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Welcome to the Ottawa Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch, is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting good mental health, developing and implementing support systems and services and encouraging public action to strengthen community mental health services and related policies and legislation.

OUR VISION:
We envision a community which values everyone's human dignity and mental health

OUR MISSION :
Our mission is to offer opportunity and support for individuals with mental health issues so that they may achieve meaning and success and improve their level of functioning in the environment of their choice.

OUR CORE VALUES
We Value:

• Social Justice
  The equality of all individuals, fairness, individual rights, and freedom of choice and privacy
• Self Determination
  The rights of individuals to be involved in all choices that affect them.
• Excellence
  Quality, consistency, continuous improvement and excellence in services and organization administration.
• Leadership
  The development, encouragement and support of consumers and their families and of our staff and volunteers and leaders in support of our Mission.
• Individual and Collective Responsibility
  To inform, educate and support our community in the understanding and prevention of mental illness, the reduction of stigma, and the promotion of mental health.

We recognize that our greatest resource is the people whom we serve, our staff and our volunteers.