Peer Led Workshops

The Art of Friendship

Strong friendships give us the confidence to be our true selves. When we feel respected and valued, we naturally look for ways to show our friends that same respect and care. But strong friendships don’t just happen — they take effort. This 8‑week course will help you explore how your words, actions, and behaviours shape your relationships. By understanding yourself and the impact you have on others, you can build confidence and move closer to your friendship goals.

Coping with Uncertainty

Feeling stressed by the news of the day? Join others to explore strategies to help cope with uncertainty and manage stress. Developed during the pandemic, this virtual 4-session series looks at stress, worry, anxiety, and common thinking traps that can affect our wellbeing.

Feeling Supported

Research suggests that increasing momentary feelings of comfort by thinking about supportive relationships can make us more trusting, compassionate, and helpful toward others in general.

Cultivate feelings of compassion and support with your self and others in this 2-hour peer-led workshop.

Plan for Wellness & Recovery (PWR)

In this 5-session series, we develop an individualized Plan in which participants can keep track of what does and does not work for them in maintaining wellness and managing periods of feeling unwell so they can live their best lives. Participants are encouraged to reflect on themselves, what they are like when they are well, identify stressors and develop wellness strategies to improve their well-being.

Talking With Your Doctor

Get the most out of your time with your doctor!

Peer facilitators lead this 1.5 hour interactive workshop to empower patients to be active participants in their health care. An active patient asks questions, voices concerns and has opinions about their care which they share with their doctor(s) and other healthcare professionals. Using the PACE framework, we explore common challenges with doctor-patient interactions and learn techniques on how to improve them.

Your Personal Recovery Journey

Your Personal Recovery Journey is for anyone experiencing signs and symptoms of a mental illness or mental health problem that affects their life. Recovery looks different for everyone, and this 6‑week course focuses on helping you explore what a meaningful, fulfilling life looks like for you.

Facilitated by people with lived experience of mental illness and recovery, this program supports you in learning how to live with — and beyond — your symptoms so you can move toward the life you want to live.

Voices & Visions Support Groups

Based on the international Hearing Voices Network model, Voices & Visions Support Groups are peer-led support groups that explore living well with voices, visions, and other unique sensory experiences and/or beliefs. Voices & Visions Support Groups are intended as safe(r), supportive spaces where people can speak openly about their experiences without fear of judgment, exchange strategies and ideas, and build community. There are both virtual and in-person options, depending on what works best for you.

Open to those with lived/living experience and their supporters!