Ontario Shores is proud to host a ‘Century of Care Fair’ on Saturday, September 21 as we celebrate 100 years of providing mental health care in our community.
Registration is open for this 2-day workshop on Informed CBT-p for the Family Caregiver.
See the latest issue of the Journal of Recovery in Mental Health: Vol 2 No 2-3 (2019) Concurrent Disorders: Recovery in Forensic Settings
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a two day training course, which is similar to Standard First Aid/CPR. MHFA gives you the knowledge and the skills to assist someone in a mental health crisis. This course comes with certification from the Mental Health Commission of Canada.
Jordon is a stay-at-home father with a desire to advocate for people living with mental illness. His interest in advocacy dates back to his days at Queen’s University and his involvement in its Human Rights Centre. Jordon’s experience as an outpatient at Ontario Shores has reignited his desire to advocate.Read more...
Lori is a speaker, facilitator, author, comedian, and podcaster who has known the impact of mental illness since she was a child. As an adult, she struggled before seeking treatment at Ontario Shores, and now shares her story through her podcast and one-woman show to get people talking about mental health in new and innovative ways.Read more...
At the age of 60, Rob felt it was time to finish his high school diploma. It was always something he had hoped to achieve, but so often mental illness and other factors alter the path that so many take for granted.Read more...
Paul Szakacsi was 21 when he arrived in Canada from his native Hungary eager to build the life he dreamed of. Already a machinist by trade, Paul worked at General Motors (GM) for a decade before he began to design and fabricate his own products and started Rider Tool and Manufacturing Co. in Oshawa, Ont.Read more...
Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) is a public teaching hospital providing a range of specialized assessment and treatment services to those living with complex and serious mental illness.