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Healthy Minds Cooperative

The Healthy Minds Cooperative, established on June 13, 2005, in Nova Scotia, aims to improve access to mental health services and supports. With a governance structure that includes mental health consumers, family members, and service providers, the cooperative focuses on education, advocacy, and community engagement. Key staff members include Stephen Ayer and Keri Calp. Recent and upcoming events, like consumer focus groups and workshops, emphasize the involvement of those with lived experiences in the design and evaluation of mental health services, fostering a more inclusive and supportive community.

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Healthy Minds Cooperative

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  1. Healthy Minds Cooperative (A Blue Horse Initiative) Town Hall Presentation 22 September 2005

  2. Healthy Minds Cooperative • Incorporated June 13, 2005 • Nova Scotia Co-operative Associations Act • Registry Number: 3102658 • Governance • Interim Board of Directors • Six (6) mental health consumers (60%) • Two (2) family members • One (1) service provider • One (1) expert in co-operative development

  3. Healthy Minds Cooperative • Core Business Functions • Improved access to mental health services and supports (e.g., consumer navigators, peer support)  • Education (e.g., early intervention, addressing stigma) • More extensive participation of those with living experience in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of mental health services.  • Advocacy (e.g., legal & family issues, stigma busting)  • Developing better connections to existing community services and organizations (building bridges, visibility) 

  4. Healthy Minds Cooperative • Interim Staff • Stephen Ayer, Cooperative Coordinator • Keri Calp, Healthy Minds Navigator • Irene Skehen, Wellness and Recover Educator • Karen Billard, Community Focused Living Units (CFL)  Client Review & Placement Ad Hoc Committee Member (Part-time) • Heather Cowan, Clinical Indicators Workgroup Member (Part-time) • Stanley MacEachern, Committee Chair, Housing for the Homeless (Part-time)

  5. Healthy Minds Cooperative • Major Events (June 13 to September 21, 2005) • YOUR Mental Health Record Information  July 27th • Presentation to A Family Voice for Mental Health Group  August 4th • Art by the Ocean: Healthy Minds Cooperative • Picnic  August 18th • A talk by Bill McPhee, founder of Schizophrenia Digest (in association with the Schizophrenia Society of Nova Scotia)  September 8th • Focus Group: Tobacco Free - Mental Health Policy Review  September 21st

  6. Committee Involvement (Cooperative Coordinator) • Community Focused Living Units (CFL): • (i) Client Review & Placement Ad Hoc Committee; • (ii) Implementation / Programming Committee • Citizens Support Web Committee • Koinonia Development Committee • Performance Evaluation & Improvement Committee • Psychiatric / Mental Health Performance Indicators Committee • Spryfield Mental Health Community Forum Committee • Transition Leaders Network • Tobacco Free  Mental Health Policy Review Working Group

  7. Committee Involvement (Other Staff and Shareholders) • Ad Hoc Ethics Committee, Education Section, Dept. of Psychiatry • Citizens Support Web Committee • Clinical Indicators Workgroup • “Club Friday” Implementation Committee • Diversity Dialogue • Hiring process for two managers within the Capital District Mental Health Program • Input to 2005-2006 Mental Health Consumer Meaningful Participation Assessment Tool (for DoH) • Input to a client survey document provided by the ECFH • Participated in a meeting with senior management of DCS on July 26th • Performance Evaluation & Improvement Committee

  8. Healthy Minds Cooperative • Major Upcoming Events • Membership Campaign (ongoing) • Consumer Focus Groups: Tobacco Free – Mental Health Policy Review (ongoing) • Self Esteem Workshop Series – Starting September 22 •  The Amazing Race to Mental Health  • Friday, October 7th, 2005 • Healthy Minds Cooperative, Annual General Meeting – November 8th, 2005

  9. Eastern Sun Professional Centre 260 Wyse Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 1N3 Phone: (902) 404-3504 Fax: (902) 404-3447 Email: healthyminds@eastlink.ca Website: www.healthyminds.ca • Healthy Minds Cooperative

  10. Dr. Franco Basaglia (1924-1980)

  11. Eastern Sun Professional Centre 260 Wyse Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 1N3 Phone: (902) 404-3504 Fax: (902) 404-3447 Email: healthyminds@eastlink.ca Website: www.healthyminds.ca • Healthy Minds Cooperative

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