program offers funding to community-based projects that promote mental health and wellbeing in rural and remote communities across Alberta. Through the Community Grants, the Rural Mental Health Project works to: Reinforce the Rural Mental Health Project’s Guiding Principles .

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Granting Streams: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBBefore submitting your application to the Rural Mental Health Community Grants, you must have completed Animator Training, and complete an Expression of Interest. For the first time, the Expression of Interest (EOI) is now mandatory. This is to ensure our team can provide as much support and guidance as needed to ensure all communities are as

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Our Team: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBTim is the Training Coordinator for the Rural Mental Health Project. He has spent over 28 years involved in community development work (asset-based), psycho-social capacity building in communities following natural and man made disasters and training development and facilitation for organizations across Alberta looking to create psychologically safer …

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Building Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Connection in …

WEBThis was the second year that Wainwright was successful in receiving a community grant. To read about Wainwright’s first year grant, click here. Wainwright’s second grant focuses on sustaining wellbeing by expanding on the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub that was developed during the first term. The Animators will increase …

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FAQ: Rural Mental Health Project

WEBCommunity Grants are only available to rural communities who have a trained Community Animator. To get involved with the Rural Mental Health Project, visit our Animator Training to learn more.. If you are an Animator who has not yet received their Certificate of Completion, make sure that you have completed Module 7 of the online training and …

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Mental Health & Well-Being: Considerations for the Built …

WEBRural Mental Health Project. CMHA Alberta Division. Suite 370, 11150 Jasper Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 0C7

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Bow Valley Mental Health Participatory Action Research (PAR) …

WEBThe Bow Valley is a diverse community, with Banff being a hotspot for recent immigration and over 30% of their population was born outside of Canada. To ensure that diverse cultures are represented, Bow Valley has created a multicultural Participatory Action Research Team to develop projects and culturally appropriate resources that build a …

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