Mental Health Scouting Network

About

The Mental Health Scouting Network is a project launched by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux that has been deployed in all regions of Québec. The goal of the project is to increase the population’s capacity to adapt and cultivate resilience in a pandemic and post-pandemic context. 

In order to carry out this mission, the local network wants to put forward people who care about their well-being, the well-being of all and who are already acting or want to act within their community. In order to do so, the network of scouts is looking for partners who are citizens or community stakeholders who wish to take part in the project, be part of the team and become a scout!

The scouts will promote collaboration and the union of everyone's strengths in order to create a feeling of collective goodwill, to contribute to the improvement of the population's well-being and to support them in their psychosocial recovery process following the pandemic. 

Scouts are dedicated citizens who already have an established presence in their community.  

Their role consists of:

  • Spotting individuals who exhibit signs of psychological distress or symptoms associated with a mental illness, establishing contact and providing support 
  • Referring these individuals to the appropriate resources
  • Promoting se lf-care behaviours and how to care for others in their community
  • Strengthening community resilience and the social fabric
  • Mobilizing existing resources and key players (community settings, municipalities, youth centres, places of worship, etc.) in their community 

Scouts are supported by a bridging team that is made up of individuals from the Montréal West Island CIUSSS. 

It is together rather than individually that we will make a difference!
 
***It is important to note that the scouts will have access to short training sessions and will be supported by a relay team composed of workers from the Montréal West Island CIUSSS. They will support the scouts in the development of concrete actions (events, activities, etc.) as well as in referrals to CIUSSS professionals as needed.***

To contact us

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Registration Form – Become a Scout

To voice your interest, write to us at projetreseaueclaireurs.comtl@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.

Poster - Become a Scout!

Formulaire d'inscription - Devenir éclaireur (in French)

 

Additional trainings

English to come

Balado, Capsules & formations en santé psychosociale

Capsules éclaireurs et éclaireuses (Gracieuseté du Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal)

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Events/Activities initiated by the Scouting Network

Portrait of our activities

Let’s Fight Elder Abuse!

 

On June 15, a special event was held on the shores of the Lachine Canal to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.  The event, which consisted of a picnic, was attended by some fifty guests, including citizens, representatives from various community organizations based in Lachine, as well as several individuals from the scouting network.

During the picnic, the guests were invited to participate in a lighthearted workshop that involved sharing, on a poster, examples of acts of kindness and caring that should be embraced in order to effect change and fight elder abuse. Information tools were also handed out to raise awareness about elder abuse.

Together with the Mental Health Scouting Network and Nancy Sweeney, scout and founding member of the Lachine RASSS group, we would like to extend a very special thank you to Valérie Berthiaume, assistant to the mayor of Lachine, for having organized the event and to the Centre multi-ressources de Lachine for the loan of the tables.

A heartfelt thank you to all those who showed up on June 15 for this highly symbolic event

The Lachine Seniors' Café is one-year-old!

Lachine Seniors' Café       Louise Rosenberg

On April 11th, the Lachine seniors' café celebrated its first anniversary! This initiative was born from Louise Rosenberg, a scout member, supported in its implementation and on a daily basis by the Scout Network Project with the collaboration of the Lachine library thanks to Souad Hourama who works there and who is also a scout member in the Project.  And yes, since April 2022, monthly meetings are organized!

Each month, about 15 people meet for an open discussion, without a planned theme. No registration required, people just show up and discuss various topics they feel like discussing. Following the pandemic, this monthly event has helped to break the isolation, to open discussions on subjects and issues that are sometimes taboo. Friendships, collaborations, solidarity and empathy are at the heart of these dynamic meetings.

Special thanks to Louise Rosenberg (picture on the right) for her investment in the Project and in the well-being of her community!

Furniture donation for families in need

Scouting Network Project

On Good Friday, April 7th, thanks to the collaboration of two scouts, Andréa Diaz and Chantal St-Jarre, as well as the generous donation of a citizen, Denise Huot, we provided two immigrant families (newly arrived in Quebec) with a fresh start with donations of furniture for their apartments which were quite empty.

This is an example of collaboration that was born out of the Scouting Network Project. It is through awareness and sensitization that gestures of solidarity and kindness towards the members of our community can be born!

 

Stéfanie Lavoie, TS et relais pour le projet réseau d’éclaireurs et Lara Dasilva, organisatrice communautaire au CIUSSS ODIM.

Taylor McNulty, TS Services de proximité en dépendance DLL et Stéfanie Lavoie, TS et relais pour le projet réseau d’éclaireurs.

Stéfanie Lavoie, TS et relais pour le projet réseau d'éclaireurs.

Stéfanie Lavoie, TS et relais pour le réseau d'éclaireurs, Julia Stirling, TS Services sociaux généraux et Lindsay Alexandre, ARH Services de proximité en dépendance.

Bulletin Board of our Scouting Partners

In French only

Andrea Diaz: Enjeux, besoins et réalités humaines du COVIQ-- Comité de vie de quartier Duff-Court

Le COVIQ ( Comité de vie de quartier Duff -Court) est un organisme communautaire autonome offrant divers services, activités et opportunités d’implication citoyenne aux résidents du quartier Duff-Court.

Le COVIQ encourage la prise en charge des résidentes et résidents par eux-mêmes à partir d'activités et de services collectifs visant l'amélioration de la qualité de vie tant individuelle, sociale que communautaire dans le quartier Duff-Court à Lachine

COVIQ/ Comité de vie de quartier Duff -Court Site web: coviq.org/a-propos-du-coviq/ Courriel: accueil@coviq.org Andrea Diaz, responsable du dossier famille- adultes Courriel: responsablefamille@coviq.org Réseau d’éclaireurs en santé psychologique du CIUSS de l’ouest de l’île de Montréal   

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Anatomie d’une amitié intergénérationnelle éclairante et inspirante

À la rencontre de Stéfanie Lavoie, une jeune mère dans la trentaine et de Louise Rosenberg une septuagénaire retraitée et citoyenne engagée et un modèle d’une relation intergénérationnelle ergonomique.

Conversation éclairante avec deux personnes formidables et allumées qui ont adroitement tisser des liens solides dont le résultat est une amitié enviable.

Quels sont les apprentissages tirés de leurs rencontres?

Quels sont les ingrédients qui ont contribuer au succès de la mixité générationnelle et qui a contribué à l’entraide mutuelle de travailler sur des projets communs?

Nous échangeront sur les préjugés véhiculés au sein de notre société et de leur expérience en regard du vieillissement, elles partageront leur vision d’un monde bienveillant pour un mieux vivre ensemble. Bonne écoute!

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