Recovery: The Emergence of New Life from the Depths of Winter
The current issue of the fine Networks newsletter from the Canadian Mental Health Association, featuring four articles - Recovery: A Changing Environment ("The challenge to the mental health field is to support consumers by providing an environment that will.... enable them to live a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life"), Defining Recovery ("What do consumers expect and what is expected of mental health service providers when we talk about recovery?"), The Road to Recovery: A Personal Journey by Jean Johnson, and Shaping a Recovery Philosophy, based on the recovery philosophy "being the central testing point and guideline for proposals for change" adopted by the nine regional Mental Health Implementation Task Forces in Ontario. (Adobe Acrobat format)  
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Making Gains: Research, Recovery and Renewal in Mental Health and Addictions
Information at the CAMH web site on a conference to be held September 28 - October 1 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. See also the call for papers and presentations (Acrobat format).  
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CAMH Foundation: 2003 Courage to Come Back Awards
Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation is seeking nominations (due by February 7) for their annual awards honoring "extraordinary people who have overcome the challenges of living with addiction and/or mental illness and have chosen to use their experience to contribute to the community."  
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