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On March 18th, over 50 health and social service managers and professionals attended Taste the French Difference —a bilingual conference and networking opportunity organized by the Winning Strategies for Serving Francophones project team.
World Social Prescribing Day on March 19 provides an ideal opportunity to rethink traditional approaches to healthcare. In community settings, innovative social prescribing programs exist to better meet people’s needs.
Message from Archipel OHT Executive Committee
Message from the Archipel OHT Executive Committee : It is with great emotion that we announce the departure of our Director, Elizabeth Tanguay, effective April 4, 2025.
In February, Canada celebrates Black History Month. And in early March, Black Mental Health Week is celebrated in Ottawa. Both events are opportunities to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black communities in Canada. They are also opportunities to raise awareness and equip healthcare personnel to better understand and respond to the needs of people from Black communities. In Canada and in Eastern Ontario, it is impossible to talk about mental health without addressing the systemic barriers that Black communities still face. The need for mental health services has exploded in recent years, and organizations need to offer culturally appropriate and anti-racist care and services. That’s why the Archipel Ontario Health Team (OHT) and its partners are taking steps to dismantle the foundations of systemic racism through an anti-racism training project offered in collaboration with the Research Laboratory V-TRaC.
The Archipel COPD Working Group is launching a survey for individuals affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), either as a patient or a caregiver.
November is COPD Awareness Month, a critical time for healthcare providers and organizations to raise awareness about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the challenges faced by those living with it.
On October 7th, Archipel hosted its 2024 All Partner Assembly, bringing together 70 participants from Ottawa East and Prescott-Russell. The event was an important step in advancing the conversation on creating a more inclusive and equitable health system.
A program that can save lives
Who do you call when someone is going through a mental health or substance-related crisis? Starting August 15, 2024 at 7:00 a.m., you can call 2-1-1 to reach the ANCHOR program if you are in Ottawa Centretown or West Centertown. About ANCHOR The Alternate Neighbourhood Crisis Response (ANCHOR) is a new mobile crisis response initiative available 24/7 in Ottawa. The program provides free, compassionate and confidential in-person support for people aged 16 and older. The mobile crisis team workers will get to the person where they are at in the service area—whether on the sidewalk, at home, in a shelter, a park or elsewhere—and either on foot or with a vehicle.
The Archipel Ontario Health Team is funded by Ontario Health.
We respectfully acknowledge that the land on which we operate is the unceded traditional Algonquin territory.
