OMSSA hosted more than 750 people from their homes and offices across Ontario and beyond at our first-ever virtual Mental Health Forum.

The two-day virtual event focused on building skills and understanding to bolster resiliency and self-care for those working in the human services sector, and those they work to support, exploring topics like: 

• Resilience in destabilizing times

• Mental health and identity

• Mental health leadership for organizations

• Fostering hope and optimism

• Stress and traumatic stress in the workplace

• Remote work and mental health

• Supporting the mental health needs of clients

• De-escalation and crisis management techniques

• COVID-19, mental health and children

• COVID-19 and the escalating opioid crisis

• Seniors' mental health and reducing social isolation

• Racism and mental health