This toolkit from CMHA Alberta has been designed to give you a quick summary of important mental health issues, research that supports it, solutions to the challenges, and examples of projects that help impact that particular issue. You can use the entire toolkit, or pick and choose topics that are important to you.
Use the information provided to help localize your concerns and advocate for mental health in municipal, provincial and federal elections. Remember to identify the issue you want support for, like housing, support for families and caregivers, access to treatment or any other important topic. Identify what is working well – like pilot programs, evidence or approach used by other jurisdictions, and make your request specific.