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      Volunteer Opportunities

      Job Posting - Experienced Bookkeeper

      Job Posting - BCSS Regional Coordinator

      Friends - Spring 2008 Edition

      2008 Building Bridges to the Future Bursary Program

      BCSS Awards - Nominations For 2008 Awards

      BCSS Awards recognize individuals who have gone beyond the call of duty in helping the Society achieve its mission: To improve the quality of life for those affected by schizophrenia and psychosis through education, support programs, public policy, and research. SEND IN YOUR NOMINATION TODAY Nomination and supporting documents due April 30, 2008. (click on linked title above for more details)

      March Newsletter - Vernon & Salmon Arm Branches

      Research Competition

      Deadline May 30, 3008

      Research Grant Application - Spring 2008 Competition

      Media Coverage - Naked Bungee 2008 - CHEK News, Victoria

      Moving Lives Forward - Scholarships

      2008 SCHOLARSHIPS - Moving Lives Forward! Helping people with mental illness achieve their educational and vocational goals.
      Offered by Eli Lilly Canada, BC Schizophrenia Society and Mood Disorders Association of BC.
      Application deadline: June 30, 2008.

      Naked Bungy Fundraiser

      UBC - The Dream Healer Symposium on Psychiatry and Mental Health

      BCSS Victoria Branch - February Newsletter

      Raise Your Voice - Contact Your MLA About Lack of Resources!

      Police Intervention in Emergency Psychiatric Care: BluePrint For Change

      February - Friends Monthly E-News

      ReachOut High School Tour - Write Up - Osoyoos Secondary

      Lost in Transition - A report from the Vancouver Police Department

      Planned Giving - Where there’s a Will, there’s a way!

      Educational Booklets For Children - Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression

      Some printable booklet files.

      Cracking Up! Airs Jan 28 & Feb 1 on the Knowledge Network

      National Non Smoking Week - Jan 20-26, 2008

      5th Annual Forensic Psychiatric Conference, April 2 - 4, 2008

      Psychotic Illness can be Predicted in up to 80% of High-Risk Youth

      Youth who are going to develop psychosis can be identified before their illness becomes full-blown 35 percent of the time if they meet widely accepted criteria for risk, but that figure rises to 65 to 80 percent if they have certain combinations of risk factors, the largest study of its kind has shown.

      BMO Donates $10,000 to Strengthening Families Together Program

      December - Friends Monthly E-News

       

      Bulkley Valley BCSS Newsletter

      ReachOut Psychosis Concert Tour Video

      The ReachOut Psychosis Tour is proud to present our new video, giving a taste of this concert and spoken word presentation that travels to high schools, correctional centres and colleges in BC.

      BCSS’s New Cause on Facebook

      Nanaimo Branch Newsletter Winter 2007

      November - Friends Monthly E-News

      BCSS Penticton Newsletter

      GMIS - Genetics and Mental Illness Studies

      Information on Genetics and Mental Illness Studies at UBC

      Naked Bungy 2008 - Promotional Poster (Downloadable)

      Following up on the sucessful fundraiser in 2007, on the weekend of Feb 23-24th, 2008, Wild Play Parks of Nanaimo will be holding another naked bungy jumping fundraising event to benefit the Mind Foundation / BCSS.For more information and to register go to www.wildplayparks.com

      October 2007 - Friends Monthly E-News

      Click Here to read. You can sign up to recieve our e-newsletters by email at http://www.elist.bcss.org

      Media Coverage - Courtenay Branch

      Comox Valley Record article - Sept 14, 2007

      Online Support Groups for Family / Supporters

      Private, facilitated online support groups for family members available 24 hours, 7 days @ www.support.bcss.org

      E-News September 2007

      You can sign up to recieve our e-newsletters by email at http://www.elist.bcss.org

      Strengthening Families Together - Burns Lake & Prince George

      B.R.I.D.G.E.S. Education Program - Prince George Fall Schedule

      A course for individuals recovering from addictions and mental illness. Click here to view Prince George and Valemont area classes for Fall 2007

      “Canvas” to hit theatres October 12, 2007

      In his debut feature film, writer/director Joseph Greco explores mental illness through the eyes of a child (Devon Gearhart) as he learns to cope with his mother (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) and the fact that she has schizophrenia.

      September 10, 2007 - World Suicide Prevention Day

      Suicide in individuals with Schizophrenia is very high. 50% of all people with schizophrenia will attempt suicide; 12-15% will die.
      With education from BCSS to the public, health professionals, the police and family, this can be prevented.

      CIBC Donates $5,000 to BC Schizophrenia Society for Kids In Control Program

      In their ongoing support of children and youth, CIBC has donated $5,000 to the BC Schizophrenia Society’s Kids In Control program. The Kids in Control program gives children whose parents or siblings have a mental illness the tools and coping skills to promote resiliency.

      Vancouver - Strengthening Families Together Course

      Starting October 3rd 2007 in the evenings, Strengthening Families Together program, a free 10 week psychoeeducational program that provides information, skill-building and support for friends and families of someone living with a mental illness. (please click link above for more information)

      Links to other sites - Youth Resources

      BC Schizophrenia Society Group on Facebook

      Beautiful Minds Breakfast

      The Beautiful Minds Breakfast is an invitation-only networking event which happens monthly at the Granville Island Hotel. Come out and meet our Board of Directors, and learn important information on the work of the organization.

      Mind Foundation, BCSS & Idea Zone - Building corporate partnerships to help children

      CBC Passionate Eye Documentary on Using Comedy to Fight Mental Illness and Stigma
      Friends Newsletter - Summer 2007 Edition
      July 2007 Friends E-News
      Friends Monthly Newsletter - June 2007
      Naked Bungee Jump 2008! Feb 23 & 24th - Nanaimo

      January 2007 E-Newsletter