Mental Health and Addictions Symposium

Mental Health and Addictions Symposium

Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre presents the Mental Health and Addictions Symposium Wednesday February 19, 2025

By Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

Date and time

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 · 9am - 2pm EST

Location

430 Cannon St E

430 Cannon Street East Hamilton, ON L8L 2C8 Canada

About this event

  • Event lasts 5 hours

At Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre, we are committed to empowering communities with dignity and respect, providing accessible healthcare for all in a safe welcoming environment, and fostering healthier lives to build a strong community core.

Our services span integrated primary healthcare, community health promotion, mental health and addiction and social services, reflecting our holistic approach to community health and well-being.

Hamilton Urban Core’s Mental Health and Addictions Symposium aims to address the pressing challenges in mental health and addiction through in-depth discussions and collaborative engagement. The event will feature key findings from our Prescribed Alternatives and Outreach program review, showcasing its impact on addressing the complex needs of vulnerable populations, along with valuable insights from our Consumption and Treatment Services program. This symposium offers a unique opportunity for knowledge sharing and collective action.

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Hamilton Urban Core Community Health Centre

Welcome to Hamilton Urban Core!

 Hamilton Urban Core is an inner city health centre with thousands of registered clients who routinely access the Centre’s many programs and services. Founded in 1996, Hamilton Urban Core is a non-profit agency, primarily funded through the Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant (HNHB) Local Integration Health Network (LHIN). Over the years Hamilton Urban Core has worked diligently with individuals and communities to not only change the lives of thousands of inner city residents, but to also shape a better, healthier city for the client communities served and represented by the Centre.

As one of Ontario’s 76 Community Health Centres, Hamilton Urban Core is non-profit, charitable and community-governed, and provides multi-disciplinary interprofessional health care framed by the social determinants of health.