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  • Partnership Education Presentation: Recognizing Mental Illness Awareness Week

    Italian Cultural Centre 3075 Slocan St., Vancouver, BC, Canada +1 more

    In recognition of Mental Illness Awareness Week, the BC Schizophrenia Society Vancouver Coastal Region Team invites you to join a special community education presentation available to participants across British Columbia. This evening presentation aims to increase understanding of serious and persistent mental illness, reduce stigma, and challenge common misconceptions through education, resources, and lived experience...

  • Lower Mainland Virtual Family Support Group

    Lower Mainland Virtual Family Support Group
    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    BCSS Vancouver Coastal Region is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment for family and friends to share, ask questions, and connect with others who are also supporting a loved one with...

  • Okanagan/Thompson-Nicola Family Support Group – Virtual

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. BCSS Interior Region is running a joint virtual Family Support Group for family members and friends within the Okanagan and Thompson-Nicola regions, who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness. BCSS Family Support...

  • Northern Interior Virtual Family Support Group

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. The Northern Interior is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  BCSS Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment for...

  • Nelson Family Support Group – Virtual

    Nelson Family Support Group – Virtual
    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. BCSS West Kooteney is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  BCSS Family Support Groups offer a safe and supportive environment...

  • Vancouver Island Virtual Family Support Group

    Vancouver Island Virtual Family Support Group
    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone Vancouver Island is offering Family Support Groups, which provide a safe and supportive environment for family and friends to share, ask questions, and connect with others who are also supporting a loved one with schizophrenia. Family Support Groups...

  • Disability Tax Credit Webinar with Plan Institute

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Join BC Schizophrenia Society and Plan Institute for an informative webinar on the Disability Tax Credit (DTC). The Disability Tax Credit is a non-refundable tax credit that may help reduce income tax and open the door to other valuable programs and benefits, including the Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). Date: Thursday, October 26, 2026 Time: 6:00...

  • Strengthening Families Together – Vancouver Coastal

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Strengthening Families Together (SFT) is a program that provides knowledge, support, and tools for families to better cope with serious mental illnesses. Participating families learn about the impacts of stigma as well as information about psychosis, schizophrenia, mood disorders, and other severe and persistent mental illnesses. Topics covered include treatments for mental illness, side effects,...

  • Northern Interior SMART Recovery Family & Friends Support Group

    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Do you have a friend or family member living with mental illness? – You are not alone. The Northern Interior is running virtual Family Support Groups for family members and close friends who are supporting a loved one with a severe and persistent mental illness.  It offers a safe and supportive environment for family and friends to...

  • Strengthening Families Together – Virtual

    Strengthening Families Together – Virtual
    BCSS - Virtual British Columbia, Canada

    Strengthening Families Together (SFT) is a 6-session program for anyone who has a caring relationship with people who are living with a mental illness. This will be a virtual course with two sessions a week for 3 weeks scheduled on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting November 10 from 7:00pm to 8:30pm Participating families learn about the...

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