Chair: Shirley Thompson\, University of Man itoba
\n\nIncreasing Accessibility to Mental Health Services
: Findings from an Impact Assessment of a Social Enterprise
\nAaron Turpin\, University of Toronto\; Micheal L. Shier\, University of
Toronto\; Kate Scowen\, Hard Feelings Mental Health
This paper p resentation reports on findings from a mixed-methods impact assessment of a social enterprise seeking to reduce barriers to mental health services i n Toronto\, Ontario. Results highlight opportunities and challenges associ ated with implementing a novel approach that utilizes a for-profit retail business to provide reduced-cost mental health counselling services for ec onomically disadvantaged groups. Findings from this study will be used to discuss how similar approaches may be utilized to strengthen mental health interventions that adopt a social enterprise model.
\n\nWha
t active role can postsecondary education take to reconcile the First Nati
on housing crisis and youth employment crisis?
\nShirley Tho
mpson\, University of Manitoba
Postsecondary education that buil ds students capacity and culturally appropriate homes can help solve the h ousing crisis on reserves. The Mino Bimaadiziwin partnership is funding 30 local students in Wasagamack and Garden Hill First Nations to design and build homes\, learning from a team of builders\, architects and engineers. A survey shows these programs are making a difference. To scale these pro grams up and out requires that the same public post-secondary education fu nding programs off-reserve be available on-reserve. The current fee-for-se rvice post-secondary education funding model applied to reserves results i n 5 to 10 x the price for post-secondary education\, creating barriers to community development and to educational attainment.
BEGIN:VALARM UID:34396333-3165-4132-b735-396265393432 ACTION:DISPLAY DESCRIPTION:Chair: Shirley Thompson\, University of Manitoba\n\nINCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: FINDINGS FROM AN IMPACT ASSESSMEN T OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE\nAaron Turpin\, University of Toronto\; Micheal L . Shier\, University of Toronto\; Kate Scowen\, Hard Feelings Mental Healt h\n\nThis paper presentation reports on findings from a mixed-methods impa ct assessment of a social enterprise seeking to reduce barriers to mental health services in Toronto\, Ontario. Results highlight opportunities and challenges associated with implementing a novel approach that utilizes a f or-profit retail business to provide reduced-cost mental health counsellin g services for economically disadvantaged groups. Findings from this study will be used to discuss how similar approaches may be utilized to strengt hen mental health interventions that adopt a social enterprise model.\n\nW HAT ACTIVE ROLE CAN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION TAKE TO RECONCILE THE FIRST NA TION HOUSING CRISIS AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT CRISIS?\nShirley Thompson\, Unive rsity of Manitoba\n\nPostsecondary education that builds students capacity and culturally appropriate homes can help solve the housing crisis on res erves. The Mino Bimaadiziwin partnership is funding 30 local students in W asagamack and Garden Hill First Nations to design and build homes\, learni ng from a team of builders\, architects and engineers. A survey shows thes e programs are making a difference. To scale these programs up and out req uires that the same public post-secondary education funding programs off-r eserve be available on-reserve. The current fee-for-service post-secondary education funding model applied to reserves results in 5 to 10 x the pric e for post-secondary education\, creating barriers to community developmen t and to educational attainment. TRIGGER:-PT15M END:VALARM END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR