OTR4MentalHealth

13/09/2025

A wonderful day with amazing people today at the The Working on Wellness Festival - WOW Festival formerly RDO

Always awesome reconnecting with so many people from organizations providing such important services in and around the city. Great to see Soul Space Ottawa, Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse , Ashes to Rubies, Ottawa Inner City Health, CAPSA, Somerset West Community Health Centre, The Ottawa Mission, MAX Ottawa, and so many more organizations represented!

Next...vacation and then working on the 2026 event!

11/09/2025

Join us tomorrow at the The Working on Wellness Festival - WOW Festival formerly RDO, on the grounds of the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre in Ottawa from 11:00am to 3:00pm!

More information at https://capsa.ca/wow-festival/

05/09/2025

Just one week to go!

Around 200 mental health and overdose prevention organizations promoting their much needed services in our communities.

Make sure to drop by our table!

⏰✨ Just 1 Week to Go! ✨⏰
The WOW Festival is only 1 week away! 🎉Come join us for a high-energy day of action that showcases what integrated healthcare looks like!

31/08/2025

Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.

Initiated 24 years ago in Australia, at which time it was about overdoses and awareness. Now, it is more about the toxic drug poisonings which have caused the surge in opioid deaths and the eradication of the stigma surrounding drug use.

There are few who aren't aware of this crisis but there are many who still cast judgement!

29/08/2025

International Overdose Awareness Day event at the Canadian Tribute for Human Rights on Elgin St. Today from 11:30 to 1:00pm

22/08/2025

Just one week from today, we will be at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights monument to remember those who have been lost to the toxic drug crisis.

The International Overdose Awareness Day event takes place on Friday, August 29 from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

We hope that you can take some time away from work to join us at the event.

14/08/2025

I'll be set up at The Working on Wellness Festival - WOW Festival formerly RDO on Friday, September 12, at the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health Centre.

Drop by my table to hear what is in store for 2026!

Raising awareness to the mental health and toxic drug crisis

10/08/2025

08/06/2025

Until 5:30pm today Brew Revolution. Fundraiser for Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse.

Great food, great beer and great tunes! If you can't make it out, you can tune in live at

06/06/2025

Although the media was quieter this year, it wasn't completely absent.

March 31, 2025 - CTV Morning Live

May 30, 2025 - CBC Ottawa Morning

May 31, 2025 - CBC In Town and Out

May 31, 2025 - Stittsville Central

(Links to the interviews can be found at - https://otr4mentalhealth.com/media/ )

Thank you for running the story and for the listeners/readers who met me on the route, brought girl guide cookies, bagels and your company!

Interviews 2025 March 31, 2025 – CTV Morning Live May 30, 2025 – CBC Ottawa Morning May 31, 2025 – CBC In Town and Out May 31, 2025 – Stittsville Central Interviews 2024 Feb…

06/06/2025

The number of people sharing the event this year was amazing! With the exception of a few media outlets, local and community media were uninterested in the story but your voices rang loud by sharing the posts!

On top of the shares, Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and the following Councillors, supported and got the word out through their social media and newsletters:

Councillor Matt Luloff (Ward 1 – Orleans-East Cumberland)
Councillor David Hill (Ward 3 – Barrhaven West)
Councillor Cathy Curry (Ward 4 – Kanata North)
Councillor Glen Gower (Ward 6 – Stittsville)
Councillor Theresa Kavanagh (Ward 7 – Bay)
Councillor Rawlson King (Ward 13 – Rideau-Rockliffe)
Councillor Jeff Leiper (Ward 15 – Kitchissippi)
Councillor Shawn Menard (Ward 17 – Capital)
Councillor Marty Carr- (Ward 18 – Alta Vista)
Councillor Catherine Kitts (Ward 19 – Orléans South-Navan)
Councillor Wilson Lo (Ward 14 – Barrhaven East)

Thank you to all of you for your support and to Glen Gower (we didn't get a picture!), Rawlson King and Theresa Kavanagh who managed to break away from their busy schedules to meet me on the route.

As I said at Major's Hill Park, "It was a miserable walk but it is also a miserable topic but together, we can bring sunshine!"

06/06/2025

Pretty sure that I'm going to be enjoying a little "Walkin' on Sunshine" on Sunday. Fits my theme and my tastes!

Come down to Brew Revolution on Sunday and support an amazing local micro-brewery and at the same time, support Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa / Bureau des services à la jeunesse

Come join us this Sunday for an eventful afternoon of Music for the Youth Services Bureau. Even is from 12:30 pm to 5pm as we are raising money for the Youth Mental health fund. See you all there!🍻

fundraiser #613